Paul wrote on March 18, 2008 11:35 PM: Actually they weren't booing the national anthem, they were booing the huge picture of Mayweather that was placed on the screen when the national anthem was being played. British fans have been coming here for years and they have never booed are anthem before

bajaguy wrote on December 11, 2007 02:14 PM: I watched the fight and even placed a bet on Hatton to upset Mayweather. After listening to the drunk Brits jeer the American anthem I wanted Mayweather to win and did not give a damn about my bet.

TribalNation wrote on December 11, 2007 02:13 PM: Honestly, what do you expect from the English? All this prim and proper is complete Bravo Sierra... Watch any major soccer game in England, and you will see that their sports fans are simply trash.

They have fights at EVERY game. Not isolated incidents, but every single one. But of course they knew if they tried that garbage here, at the least they would end up in jail. Hats off to the fans at the MGM that didn;t take a swing at these limeys.

And lest anyone think I'm the pot calling the kettle black, I have season tickets to the LV Wranglers. THe Orleans is the only ECHL venue that serves hard liquor. And the Wranglers have the most rowdy, meanest, and most vocal fans in the entire ECHL. But when Victoria come to town to play, EVERYBODY in that arena is standing and showing proper respect while "O, Canada" is sung.

Any of you that booed care to get in the ring with me?

Beytovin wrote on December 11, 2007 11:36 AM: Eh, so they were pretty classless. Let's chalk that one up, move on, and remember who our friends are when somebody comes asking for a favor.

LARIE IN VEGAS wrote on December 11, 2007 11:09 AM: THIS REMARK IS TO ALL THE BRITISH FANS THAT BOOOO'D THE AMERICAN NATIONAL ANTHEM..YOU GUYS JUST ARE LOOKING FOR A ESCAPE TRAIL ON WHY YOU WERE BOOING TO BEGAN WITH.I WENT TO THE FIGHT AND MOST OF YOU WERE DRUNK BEFORE THE FIGHT EVEN STARTED SO OWN UP TO THE HATE AND STOP BLAMING MAYWEATHER HE WAS AT HOME HE HAD A REASON TO BE BIGHEADED!!!!!!!!!

WGAS wrote on December 11, 2007 10:31 AM: Norm. Can you change your column name to the "Who gives a $hit" column. Thanks.

Hey wrote on December 11, 2007 10:16 AM: i would have been fine if some of the british fans who were inteviewed said something like i had to much to drink and got cought up in a mob mentality, but they blame flyod for comments to ricky; just classless.

i would like to point out that their national "hero" and corner are QUITTERS! he is no better than duran who said "no mas" in his fight. hatton's new nickname should be Ricky "No Mas" Hatton or Ricky "The Quitting Midget" Hatton.

cj wrote on December 11, 2007 09:59 AM: So it's our fault that the brits were booing our National Anthem? Talk about adding insult to injury, instead of apologizing for the incident they point the finger back at Americans.

rebel22 wrote on December 11, 2007 09:56 AM: I can't believe that there are British people that want to blam their booing of our National Anthem on Mayweather. That is ridiculous. It was totally unclassy and uncalled for. Even if Mayweather went and kicked Ricky's a#@ again over in the UK, Americans wouldn't boo. Mayweather's fists would do the talking for us.

JF wrote on December 11, 2007 08:24 AM: I'm British. I apologise for the pond life who jeered the US anthem. They follow boxing for all the wrong reasons, not least because it gives them the opportunity for vicarious violence. Hatton is not universally popular among British fight fanes, many of whom believe he has dodged fighting Junior Witter for the simple reason that Witter would defeat him. Mayweather was cheered by many of us because he is a superb boxer and put Hatton, a man who revels in binge eating and drinking, in his place. Humbled.

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