Caractacus wrote:you know,if I had been Cooney's manager back in the 1970's and early 1980's.
I would have tried to market him more as a villian instead of "A Gentleman" with a sham-rock on his trunks.
Because he use to have the look of a" disturbed individual" whenever he got into the ring waiting for the introductions.
They should have made him out to be a Mean guy instead of 'a nice guy" boxer/person.
I always thought they should have made the Klitschkos out to be "bad guys." Would have sold a lot more tickets in the US. I don't see the point of having done that with Cooney. They wanted him to advertise products.
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The Klitschko's were crazy popular in Europe where they had a better command of German than English -- which was actually their 3rd or 4th language. They were never going to be popular here because of their deep accent, rather halting English, and Eastern European origin.
Gerry Cooney wasn't as talented, but he was crazy popular with US fans. Any promising white American Heavyweight would be and you know it. The good guy image worked perfectly for Cooney and pushing him as a "villain bad guy" would have been the dumbest thing imaginable. The Norton fight catapulted Cooney. People remembered Norton as the guy who shattered Ali's jaw and dismissed the fact that he was a chinny old man. The Holmes fight broke all records.
the dude fought like he was swinging a mace in there.
Maybe he should have entered the ring in a Medieval-type of "black Knight" costume or somethin' ?
