To be fair, I was boo'ing at the first Thai Boxing show I ever went to. It was a 'Fighting Fit' show in Fife about seven years ago and someone from my club was fighting on it. When his opponent came out I started boo'ing and someone from the club told me not to, that we don't do that and I haven't done it since.

With someone like Lloyd (who is a BIG ticket seller), naturally you're going to get people there who aren't really fans of the sport and aren't aware of what we (the people inside the sport) have decided is protocol.

I don't want to open a can of worms here but Phil296em does make a good point. It's standard procedure in Pro Boxing and Pro MMA both of which are more commercially succesful than Muay Thai. From time to time, I do wonder if Muay Thai would be more commercially succesful if there was more of the pantomime stuff, the boos, the trash talk etc, the pre fight build up etc.

To be fair, this is probably a subject for a different thread.



Back on topic,
I thought MTB1 on Saturday was a good event that was extremely well executed.
No-one is going to claim that it was the best fight card of the year but...as the promoters have said, they wanted to deliver a good, entertaining show that is something they can build on.

It started pretty much bang on time and finished just after 11, for thirteen fights including 1 x A Class, 3 x B Class with very few stoppages that really is good going.

So when is MTB2? Lol

Dougie