When boxers step into the ring, they risk everything. So I am not slamming anybody's earning potential. Get the highest pay you can. I respect that.
However, during an interview, Roberto Duran pointed out how fighters these days make a hell of a lot more money than they did even in his day.
May-Pac is of course, the best example of this, but there have been many others. Most of Mayweather's big money fights were lackluster. Trinidad-De La Hoya was lackluster as well. Fury-Klitschko as well.
And not just the big fights. Many champions who are far from household names get paid a million to fight very ordinary opponents which was unheard of in the past.
I understand inflation and that a dollar doesn't go very far anymore, but I think that maybe the richer a fighter gets, the more civilized they become, especially early on.
Any thoughts?
However, during an interview, Roberto Duran pointed out how fighters these days make a hell of a lot more money than they did even in his day.
May-Pac is of course, the best example of this, but there have been many others. Most of Mayweather's big money fights were lackluster. Trinidad-De La Hoya was lackluster as well. Fury-Klitschko as well.
And not just the big fights. Many champions who are far from household names get paid a million to fight very ordinary opponents which was unheard of in the past.
I understand inflation and that a dollar doesn't go very far anymore, but I think that maybe the richer a fighter gets, the more civilized they become, especially early on.
Any thoughts?
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