Aura of invincibility, I don't see it, you can't get flogged like he did and have an aura of invincibility, not at his age. He can win the rematch and gain respect again though, its not going to be easy but the path is obviously there.
As for respect outside the ring, depends on who's respect, the general public, possibly. They have short memories and love winners, starch Fury & Joshua in spectacular fashion, talk the right amount of family man/bad guy/warrior sound bites and maybe it could return. For a lot of actual boxing fans, no, the treatment of Breland and especially the excuses were too much, and not like a little too much, on a scale of 1 to 10, like a 14 too much. He could still be appreciated as a fighter, but respect might be a bridge too far.
Should never say never, it would be a long road though. He loses to Fury again, which you'd think is likely at this point and he is mainly forgotten by the general public and remembered by boxing fans as a great right hand with poor skill and the worse excuse of all time.
As for respect outside the ring, depends on who's respect, the general public, possibly. They have short memories and love winners, starch Fury & Joshua in spectacular fashion, talk the right amount of family man/bad guy/warrior sound bites and maybe it could return. For a lot of actual boxing fans, no, the treatment of Breland and especially the excuses were too much, and not like a little too much, on a scale of 1 to 10, like a 14 too much. He could still be appreciated as a fighter, but respect might be a bridge too far.
Should never say never, it would be a long road though. He loses to Fury again, which you'd think is likely at this point and he is mainly forgotten by the general public and remembered by boxing fans as a great right hand with poor skill and the worse excuse of all time.
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