floyd is losing his head........

[.Mik.]

Some guys just don't have the public personna. Plus I don't know if you guys remember but Ali was not well liked. Many referred to him as Clay well after he changed his name. But his bravado now in retrospect is endearing. I think Floyd is trying to do his public part to build up his fights, but is just out of his element and doesn't come off well. And while charisma doesn't win fights, yeah I agree, that a win over Oscar doesn't come close to sealing the deal for him. His personna costs him and he's going to have to do a good bit more, IMO.

Ali wasnt popular with other boxers, because he tended to make them look ****** either at the fight, or beforehand. Ali was popular throughout his career with the fans though, it certainly dipped during his lay-off, but it came back stronger than ever afterwards. If you watch the documentaries, virtually nobody liked his arrogance and boasting...until he went out and backed it up by beating Liston. As soon as he did that, everyone loved him. A huge amount of people didnt even give Liston a shot in the rematch either.