the most hated boxer of all time???

m1kee50 · Post by **m1kee50** » 26 Apr 2007, 03:47

PBF might be a big draw, but I for one am only going to watch (only ever watch in fact) to see him lose. The rest of my motivation is to cheer on Oscar. he might be a big draw, but is it for a positive reason?

m1kee50 · Post by **m1kee50** » 26 Apr 2007, 03:48

Decagon wrote:
Mikee wrote:PBF. I never liked arrogance. nothing to do with his skills, but whats wrong with a bit of danny williams style humility?
It's hard to act like a champion when you're not even a contender.

Youve got it arse about face mate. Humility is a virtue, not something you abandon once you hit the jackpot.

"Be nice to the people you pass on the way up, you will see them again on the way down..."

icejack · Post by **icejack** » 26 Apr 2007, 10:47

Never disliked anyone like i did Hamad,not only for his arrogance but the typical British way he was bummed up to be better than he was.Eubanks in comparison ,i always felt was playing the bad guy with his tongue in cheek.

dr_devious · Post by **dr_devious** » 27 Apr 2007, 08:25

Decagon wrote:[The general European public doesn't know what soap is. So what?

Haha, didnt know you were a hillbilly Dec

The Great John L · Post by **The Great John L** » 27 Apr 2007, 08:38

Loki wrote:Mayweathers only popular in the US. The general European public would not know who he was. Thats not a superstar!!

I hate to break the news, but the general US public doesn’t know who PBF is either. Boxing fans know who he is, but that’s a frighteningly small percentage of the general population.

tony3 · Post by **tony3** » 27 Apr 2007, 16:38

The most hated boxer of all time? Surely that has to be the great Jack Johnson. After he dismantled Jefferies, there were race riots and lynchings throughout North America. Johnson was roundly despised by all of white America, more so even than Ali when he refused to be drafted into the army.

Expug · Post by **Expug** » 27 Apr 2007, 19:34

Bummy Davis caught a lot of grief after banging out the popular Tony Canzoneri at the end of Tonys career.
Davis was often portrayed as a street brawler and a gangster by the press.
Later on he was suspended by the nyac for going nuts in the ring and belting Fritzie Zivic in the balls about twenty times after Zivic thumbed him.
That didnt enhance his rep too much.
Bummy went down swinging years later against some hoodlums defending his buddy whose bar was being robbed.
He was shot multiple times and died.