It aslo doesn't hurt that he's black. Can identify with most boxers in America. Come from the slums and looked down upon by mainstream America.

Also, who knows what he does behind the scenes. The man is a convicted felon. Perhaps now he's established enough so that he no longer needs a muscle. But the man is "Ballsy," he got both Ali and Foreman to believe he had 10 million, and he found a way to get it. Luck favors the bold.

Also, he had to be street smart, people smart, political smart, and book smart to survive this long in the game.

It's basically he, Arum, and HBO. A Mexican Stand-off, except no mexicans.