Boxer Fans, Casual Fans, Nationalistic Fans, Regular Fans & Hardcore Fans

Boxer Fans, Casual Fans, Nationalistic Fans, Regular Fans & Hardcore Fans

By M.DeTyrone

The Hardcore and Purist Boxing Fans are fans, which know the history of boxing. They appreciate and comprehend the mechanics of all the boxing styles. They watch and attend boxing events from all over the world, they understand the business of boxing, and know the boxing rankings etc. They see and understand boxing for what it’s not what they wish it personally to be.

Casual Boxing Fans (CBF) doesn’t comprehend the rules of boxing they generally watch boxing fights for the simple entertainment value; as a result, they base their opinions on emotions, and not facts.  The Casual Boxing Fans end up in a bandwagon mindset by listening to the opinions of commentators and boxing writers, which are by the most part propagandist for a network or promotional company. The by far the Casual Boxing Fans  cheer for the sluggers and infighters since all they want is to see is two boxers exchange punches and trying to knock each other out. The skills of a boxer are not part of the equation. These fans can’t tell you the differences between a pure-boxer or a boxer-puncher, the glove size regulations and they just don’t understand boxing. You can also call many of them Boxer Fans and Boxer Haters since they only follow or hate one particular boxer due to their ethnicity, nationality, skin color, religion, or by their prosperity and achievements. 

The more recognition or achievement a boxer obtains he’ll either have a fan base of Boxer Fans and Boxer Haters. Commentators and boxing writers generate plenty of hate and they use bandwagon propaganda to manipulate the casual, create nationalistic fans, and boxer fans or haters. These commentators and boxing writers use words like “Running” to describe a boxer they use allude to a boxer being a coward by calling them a “Cherry Picker” the call pure-boxers boring and they desire “fan friendly styles.” There’s a reason why the intelligent quotient of boxing fans in the USA has diluted from what were the boxing fans prior to the mid 90’s.

Among the Casual Boxing Fans, there’s another type of fans the Nationalistic Boxing Fans (NBF).  These fans only follow boxing due to the boxer’s ethnicity and nationality.  These fans are the ones you see on social media and boxing forums demeaning the opponent’s culture, ethnicity, nationality, political situations, and they use racist stereotypes, they feel ethnically entitled to boxing dates and any opponents that are not of their culture or ethnicity threatens them. The majority of these fans are people, which lack self-esteem and are culturally insecure. They seek to solidify some affinity with a culture; as a result, they demean other cultures, ethnicities and nationalities. They base their opinions on racial and created myths to rationalize some sort of superiority and if a boxer of their nationality wins a fight vs. another nationality then this is a validation of their superiority.

One of the most exploited rivalries by promoters and networks in boxing has been the Puerto Rico vs. Mexico & Mex-American Rivalry for many years full of myths and misinformation. Now let’s look at this rivalry you have the boxers of the island of Puerto Rico, which is a small island of  a  mere 9,104 km2 (3,515 Sq. mi) with a population of less than 4 million. Then you have Mexico, which is a nation of an area 1,972,550 km2 (761,606 sq. mi.) that is the 15^th in the world with a population of 100 million plus and over 35 million of Mexican ancestry in the USA. You want to see the perfect examples of Nationalistic Boxing Fans at work with hate then you should look at any online boxing page or the countless social media pages.  When a Puerto Rican Boxer is going to face a Mexican or a Mex-American Boxer, and this is not limited to boxing fans but network commentators and announcers in many of the Spanish-speaking sports networks in the USA.

Then you have the Regular Boxing Fans (RBF) these fans watch boxing regularly, they attend live boxing events, they keep up with the boxing news, and are interested in the sport of boxing they can also be among them Nationalistic Boxing Fans and Casual Boxing Fans that are more interested in the sport. The Regular Boxing Fans tend to prefer one boxing style and favor specific boxers like the Boxer Fans. They understand boxing weight classes and regulations. However, they prefer boxing to be as they wish it to be not what it’s and they neglect the business side of boxing and its machinations. You’ll have a mixture within the Regular Boxing Fans, many that will be part of the bandwagon mentality, and others will have their own strong opinions on what’s going on in boxing.

As a result, of low Boxing IQ fan base, the promoting of nationalistic themes, the catering to one ethnic demographic, bad judges, bad commentators and boxing writers with agendas, there has been a rise in MMA, and boxing although still popular is not what it was prior to the mid 1990’s.