Do big money fighters deserve humanitarian credit?

[margaret thatcher]

I noticed on another thread someone giving thanks to Anthony Mundine for how he helped local Aussies make career best paydays, and that this was really nice on Ant's part.

Do the guys whose opponents make usually career best paydays for facing them deserve these types of praises? Is this them being 'good people'?

[gilgamesh]

I mean by that logic every star fighter ever is charitable any time they choose to fight another match.

[Delta Jay]

Floyd basically done Andre Berto a favour by punching his head in.

If you hear how they spoke about each other before and after and see the way it went, it just seems like he was giving his mate a few quid.

[Old bones Ian]

Joe Louis gave his friend John Henry Lewis a shot at the Heavyweight title, John Henry was only 26 years old but blind in one eye and knew the end was near, Louis got John Henry his last payday with the title shot, and knocked him out in the first, story is Louis didn't want to beat his friend over a long fight so went out quick to finish it.