Quote Originally Posted by Britkid
Quote Originally Posted by raleights
true, but it stopped ottke
Being featherfisted did not stop Ottke creating a better legacy. What cost him, were them robberies; he already had a boring style of fighting, so that is going to annoy a lot of people, and then when he started getting hometown decisions in his favour, he pissed these people off even more.

That is why Ottke does not get the credit his career deserves, but I am sure he does not care, because he got more money, by making title defences, with a title that should of belonged to other people.
Why does his boxing career deserve any credit when he got loads of hometown, gift decision and he fought his hold career without going on the road for whole career. The guys signature wins are close decisions against Robin Reid, Charles Brewer, and Anthony Mundine with 10 fights under his belt.

He actually gets more credit than he deserves - and lots more cash, too. He was a B-grade fighter, and it seems like he knew he was a B-grade fighter, because he never even tried to take on an A-grade fighter. From a business POV, he deserves credit, but from a boxing perspective, he was way overrated and he deserves every bit of the crap he takes.