Do the 'Nice' guy boxers make more money?

**Rich Loc** · 03-06-2009, 09:06 AM

Mike Tyson........... end of thread

**Sparked_1985** · 03-06-2009, 09:07 AM

Originally posted by Malcolm.

Mike Tyson........... end of thread

People liked him.

He always had charm. And he was a Heavyweight who knocked people unconcious, that's just a whole different ball game. Heavyweights always capture the casual fan.

**Rich Loc** · 03-06-2009, 09:09 AM

Originally posted by Sparked_1985

People liked him.

He always had charm.

No one ever liked Tyson. They just enjoyed watching a pit bull destroy much larger opponents. Tyson rep is based on being the baddest man on the planet. Look at Lewis � Tyson hype and his release from prison

**Russian Express** · 03-06-2009, 09:10 AM

Tyson was a very amicable person... when he first entered the game. Lots of people loved him, post prison he became loathed.

People are so ****ing fickle.

**MonsieurGeorges** · 03-06-2009, 09:11 AM

Originally posted by Sparked_1985

Guys like Oscar and now Hatton seem to be able to bank serious dough each and everytime they fight: being regular good guys, Pavlik is another one who is marketable in the same way.

On the otherside of the coin you have guys like Hopkins. Who has an unpalatable public persona (note the word public, he could be a saint, we don't really know him) Hopkins obviously has done very well out of boxing and is a multi-millionnaire but surely he would have banked even more if people liked him especially as he is a physical phenom. I know that him being cast as the bad guy boosted PPV sales against Tito and Winky (was Calzage a PPV fight?) but it means he can't really be the draw on his own. He definetely isn't the kind of guy that will ever be a cross-over star.

Obviously there are loads of guys that fit into the nice guy/bad guy categories. It would be boring if all boxers were gentlemen.....but..

Who is a bad guy who made a lot of money, historically, presently, whatever? Does it pay to be a bad guy?

'Good guys make more money' Is this a correct assessment?

Discuss. Whatever.

**Rich Loc** · 03-06-2009, 09:12 AM

Originally posted by Sparked_1985

Guys like Oscar and now Hatton seem to be able to bank serious dough each and everytime they fight: being regular good guys, Pavlik is another one who is marketable in the same way.

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Oscar gets support from Mexico and Mexican-Americans.
Hatton gets support from the whole UK
Pavlik gets support from white America

Black Americans don't get support from their people since boxing is not popular anymore, hence why playing bad guy always. Blacks can't follow a boxer simply on race that would be racist. They also not very patriotic to a country that treated them like ****

**MANGLER** · 03-06-2009, 09:13 AM

Tyson always brought in the bucks. I never heard much about the purses of Mayo and Toney, but they've played the villain in some fights. Vargas was the bad guy against DLH too, but always seemed to be pretty popular beyond that. PBF has made some coin makin everybody wanna see him KTFO his last 2 fights. Hagler and Duran came off as the bad guy against SRL too. Bein the antagonist can net you some $ if you got a popular star across from you. Nicer guys just come off as more charismatic so it's easier for fans to get behind em. Those kinda fighters are the ones who achieve crossover appeal beyond hardcore fans and make $ outside of boxing. take a look at Foreman in his 2nd career. He made more $ outside the sport than in it.

**dans** · 03-06-2009, 09:14 AM

Originally posted by Billolden

Yes, exactly. Lifestyle...flashy.

**Russian Express** · 03-06-2009, 09:14 AM

Malcolm where are you from?

Do the 'Nice' guy boxers make more money?