I think you have to separate the artist and the art, especially in boxing because this sport has always been made up mostly of criminals and violent scumbags. Floyd's gone to court and jail for beating women, his daddy did a bid, he's a criminal and comes from criminal people. But he's one in a long line. Sugar Ray Robinson beat the shit out of his wife and kids and was a horrible father and husband (this according to his own kids). Jack Dempsey was a two-bit hustler who dodged the war and pimped his own wife out. Rocky Marciano was a con artist. Drugs, violence, cheating, adultery... this is the wrong sport to follow if you are a stickler for ethics.
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