Charisma should be a respected attribute in a boxer.

Golovkin is charismatic as hell. He's just not American

Plus Pacweather gave boxing a brutal savage low blow thats gonna take a long while to recover from

 

The last thing we need is charisma.

Charisma means you're a talker, and there hasn't been a talker who's been a great fighter since Ali.

May was a talker, and he ended up getting peppered with questions about Manny for years.

We need KO artists, and many of them. Joshua, Thurman, Golovkin, Beterbiev - these guys will take Boxing back to the top. Loma will, too.

 

So how were they charismatic? Ali was charismatic.

 

GGG does have charisma.

 

Wilder has a lot of charisma. It was displayed when gloating over beating up an escaped mental patient, and even more so when dancing with joy after despatching a French pastry chef.

 

Oscar had a HUGE Mexican, American and PR following due to his Olympic run.

Ray had America behind him when Boxing was huge. That guy was just meant to succeed. Same with Oscar.

Pac put b*ms in seats because of his style. His style and willingness to face the very best won people over.

Thurman has charisma, IMHO. As does AJ. Both can speak properly and clearly on the mic, same with Haye. No "er" and still trying to construct a sentence in there head whilst mumbling mindless nonsense. Add to it that that kayo most opponents... Charisma, for me, has always gone hand in hand with a fighter who kayoes fighters/back his words. They come across well (funny/charming/educated/well spoken) and are exciting to watch.

 

Anthony Joshua is probably going to be the biggest name. He doesn't have natural, raw charisma but rather, manufactured charisma - he absolutely does slot into it and has enough ability to play that well - that's what matters a lot.

 

The only fighter I see right now with star quality is Anthony Joshua. Global, not just in their countries.

 

You probably should look up the word charisma. It don't mean that at all.

 

If you're a machine (like young Foreman), you don't really need charisma. You sort of get a mystique just from being a mean mofo.

 

Naw, it's natural.

 

Means that to me, that's all that matters kiddo.