Atmosphere at the MEN tomorrow night

[Robnorton]

Judging from the weigh-in the Irish will be there in force. Its going to be a big factor i think with a lot of Khan's "home" advantage wiped out by McCloskey's fans. I see Amir is claiming his fans will outshout McCloskey's - a little optimistic Amir I'd say !

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[johnswan1]

Amir's fans are the most despicable bunch I have ever come across at a boxing match.

[Josh1111]

Amir's fans are the most despicable bunch I have ever come across at a boxing match.

Agree with this, i went to the barerra fight and Khan's fans were awful

[Counter-puncher]

Amir's fans are the most despicable bunch I have ever come across at a boxing match.

Agree with this, i went to the barerra fight and Khan's fans were awful

you should have made sure you went to the Prescott fight

afterwards, in the MEN carpark, I will wager was the greatest concentration of shellshocked Asian dudes since the end of Partition.

[Dioufy]

Amir's fans are the most despicable bunch I have ever come across at a boxing match.

Agree with this, i went to the barerra fight and Khan's fans were awful

you should have made sure you went to the Prescott fight

afterwards, in the MEN carpark, I will wager was the greatest concentration of shellshocked Asian dudes since the end of Partition.

fornicating hell.

[Datsue]

I think the atmosphere will be a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen & CO2, with trace elements of heavy metals.

[Brit Ryan]

At the weigh in I would say taht the division of support was about 80 - 20% what do you think?

[bigjack]

Amir's fans are the most despicable bunch I have ever come across at a boxing match.

Agree with this, i went to the barerra fight and Khan's fans were awful

Yes they were ,there was trouble all around where i was sat,and barerra got a huge cheer,i must admit everytime i have watched khan i have cheered on his opponent and still do

[whiskey]

Khan's Army - load of scumbags.

Against Scott Lawton it was horrid, worst atmosphere ever seen at a fight.

[Brit Ryan]

what's the problem with his supporters?

[Oranges]

They smell like hummus.

[Brit Ryan]

Forgive me for sounding a bit PC but isn't that just plain racism

[banjo]

what's the problem with his supporters?

Not all his supporters but there is a core group of them who are just a bunch of thugs and hooligans who've been involved in violence several times in the crowd during his fights.

[nobby_nobbins]

They smell like hummus.

Hummus is not Pakistani. Hummus is a Middle Eastern dish particularly enjoyed by Arabs and Jews.

[johnnygreaves]

Khan's Army - load of scumbags.

Against Scott Lawton it was horrid, worst atmosphere ever seen at a fight.

I was on that bill and back that up . The police did not help. Not getting into a race thing & amir I sort of know , nice lad. But police left the asians to wind people up , start trouble & jumped on the people who bit and had a go back. Almost as if they just wanted to avoid confrontation with them for fear of being branded racist . Was a bit of a piss take

[J]

I think the atmosphere will be a mixture of nitrogen, oxygen & CO2, with trace elements of heavy metals.

[ryan917]

Khan's Army - load of scumbags.

Against Scott Lawton it was horrid, worst atmosphere ever seen at a fight.

I was on that bill and back that up . The police did not help. Not getting into a race thing & amir I sort of know , nice lad. But police left the asians to wind people up , start trouble & jumped on the people who bit and had a go back. Almost as if they just wanted to avoid confrontation with them for fear of being branded racist . Was a bit of a piss take

Well if you were there then you would know that Scott Lawton fans were absolute racist pudenda.

[jonnybgoode]

At the weigh in I would say taht the division of support was about 80 - 20% what do you think?

I didn't go myself but judging from the video it seemed that the Irish were everywhere.
They might not have more fans there for the fight but they will defo be louder

[johnnygreaves]

Look Ryan mate, I really don't want to get into an argument about the race thing. I was there & thought khans fans agressed & caused probs . You always get the odd knob and lawtons fans were not blameless. The whole thing was Bollocks. But from what I saw. Khans mob kicked it off. The old bill should nick every trouble maker, not be worried about saving face.

[whicker]

The problem is this kind of "atmosphere" can be downright off putting or even dangerous to the person who wants to just watch the boxing.

The worst kind of twat - and unfortunatly there will be some there - is the drunk bully, who will pick on anyone who looks like an easy target.

There needs to be a police presence, arrests for violence in the crowd, and convictions. Then people might get the message that it's not acceptable.

It took time with football, but by and large they managed it. And now, families, sports fans etc can enjoy the sport without the cocks ruining it for everyone.

[saturday_kid]

Don't like to be stereotypical but with hundreds of pissed up irishmen and hundreds of wannabe gangster (but usually business students) asian men on opposing sides think theyre will be trouble tonight.

Hope i'm wrong though.

[Bard of Boxrec]

At the weigh in I would say taht the division of support was about 80 - 20% what do you think?

around 80/20 nitrogen to oxygen correct i think, datsue?

[Brit Ryan]

So would it be fair to say that despite all the dire warnings by some people who post here the atmosphere between the Khan fans and the Irish was fine - in fact actually quite fun

[15829]

seen a irish man wearing a flag as a turban, it was a awful nights boxing the show was saved by the irish fans without them the show would of been near on empty

[Feargal....]

The atmosphere at the MEN on saturday was fúcking epic. The place was dead for the whole undercard, with the exception of Martin Murray's band of fans. Murray's fans brought alot of colour and singing to the arena. They seemed like a good bunch.

When Dudey entered the arena the roof nearly lifted. There was a great buzz around for the whole fight. Gutted the way it ended, would have prefered to see Dudey get KO'ed than the way it finished. Even with the referee and "Doctor's " crazy decision to stop the fight, there was never a moment that I though any sort of violence would break out.