The things they say: Casual fans

[black panther]

Now Mayweather - Pacquiao is almost upon us and the hype is almost at a fever pitch, lots of casuals have approached me regarding my thoughts on the fight and where I'm watching it. There's nothing wrong with casual fans; we were all casuals at one point and I'm happy to educate them regarding our fine sport. But I have heard even more "interesting" comments in the lead up to this one. Today my cousin asked me;

"Mayweather's already beaten Klitschko right?"

Slightly before that he proclaimed "Yeah Mayweather's definitely the best boxer ever; he's knocked out everyone."

Anyone care to share some "casual" boxing humour?

[Boxerbeetle]

I've found it amusing to listen to casual fans struggle to comprehend the lower weight divisions. A colleague of mine this morning let out a bizarre stream of consciousness when trying to figure it all out, went something like:

"So welterweight...I thought Mayweather was quite small? Isn't he a lightweight then...is there such a weight as lightweight in boxing? How much does welterweight weigh? How much did Naz used to weigh? Heavyweight is the heaviest, yeah? What weight would I be?"

At which point I wandered off in case he started asking about the various title belts, I couldn't face attempting to explain all that before my first coffee.

[Tuan_Jim]

Great great thread. More will come to me in time, but I remember in 06, 07 arguing in a beer garden with a man convinced that Mike Tyson had lost his final fight to Audley Harrison.

[surfthehurf]

I have had the pleasure of explaining to someone that a typical 10-9 round doesn't mean that one guy lands 10 punches and the other 9

[leejonesjnr]

You seem to be confusing 'casual fans' with people who don't really know or care about boxing but are decent enough to try and make conversation over something you are interested in.

Absolutely nothing wrong with being a casual fan and mocking a lack of knowledge is not a desirable trait.

[mickey1975]

You seem to be confusing 'casual fans' with people who don't really know or care about boxing but are decent enough to try and make conversation over something you are interested in.

Absolutely nothing wrong with being a casual fan and mocking a lack of knowledge is not a desirable trait.

Good point. I just humour them. No point blinding them with facts. They won't have a clue what the likes of us are on about.

[skanksta]

You seem to be confusing 'casual fans' with people who don't really know or care about boxing but are decent enough to try and make conversation over something you are interested in.

Absolutely nothing wrong with being a casual fan and mocking a lack of knowledge is not a desirable trait.

True.
But boring.
On with the mocking..

[Boxerbeetle]

You seem to be confusing 'casual fans' with people who don't really know or care about boxing but are decent enough to try and make conversation over something you are interested in.

Absolutely nothing wrong with being a casual fan and mocking a lack of knowledge is not a desirable trait.

I thought the opening paragraph of the thread explained all that quite clearly tbh.

[black panther]

You seem to be confusing 'casual fans' with people who don't really know or care about boxing but are decent enough to try and make conversation over something you are interested in.

Absolutely nothing wrong with being a casual fan and mocking a lack of knowledge is not a desirable trait.

These people care enough to want to watch the fight mate. Person who watches boxing but doesn't know a lot about it = casual fan. Lighten up

Looking forward to hearing plenty of "Why doesn't he just knock him out?!" type comments come Sunday morning.

[Tuan_Jim]

It's clearly a good natured thread. The fact our heads are so full of facts about half naked men punching each other marks us out as the real joke.

[Bard of Boxrec]

HIT 'IM!!

[Rexob]

Who's fighting?

[Boxing Prospect]

"You bet on the black guy right? They always win"

[littlepug]

Lad at work asked me how many weight divisions there were, I said 17, he said " fuckin hell can you name em all ", I got to strawweight and he pissed himself laughing

[Boxing Prospect]

Lad at work asked me how many weight divisions there were, I said 17, he said " fuckin hell can you name em all ", I got to strawweight and he pissed himself laughing

And he called you a casual for forgetting Atomweight! Momo Koseki will be looking most annoyed at being forgotten!

[Emmseegee]

When Hatton had his comeback fight I, as always had a house full of my mates. Some who like boxing and some who watch boxing because its an excuse to have a drink.

When Hatton was stopped one of my mates said:
"Thats feckin embarrassing, he has trained for weeks and then gets knocked out because of a wee punch to the belly"
After about 15 minutes of arguing and him refusing to accept me telling him that he never knew what he was talking about I decided to prove that he never had a clue so asked him:
"If You thought Hatton won the first round then how would u score it at the end of that round?"

His answer.... "1-0 obviously"

[Stuarty]

I was in getting my haircut the other day and a guy next to me was adamant that Mayweather 'was far too powerful' and the best fighter in the world! Total wanker! I had my youngest girly with me so never uttered a stutter lol!

[Monte Fisto]

Calling Mayweather Merryweather gets me every time.

[Monte Fisto]

Also was in a cab wednesday and the taxi driver said, finally Manny is going to fight floyd, Manny's been avoiding this fight for years ..

[Finn]

Love the casual fans in any sport, i'm no different I have a healthy knowledge of football and im a fairly big fan, but my mates who have season tickets must think some of my opinions are plain stupid lol Everyone gets caught up in the hype and all turn into experts basing their opinions on the few fights they've seen and second hand opinions / info.

The amount of people on facebook posting comments on Carl Frochs and sky's posts (many of who have posted betting slips) saying manny will win in rounds one or two is insane. And its because the last fight they saw him in was against Hatton.

I really enjoy the banter and getting to be the "expert" who all my mates start ringing and texting for my opinion on the fight. It's great for boxing.

It's like the World Cup all over again

[Andrew]

Best one for me before he got beat

'David Price is well shit he only won a bronze medal '

My reply

'You know Floyd Mayweather, he won bronze in 1996'

[macaca]

Best one for me before he got beat

'David Price is well poo he only won a bronze medal '

My reply

'You know Floyd Mayweather, he won bronze in 1996'

and was robbed

[macaca]

Carl Froch would kill Mayweather .......

[Sklar]

and was robbed

No he wasn't. Watch the fight again.

[bigjack]

Calling Mayweather Merryweather gets me every time.

My mate called him Mayfield yesterday.