Do you have to talk trash to be known the best in boxing?

Question

Do you have to talk trash to be known the best in boxing?

Answer 1

i think a high level of confidence to be the best boxer....and to sell more tickets, and make more money......talking trash helps a lot.,(MAYWEATHER)

Answer 2

as Mayweather says "closed mouths dont get feed" people reconize you more the more your in the headlines and news and the media loves conflicts and drama.

Answer 3

Joe Louis never spoke poorly of his opponents (at least, no such remarks made publicly).

Sugar Ray Robinson actually commented on how Clay's outbursts were embarrassing to the sport, and didn't appear very often in Clay's presence because of it.

Hagler wasn't known for his words. . .he let his fists do the talking.  Only Leonard angered him to the point of showboating in their fight. . . something that Hagler, to this day, reportedly says he regrets.  

Do you have to talk trash to be known the best in boxing?  Good Lord, no.  But these days, with all the "extreme" and "reality" tv shows. . . .nothing phases us anymore.  So trash talking is almost EXPECTED. . .and the "dopey" fans are let down if fighters embrace after trying to kill one another.  The fact that these embraces still happen is why boxing is my favorite sport, and always will be.

Answer 4

I don't think that talking trash gets you known as the best in boxing........you're boxing skills and the level of opposition get that.   If trash talking were the way that you get to the top of boxing then we'd have notorious trash talkers like Edison Miranda and Ricardo Mayorga would easily be top 5 p4p fighters..........but right now because of what they've done in the boxing ring they are not even sniffing the P4P rankings..........also i've never heard Manny Pacquiao trash talk and he's rated the second best in all of boxing.

Answer 5

the biggest trash talker/mocker ever = the best boxer ever ?

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