liston( ex -con ,no one even came to the airport when he came home from winning the championship), lamotta(people only came to see him because they wanted to see him get his block knocked off),ali(draft dodger) holmes(stated marciano couldnt carry his jock strap) keep em coming and lets ad why.
chris eubank while he was undefeated he was the man they loved to hate , and then when the thompson fights came along the public perception of eubank changed and he was loved
Sven Ottke - of course outside Germany and the obvious reason is the unbelievable number of robberies that made him retire as an undeafeated, unified champion of the world. atsch Anybody using WBVA rember those polls - predicting results? You could always pick "Sven Ottke by KO 1" even if Ottke wasn't fighting This content is protected This content is protected
Johnson is number 1 Schmeling has already been mentioned, but he was initially hated after beating Jack Sharkey when he apparently could not continue after being low blowed