Why is it that boxing fans all make the same excuse for their favorite fighters making no attempt to unify belts, or fight the most challenging opponents?
Well he took the fight with bigger money.
Is anyone else tired of this? I mean half of these guys are rich enough for their children's children to live perfectly comfortable lives. You've got a sport in decline, people holding belts in weightclasses where they don't belong, only fighting smaller opponents, and up and coming contenders spending the majority of their careers in near obscurity fighting elite level journeymen.
Still a lot of fans will act like business sense and being rich are important skills for a boxer to possess. Like they make him a better boxer or solidify his place as an all time great. I long for an international sanctioning body, one belt per weightclass, and set salaries based on tiers of opposition. I know I know, its a rant, but just tell me how I'm wrong or how you feel on the subject.
Well he took the fight with bigger money.
Is anyone else tired of this? I mean half of these guys are rich enough for their children's children to live perfectly comfortable lives. You've got a sport in decline, people holding belts in weightclasses where they don't belong, only fighting smaller opponents, and up and coming contenders spending the majority of their careers in near obscurity fighting elite level journeymen.
Still a lot of fans will act like business sense and being rich are important skills for a boxer to possess. Like they make him a better boxer or solidify his place as an all time great. I long for an international sanctioning body, one belt per weightclass, and set salaries based on tiers of opposition. I know I know, its a rant, but just tell me how I'm wrong or how you feel on the subject.
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