They seem cool to me. All the fighters need someone there to help them get comfortable and bring them what they need. That's what they do. Call them what you will, that's an awesome job!
They are there to entertain me and my wife. I get a hugh laugh out of the fact they are 99% of the time in the corner of the darker skinned fighter. Honestly they provide a good service, and seem like cool guys, but they are worse than DLh when it comes to having a camera on them. They help encourage the fighters, cheer them on, etc. If I were a boxer I would think I would put them behind me, or somebody like them to help encourage me. Not leechers not like Pac and Mayweather get, but genuine guys trying to push me.