I don't understand the constant hate he gets on here.
The only issue I have with him is he tends to fight on the level of his opponent, it works well for guys like Marquez, Peterson etc but not so well against nikkas like Prov.
He was peppering the sh!t out of Ruslan's face when he fought his own fight. I think it boils down to self esteem and pride. When Tim beat Manny the first fight, the hate caught him off guard. Most if not all fighters feel they won on close decision contests even if its obvious to everybody else that their best effort didn't warrent a W. Tim was genuinely unprepared for the backlash he received for that initial win against Manny. My personal thoughts are in harmony with 50, in that the backlash should have been directed towards Bob Arum. So like you said, he fought Ruslan's fight and despite pulling off the win, any rational person would question at what cost was it worth? Peeing blood and slurred speech for two months afterwards all to win the approval of some cacs who will either hate you or still consider you less than them regardless of your heart.
On the other hand, Mayweather gave no fukks about their feelings and continues to rub it in their face. I salute Floyd for that too. Dumb cacs paid money to see a n!gger lose instead of seeing two elite fighters box, and are pissed over the outcome. When you think about it, Manny playing these disgruntled racists with a bogus injury, is more respectable than Timmy trying to win those same racists' hearts and adoration.