Some of the things he did form a boxing perspective, I guess yes. Some of the things he did from a personal perspective, absolutely not.
It is a recurring thing in boxing, if not in sports in general. How many boxers have done unfavourable things outside the ring that deserve all the backlash, yet inside the ring, and within the boundaries of the game, we love them?
Fair enough nobody has killed people whilst at their peak and carried on in the sport, but still, Ali and Tyson are two of the best examples of guys that in their personal life did plenty of things that they deserved to lose respect for but the point remains that what they did inside the sport is ultimately what we respect.
It is a recurring thing in boxing, if not in sports in general. How many boxers have done unfavourable things outside the ring that deserve all the backlash, yet inside the ring, and within the boundaries of the game, we love them?
Fair enough nobody has killed people whilst at their peak and carried on in the sport, but still, Ali and Tyson are two of the best examples of guys that in their personal life did plenty of things that they deserved to lose respect for but the point remains that what they did inside the sport is ultimately what we respect.
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