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Quote Originally Posted by Chiccy2112 View Post
He has earned the right to be smug (Ward)
You know, your right, but, as is, he'll never really earn adulation from boxing fans world wide IMO. In such a fan friendly sport, the way fighters need to connect with fans, he just doesn't seem to do it for me at all....
It will just have to be a long-term thing. As has been said countless times, the closest model is Hopkins. He got his adulation in his 40s. (He had his accolades before, for sure, from the Trinidad/ODLH fights, etc., but it was begrudging because of his fan-unfriendly style -- much like Ward.)