Why doesn't anyone in boxing play the heel?

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  • Boxing-1013
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    #1

    Why doesn't anyone in boxing play the heel?

    Ali did it, with great success professionally and financially.

    Same for Floyd. Same for Conor in MMA. Covington doing it as well, though not on the level of those 3 financially.

    The heel role sells. Why doesn't anyone in boxing realize that, and capitalize on it?

    Broner was trying to do it, he just wasn't quite good enough to pull it off. That and Maidana, as he proved vs Floyd, was not exactly an easy matchup.

    Who could/should start being the heel?
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    I'm thinking Crawford or Spence starts playing the bad guy role. The other one can play the baby face. Maybe they can both play the heel.

    GGG could maybe do it, it kinds of seems like he is. He just doesn't speak English well enough to really capitalize on it.

    Gervonta? Haney? Garcia is the baby face right now. Loma? Teo? One of those guys should DEFINITELY start playing the heel. Just start talking all sorts of sh.it about the other guys.

    Fury is doing it very well too now, come to think of it.

    Charlo or Andrade should DEFINITELY play that role. Otherwise they will finish their career where they are now. With a good but rather unmemorable run.

    Can't think of anyone else off the top of my head.

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    • YoungManRumble
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      #3
      Shakur Stevenson should adopt it like I said before.

      He's already much more unlikeable than both Errol and Bud, to me anyway. Seems to help to be able to dance well to be the heel also. He can taunt guys while they miss and people will want to see his weird little gopher face get punched in, but most guys probably won't be able to.

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      • FinitoxDinamita
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        #4
        You gotta have some wits, intelligence, and charisma to be a villain and guys like Crawford and Spence dont got it like that.

        Lmmfao at wanting Spence to be a villain. He is a mute and a country bumpkin with zero personality so how the hell is he gonna be a heel?

        Broner is too dumb to be an interesting villain. He is more fit to be that r3tardef sidekick , the scrub who sits passenger to the real villain.

        Davis is a mumbling idiot dude nobody can take him seriously as a heel especially when he is shorter than most women.

        Tyson Fury is totally capable of being the bad guy if he wanted to but he is stuck somewhere in between.

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          #5
          ...Wilder?

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          • RA-Box
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            #6
            Teo Lopez is kinda doing it.

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            • Ray*
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              #7
              Originally posted by FinitoxDinamita
              You gotta have some wits, intelligence, and charisma to be a villain and guys like Crawford and Spence dont got it like that.

              Lmmfao at wanting Spence to be a villain. He is a mute and a country bumpkin with zero personality so how the hell is he gonna be a heel?

              Broner is too dumb to be an interesting villain. He is more fit to be that r3tardef sidekick , the scrub who sits passenger to the real villain.

              Davis is a mumbling idiot dude nobody can take him seriously as a heel especially when he is shorter than most women.

              Tyson Fury is totally capable of being the bad guy if he wanted to but he is stuck somewhere in between.
              Your post is perfect.

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              • Ray*
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                #8
                Originally posted by Marchegiano
                ...Wilder?
                Nope he just doesn’t have it.

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                  #9
                  Originally posted by RA-Box
                  Teo Lopez is kinda doing it.
                  Good shout... Still need to work on it a little bit.

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                  • YoungManRumble
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                    #10
                    Wilder was a decent heel but after being defeated he's kind of lost that aura. Ignoring all the other obvious insanity.

                    Teofimo doing a pretty good job too I guess since I lost money betting against him twice lol

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