Quote Originally Posted by SweetPea
Quote Originally Posted by hitmandonny
But what have we now? If our biggest star is a trash talking unpopular provocative and general unlikable huma being what does that say about us?
Are you talking about the current decade or the 1960s?

Because Ali was the most disliked and unpopular athlete in the entire United States during the late 1960s, and was viewed as a rude obnoxious trash talking unlikeable human being.

In fact, if you look throughout history, the best fighters have usually been brash, cocky and controversial. Floyd Mayweather is no different personality-wise than most of the great fighters throughout the years.
Jack Dempsey was loved, a rough man but loved.
SRR was cocky but in a nice way and loved.
Joe Louis was loved never cocky or arrogant.
Marciano was probably the most humble of all

And i am well aware of Ali's status in the 60's yet he turned it all round in the 70's. You think we're all going to love Floyd soon?