I feel like his branding (unfairly) took a hit after the first Pac fight. Regardless of the validity of the decision, people were acting like this cat was supposed to just forfeit his win or something. He probably said fukk it, I'ma be a heel....
As a black fighter, hell, as a black athlete, it's hard in this modern ESPN-dominated world to keep a good image in the public eye. Journalist latch on to
anything to tear these guys down.
When was the last time a black fighter got that Sugar Ray Leonard treatment? Maybe Holyfield? And a lot of that came from simply being opposed to Tyson.