His only mistake, in picking up the £100,000 prize, is to say that "it's been a great year for English sport" momentarily forgetting that he is addressing a crowd of raucous, partisan, tanked-up Welshmen.
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Together they are harnessing the fervour of a crowd so vociferously partisan that the Australian camp is complaining that crews are being distracted from tactical calls.
So when he played at the Rodeo Bar in Manhattan last month with his new band, a lively crowd of roots-rock partisans packed the house.
As a huge crowd of ardent Jackson partisans arrived on foot at the Executive Mansion, it was evident that there might be a problem.
Fiji were celebrating their 52-year association with Rochdale, forged by the influx of Fijian signings at Rochdale Hornets during the 1960's, and did not disappoint a partisan crowd of 8,872 with a powerful display.
Wilder (33-0, 32 KOs) lifted the title from Bermane Stiverne with a 12-round unanimous decision before a partisan crowd of 8,453.
The misses began mounting for the Crusaders, much to the relief of a partisan crowd of 3,811 that included Gov. Christine Todd Whitman of New Jersey.
On Friday, a partisan crowd of more than 6,500 will be on hand as Sampras faces No. 293 Karol Beck, followed by Roddick against No. 271 Jan Kroslak in a three-of-five-set format.
In a hastily scheduled symposium at the University of Tokyo on 25 November, four Nobel laureates and one winner of the Fields Medal (considered mathematicians' Nobel) argued against any cuts to the science budget, with roaring support from a partisan crowd of students and researchers.
