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Daredevil is my main title! I think calling Jack Murdock a "reasonably successful" boxer is kind of misleading. He'd quit boxing, and struggled to make a living other ways. His son was blinded, and he returned to the sport, only to be killed because he refused to fix the fight. The fact that he was in a situation where the mob (and the Fixer) were rigging his matches, that he quit only to return to the crooked system due to a lack of cash and a desire to support his son, says to me, "these guys were not very well off at all." The reason Matt was such a good student is because his father drilled into him that education was his only way out, and that still informs how Matt thinks in a big way. Which is not to say he hasn't been well-off for a long time (though the success of the Murdock legal practice kind of fluctuates with writers)-- he did work hard and graduate at the top of his class. His disability and genuine financial need probably meant a scholarship bonanza. But all of his money comes from his own work, versus, say, the Wasp. He hasn't had an easy ride, so, if he doesn't realize other people struggle to make a living, it's more "well, if I can do it, why can't they?" than an ignorance of what poverty is like. I guess, is what I'd say.