Isn’t strange how when a fighter gets an unpopular decision he is the villain

[crimsonfalcon07]

Also for those who follow different sports also, Aljamain Sterling is another great example. Got the "belt" by DQ in a fight he was clearly losing, getting basically TKOed by an illegal knee. If he had said something like "I'm not going to feel like the real champ until I win this fair and square by beating you in the ring" and then the next fight happened in the same way, he'd have avoided all the flak. But he chose to act like he was the real champ, and got dragged for it.

[ELPacman]

I think it always has to do with circumstances and depending how the fighter who won behaves there after.

For me, one of the most intriguing robberies was Tim Bradley vs Pac 1. I initially was crazy upset as most of the boxing world. I think there was plenty of articles and commentary talking about what a bad decision it was. Pac didn't say much other than he thought he won. Though Pac was the fan favorite. Bradley who gets the decision from the judges, accepted that he won, but then basically went into exile and could not show his face anywhere. He said the win made things worse for himself and even his family because everyone was ridiculing him that he did not win. I didn't realize how much it took from him mentally until they had that documentary on him regarding that moment.

So where I initially thought he was the villain, I changed my entire thoughts and felt bad for him since he went through crap for getting a win that most of the world didn't think he deserved, but the judges did.

Granted, this is just 1 type of scenario and there are many. The most obvious part of vilifying a fighter for winning typically deals with a fighter you didn't like much to begin with, he got the win and perhaps brags about it here and there.