Yes, impartiality is not an immediately apparent trait of our transatlantic cousins. For some reason they see a runner-up as a loser! Occasionally, the result is a foregone conclusion though. I remember sitting up with my dad, in I think 1949 or thereabouts, listening to the radio (or rather 'wireless' then). Eamon Andrews and Barrington Dalby (famous for 'I told you so' when he had said entirely different) commentating from USA when Don Cockell fought Rocky Marciano. About 2 o'clock am here. It was a fight too. Cockell got absolutely hammered but stood his ground until he could no more. Very courageous.
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