Do respectful humble boxers get better marketing?

Question

Like do the boxers that don't trash talk get marketed better like Sugar Ray Leonard, Oscar de la Hoya, Shane Mosley, Kelly Pavlik even way back to Arguello?

(Of course there are exceptions like Mayweather)

Answer 1

I Don Ting So

Answer 2

They certainly get more respect, humility is a virtue.  But from the stand point of money it appears you have to run you mouth, you can't let your fists do all the talking.  Ali would have never would have created the mega million dollar fights of today by being polite and reserved.  

It is controversy that sells not quality.

Answer 3

Believe it or not, Mike Tyson was pretty humble when he was younger at the early 80's. He knocks opponents at the first round but helps them up after getting floored after the round. When at interviews, especially when he doesn't knock his opponent down early, he gives himself a grade of zero when someone asks how well he fought that night. He was still getting better marketing than other heavyweights because his actions, not of his words. We all know action speaks louder than words. Of course, after the lost to Douglas, he became arrogant and absurd, which still makes better marketing like how the Lewis fight ended up to be. That being said, boxers who talk trash or boxers who fight well both get a lot of attention and sell fights.

Answer 4

Probably not but things could always turn out that way and they would have Floyd Mayweather among others to thank.  I can understand confidence.  Floyd has it in abundance.  

However, his bragging about money and "Bling-Bling" gets VERY OLD.  I can live with the boasting even though I don't care for it much.  At least he can back it up unlike his other less intelligent glass-jawed colleague Zab Judah.   However, people are getting tired of that act and many pay to see him lose.  They still pay but even that could change.  

There are a number of reasons why Floyd's money boasting does him no good.  He throws around money as if he's Bill Gates.  His net worth is about a tear drop in Gates' ocean.  It's good to have but the image will quickly cause him to lose it once he can no longer fight.  

Also, weather people want to admit it or not, that whole "bling-bling" culture is one of the cancers in black society.  Black celebrities carry the burden of the good and bad within the black race.  Some don't like to talk about it but it's a part of life.  Like many other non-white groups in the US your behavior effects all in your group.  

Floyd's feud with his father is but one small part of what really keeps him from becoming marketable.  For all his talent he really can't draw ticket sales without a super opponent.   That's why he will not be able to avoid Miguel Cotto much longer.  

  

Most of the guys you mentioned above have something else to bring to the table.  Ray and Oscar are olympic heroes.  Arguello KO'd guys but his gentlemanly demenor is what captured people.  His treatment of Ray Mancini, a TV favorite (rem him?), certainly helped enhance his image.  

Mosley and Pavlik earned their "stripes" in the ring.  Mosley had the looks and style and got people's attention.  Plus you don't hear him bragging and running his mouth.  Unless he's fighting Oscar people often root for him.  

Pavlik is the ultimate blue-collar champion.  You can identify with him.  I'd bet you could have a conversation with him in a local tavern or coffee shop in his hometown.  Hard not to like a guy like that.  Knocking out Jermain Taylor, whom I always thought would eventually be exposed for his major "right hand dropping" flaw,  certainly helped.

Answer 5

I never considered Leonard humble.  I always considered him one of the most arrogant fighters of his era.  I don't suppose he trash talked about his opposition, but I do know he called himself "so great".  I'm as big a SRL fan as there is, but he would raise his hands in victory before his opponent hit the canvas.  He went over to the crumpled LaLonde and said "F- Ya".  So in the ring, he was neither respectful nor humble.  And in in the ring, you won't find a more respectful and humble fighter than Floyd Mayweather.

Answer 6

No, Why?