Old fighters' antics that wouldn't fly today

[powerpuncher]

sugar ray robinson- did you know that many times on fight night, he would demand more pay than was agreed to and would refuse to fight if those new demands werent met? can you imagine if floyd did that? i couldnt even imagine the backlash he would get from doing the same thing that the p4p king did.

It is called "know your value" . Prof boxing is about MAKING MONEY. Surprise?
Did you ever been in a ring? Why would anyone do it for free or low pay?
SRR was as great boxing business man as a fighter. He knew the game that if you do not value yourself you will be fucked by others. Check Mike TYson and Don King, and many many other examples

sandy saddler- he was known as an extremely dirty fighter. that doesnt stop us from calling him an ATG though. he used his head, elbows, and back hands to win the fight. people complain about ward but saddler was on another level of dirty. if he fought today, people would be calling for a DQ in every fight.

Well, bullcrap. A champ sets the rules. If you are famous and money bringer, the game will adopt its rules to you. See Mayweather.

roberto duran- this is mainly the no mas fight. he gained a ton of weight after the first fight with leonard then had to lose it all and quit during their second fight. yes i know that he "redeemed" himself by still having a good career after that, but that would be something that would always be brought up if we were talking about someone like bhop being a great fighter. there would be talks of "bhop is good but remember the time he quit?" nobody would ever let that go.

Partly agree here. Anyway, Duran is was and will be 10000000000000000% more exciting than BHOP.

I understand that Robinson knew his value but it still doesn't make it right to threaten to cancel a fight after you already agreed upon a price. Also, saddler wasn't hugely popular. He was good but he wasn't one of the top dogs in the sport at the time. Joe Louis and Henry Armstrong were the beloved fighters that everybody talked about. I'm sure fans hated saddler back then.