Quote Originally Posted by zhubin
For someone who doesn't know Floyd...someone who is watching 24/7...what do they see. Aside from the arrogance and venom he spits...he also carries huge sums of cash around, gambles, cusses in front of his children, and has an entourage that stands around admiring him. You think that's going to make him the next star of boxing? No chance.
That's what I'm saying!
Anyone who doesn't know Floyd sees this and thinks, "Damn, what a pompous jerk. I wish he gets knocked out." Thus, bigger interest in the fight.
I'm not saying it's all an act on the show, but you have to admit he's exagerrating it to an extreme.
I think he's just going through a personality complex.
He tried to be good before. Nobody cared.
So he probably thought, "Hey, if the only way I'm gonna get attention is by being an ass, well then I'm gonna be the biggest ass I possibly can!" Like a troubled kid in school who only gets attention when he does wrong.
Except in this case, attention = making a name for yourself = $$$
He knows he can't outfavorite Oscar in this. No chance.
So he chose to be as bad as he possibly can. And he's doing a good job of it. He'll never outfavorite Oscar. You gotta make yourself known as best as you can. Being the bad guy was his only choice here.
What if he came out all good and humble? There wouldn't even be a 24/7 show.
Good guy vs good guy just doesn't have the appeal of good guy vs villain.