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British Fans Boo 'Star-Spangled Banner' at Hatton-Mayweather Fight in Vegas

Garbage Points found this 12/10/2007 on sports.aol.com

The fans at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada are overwhelmingly pro-Ricky Hatton and anti-Floyd Mayweather, as thousands made the trip across the pond to cheer their British countrymen. But in a rather shocking event, "The Star-Spangled Banner" was booed before the fight. I've heard of the American national anthem being booed before sporting events in other countries, but I've never before ...