Why are most professional boxers so arrogant?

Being arrogant has crept into professional boxing in the 2,000's to a crazy point. Make no mistake it has always been there. Muhammad Ali himself was known as a big mouth during his career. read more

Some arrogant-seeming boxers may believe their own hype and therefore are not so smart or self-aware, but you get all kinds of personalities in the tough world of boxing. This arrogant persona is not the exclusive domain of black professional boxers. read more

27 Deontay Wilder Deontay Leshun Wilder is an American professional boxer. He has held the WBC heavyweight title since 2015, and in doing so became the first American world heavyweight champion in nine years, which was the longest period of time in boxing history without an American heavyweight champion. He is a good fighter, he just fights bums. read more

In this he succeeded. Talking about Holmes, he would be on the top of anyone’s list of most arrogant. Ali, Hopkins and Holmes are three of the seven I have had personal experiences with and Holmes would certainly top my list. Holmes lived in the shadow of Ali and to this day calls Ali “an average boxer”. read more

He would be calling a fight and it sounded more like"Roy Jones Jr's Greatest Hits" All of the Mayweathers are arrogant. I think Floyd Jr just does it for the camera. But his father and uncle are both out of control and classless. read more