would you rather be beloved or be remembered as an all time great and hated?

[mastertech1985]

I have to say boxing fans are some of the most loyal, yet fickle people in the world


fighters who aren't great but are exciting like Arturo Gatti, Rocky Graziano, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini are in the Hall and their are guys that are not in there yet that truly deserved it more

sure they gave us chills, spills, and thrills but honestly I don't like good losers....I like winners


fighters Like Pernell Whitaker(late 80s-mid 90s), Floyd Mayweather(2004-present, and Roy Jones(mid 90s-2004) were the best fighters of their era but were not nearly as beloved as fighters they beat and showed superiority over....
Jones was clearly the best of his time but fighters like Oscar De La Hoya and Trinidad are/were more beloved
Julio Cesar Chavez is highly respected but Sweet Pea was the best of their time and really gets no fanfare and
Mayweather has defeated more world class opposition than anyone active today but he definitely doesn't get as much respect as inferior fighters




Id rather be an all time great.....screw being beloved, you can maximize your money by being the best, not taking beatings for the fans....they not gonna raise my son for me when I have pugilistic dementia

[SlySlickSmooth]

I have to say boxing fans are some of the most loyal, yet fickle people in the world


fighters who aren't great but are exciting like Arturo Gatti, Rocky Graziano, Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini are in the Hall and their are guys that are not in there yet that truly deserved it more

sure they gave us chills, spills, and thrills but honestly I don't like good losers....I like winners


fighters Like Pernell Whitaker(late 80s-mid 90s), Floyd Mayweather(2004-present, and Roy Jones(mid 90s-2004) were the best fighters of their era but were not nearly as beloved as fighters they beat and showed superiority over....
Jones was clearly the best of his time but fighters like Oscar De La Hoya and Trinidad are/were more beloved
Julio Cesar Chavez is highly respected but Sweet Pea was the best of their time and really gets no fanfare and
Mayweather has defeated more world class opposition than anyone active today but he definitely doesn't get as much respect as inferior fighters




Id rather be an all time great.....screw being beloved, you can maximize your money by being the best, not taking beatings for the fans....they not gonna raise my son for me when I have pugilistic dementia

Hagler, Leonard, De La Hoya, Tyson, Lewis, Hatton, and Pacquiao were all exciting fighters that got paid a **** ton.

[mastertech1985]

Hagler, Leonard, De La Hoya, Tyson, Lewis, Hatton, and Pacquiao were all exciting fighters that got paid a **** ton.

true but out of all of them only Leonard or Hagler were the best of their time/era p4p.....Hagler didn't make as much as some fighters in his era that were not as good as he was

Leonard was the cash cow and either 1 or 2 p4p and wasn't beloved until his career was over...most thought he was a pretty boy and over paid until he proved it over the years




DLH, Hatton, Pacquaio, Lewis, and Tyson were all great in their own right but I wouldn't say they rank as high p4p or all time as Jones, Whitaker, and Mayweather who were truly once in a generation type talent and had the resumes to match

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I would want to be hated by the public make some controversial remarks about some sensitive group retire with a few million then live in the middle of the arizona desert working on old firebirds

[gamefrk]

true but out of all of them only Leonard or Hagler were the best of their time/era p4p.....Hagler didn't make as much as some fighters in his era that were not as good as he was

Leonard was the cash cow and either 1 or 2 p4p and wasn't beloved until his career was over...most thought he was a pretty boy and over paid until he proved it over the years




DLH, Hatton, Pacquaio, Lewis, and Tyson were all great in their own right but I wouldn't say they rank as high p4p or all time as Jones, Whitaker, and Mayweather who were truly once in a generation type talent and had the resumes to match

And that's where you're wrong. Floyd & Pac are ranked quite close to each other in most rankings by boxing writers/historians.

I'd choose to be an all time great + beloved like Pacquiao, best of both worlds.