Good Guys and bad guys, the value of marketing

[Jimanuel Boogustus]

Bruno/ Lewis was a bit like that for a while.

Good one.

"I'm going to give him what you Americans call a good ass whipping."

-Frank Bruno

Is that you Bill?

[El Kabong]

Ali - adored by all for the most part
Frazier - for some reason symbolized white racism against Ali (I have no clue how that fucking happened)
Foreman - Just seen as a mean bully who wasn't very bright


Holmes - Hated because he wasn't Ali
Cooney - Loved because he was hyped as "The Great White Hope", he was a good fighter but for that fight the race card was played big time and it's a shame because it was a good fight, a good matchup and Cooney didn't need to be drug through the mud of racism and Holmes deserved more respect.


Roy Jones Jr. - Pretty much appreciated by all boxing fans
Bernard Hopkins - seen as tedious to watch and volatile when interviewed

Mike Tyson - Loved even when he was being an absolute monster, people wanted to watch him wreak havoc or be beaten into submission....he was a movie monster, he was Frankenstein, the people liked watching him destroy and they liked watching him be destroyed he couldn't lose with the fans everything he did had drama to it and excitement
Evander Holyfield - Never really respected as a puncher even after he stopped Tyson, he was seen like a Joe Frazier, workman like, cagey.
Lennox Lewis - seen as too effete and Tunney-esque as in he was a smart fighter and not just some dumb brute

[SlimTrae]

Evander Holyfield - Never really respected as a puncher even after he stopped Tyson, he was seen like a Joe Frazier, workman like, cagey.

So true.
I can't remember who did an interview I watched sometime ago , but it started off just awful.

"Evander Holyfield, so I understand you were once the Heavy weight champion of the world"

When asked who he fought- they recognized him as the guy Mike Tyson bit.