The A-Side Family Tree...Look at How Ridiculous This Sport Has Become

[sicko]

Welcome To Boxing! Sorry you wasn't born earlier to see that before Oscar it was A-Side Fighters like Ray Leonard who told Aaron Pryor he would have to move up to Welterweight to get a fight with him. Who also had a ton of demands for Hagler in order to make that fight happen.

Whoever generate the most money runs the sport, when has it not been that way?

[-PBP-]

Welcome To Boxing! Sorry you wasn't born earlier to see that before Oscar it was A-Side Fighters like Ray Leonard who told Aaron Pryor he would have to move up to Welterweight to get a fight with him. Who also had a ton of demands for Hagler in order to make that fight happen.

Whoever generate the most money runs the sport, when has it not been that way?

No it hasn't. Most fights were actually being made back then. You have ****ing Khan telling Brook to build himself up more and Brook telling Rios what gloves to wear. It's at an all-time worst right now. What the hell have they done to be making those demands?

[The Big Dunn]

As usual a good post from PBP. I think it has a lot more to do with the people behind the fighters and the networks.

Only the networks control the product put on.

[Sweet Pea 50]

War Andrade!!! He's destroying Andrade at the negotiating table. Andrade sold way more PPVs than Andrade and headlined on HBO. He is clearly the A-side.

[sicko]

No it hasn't. Most fights were actually being made back then. You have ****ing Khan telling Brook to build himself up more and Brook telling Rios what gloves to wear. It's at an all-time worst right now. What the hell have they done to be making those demands?

In every ERA it was fights people wished would have gotten made but didn't for whatever reason.

But yes I do have a problem with this ERA and everybody in it PRETENDING to be A-Side fighters and trying to make Demands.

[bojangles1987]

How you going to leave out the grandfather, Sugar Ray Leonard?

[Ham Porter]

Ray Leonard who told Aaron Pryor he would have to move up to Welterweight to get a fight with him.

No ****; where else would it have taken place?

[Showtime..]

Caneloweight is legit.

Gotta give Canelo credit for creating it. Did he also fight Lara at his weight?

[-PBP-]

How you going to leave out the grandfather, Sugar Ray Leonard?

I actually don't mind proven fighters making demands. But boy did they create a monster. Nobody wants to fight unless they have an advantage

We're going to start seeing prospects making demands to gatekeepers on FS1. Errol Spence vs Robert Guerrero at 151 with 10oz gloves and a 90/10 split.

[Eff Pandas]

I think Ray Leonard was the pioneer of A-side **** (Hagler vs Leonard was the first Manny vs Floyd as far as in a "f#cking fight already" way, Ray picked the gloves, ring size & even the length, 12 instead of 15 rounds & Leonard was the first fighter to fight for two weight division titles in one fight-he made the champion come down 7lbs). Oscar perfected it. And Floyd & Manny excelled with it like no one else previously.