Ali was the master and got to Sonny and George although I do not think it worked with Joe and probably made him fight harder.

Hopkins is clever, Oscar said he was nice and pleasant to him during the tour for their match because he did not want to face an angry Oscar (not that it owuld have made a difference). Also remember hopkins unified against Keith Holmes and said he would knock him out and Holmes was so concerned about getting stopped that he lost the fight. His tactics to rile Joe Calzaghe did not work.