Is Mayweather The Most Hated Boxer Of All Time?

[BoxingIsGreat]

I would say that Golovkin is the most hated. Have you guys ever read this forum?

Not even close!

[UNBIASED BOXING]

I don't know, I feel like Broner is pretty well hated by most fans.

[Larry the boss]

Naw people just have the internet now so everyone got to see the hate easier

[Street]

MOST HATED

1. Ali was hated for speaking out about American inequality and not going to Vietnam as did Trump but for some strange reason the guy claiming bone spurs is loved. Maybe it has something to do with race.

2. Jack Johnson was hated for marrying a white woman in a time when America was more segregated than what it is today. Maybe it had something to do with race.

3. Floyd Mayweather Jr. is hated because he massed huge amounts of money by simply just trolling his opponents with ease and some think it's unfair that he is never willing to risk his chin in an all out brawl. Or maybe it has something to do with race.

[Napoleon Wilson]

The top dog in any sport gets the most hate. Mayweather got more than most because he was on top for so long and defeated so many fan favourites.

Specious reasoning....

[Napoleon Wilson]

Naw people just have the internet now so everyone got to see the hate easier

???????

I feel there is something missing from your post......

[Larry the boss]

???????

I feel there is something missing from your post......

Ali,Johnson and others were hated but there was no internet..imagine the threads that would have been made about them

[Napoleon Wilson]

Ali,Johnson and others were hated but there was no internet..imagine the threads that would have been made about them

That is certainly a valid point Larry.

But to the best of my recollection Ali and Johnson never pulled
a move like the whole not fighting Manny/PEDS issue.

I would say the true hatred of Mayweather started at that point.

The Castillo thing obviously didn't help his case either.......

[Finito2K]

I can't think of any other boxer who divides boxing fans more than he does, can you?

I reserve the top spot for Tony Ayala.

[stealthradon]

please, dude. just please.

this is a country with a vicious racial history. i'd urge you to look back at the history of this sport, particularly the HW championship, and to go back before world war 2.

or look at the career of muhammad ali. ali was not always a universally beloved figure. really, you can look it up for yourself, the man was vilified.

Ali's unlikely friendship with Howard Cosell is probably the reason why he is remembered fondly now.