Lack of activity in the Welterweight Division! Interesting Findings

[Boxtime]

Just a breakdown of how active fighters have been in the Welterweight Division.
Since Summer 2014

Porter 3 times (Brook, Bone, Porter)
Brook 3 times (Porter, Dan Ion, Gavin)
Thurman 3 times (Bundu, Guerrero, Collazo)
Mayweather 4 times (Maidana, Maidana, Pacquiao, Berto)
Khan 3 times (Collazo, Alexander, Algieri)
Guerrero 3 times (Kamigei, Thurman, Martinez)
Bradley 3 times (Chaves, Vargas, Rios)
Rios 3 times (Chaves, Alvarado, Bradley)
Pacquiao 2 times (Algieri, Mayweather)

So, the most active fighter in the Welterweight Division has been none other than the oldest fighter in the Division, Floyd Mayweather Jr who has fought 4 times. Props to Floyd Mayweather, for all the hate that he gets, at least he fights regularly.

That just shows how messed up, and diva-like the fighters at 147 are. Fighters like Khan get stick for being inactive, but the stats show that he is just as inactive as the rest of the Welterweight Division. Meanwhile, fighters like Bradley are applauded for how active they are, but in reality he has only fought 3 times in the past year and a half. Just shows to go, how biased many of the posters on NSB are, and that there are some clear favourites amongst the posters on NSB.

People say why is boxing no longer the mainstream sport that it once was. That is because soccer teams, american football teams, basketball teams, golf, tennis, snooker players, are all more active in 2015, than they were in 1985. That is clearly not the case for boxing. Being a fan of any sport is like a drug, if you can't get a hit of a certain drug when need it, you will move on to another drug, or get weaned of the drug.

With 4 governing bodies, and fighters having more power than they ever had, what needs to be done to get fighters in the ring more often? Capping their purses?

[.!WAR MIKEY!.]

convenient how you started the timeline lmfao. Agendas much?

think about this just 30 days before you started your timeframe for this lil observation would put bradley at the 4 fight mark too, porter too etc etc.

[Dr Rumack]

Would be more annoyed about how few of them have fought each other. It's a bit ridiculous.

[NEETzsche]

Would be more annoyed about how few of them have fought each other. It's a bit ridiculous.

that's what happens when the #1 guy is worth so much more than all the others in a division (as a payday and a scalp) - they'd rather just queue up and wait their turn for a shot rather than fight each other and climb the mountain the hard way. it was also the case at heavyweight while wlad was the champ

so if mayweather is truly gone, i think 2016 will be a big year for 147

[Boxtime]

that's what happens when the #1 guy is worth so much more than all the others in a division (as a payday and a scalp) - they'd rather just queue up and wait their turn for a shot rather than fight each other and climb the mountain the hard way. it was also the case at heavyweight while wlad was the champ

so if mayweather is truly gone, i think 2016 will be a big year for 147

That is what I was hoping. But Thurman and Porter is still not definite. Pacquiao has now become a diva, in choosing his next opponent. Khan and Brook need to sign the fight. 2016 is already looking meagre.

[b00g13man]

The division is pathetic. When Floyd is the most active fighter, you know you've got problems.

[WarVeteranO01]

Just a breakdown of how active fighters have been in the Welterweight Division.
Since Summer 2014

Porter 3 times (Brook, Bone, Porter)
Brook 3 times (Porter, Dan Ion, Gavin)
Thurman 3 times (Bundu, Guerrero, Collazo)
Mayweather 4 times (Maidana, Maidana, Pacquiao, Berto)
Khan 3 times (Collazo, Alexander, Algieri)
Guerrero 3 times (Kamigei, Thurman, Martinez)
Bradley 3 times (Chaves, Vargas, Rios)
Rios 3 times (Chaves, Alvarado, Bradley)
Pacquiao 2 times (Algieri, Mayweather)

So, the most active fighter in the Welterweight Division has been none other than the oldest fighter in the Division, Floyd Mayweather Jr who has fought 4 times. Props to Floyd Mayweather, for all the hate that he gets, at least he fights regularly.

That just shows how messed up, and diva-like the fighters at 147 are. Fighters like Khan get stick for being inactive, but the stats show that he is just as inactive as the rest of the Welterweight Division. Meanwhile, fighters like Bradley are applauded for how active they are, but in reality he has only fought 3 times in the past year and a half. Just shows to go, how biased many of the posters on NSB are, and that there are some clear favourites amongst the posters on NSB.

People say why is boxing no longer the mainstream sport that it once was. That is because soccer teams, american football teams, basketball teams, golf, tennis, snooker players, are all more active in 2015, than they were in 1985. That is clearly not the case for boxing. Being a fan of any sport is like a drug, if you can't get a hit of a certain drug when need it, you will move on to another drug, or get weaned of the drug.

With 4 governing bodies, and fighters having more power than they ever had, what needs to be done to get fighters in the ring more often? Capping their purses?

This is one of the main reasons why I prefer 130lbs and below. To many politics between 140-160lbs. WW would be fun if fighters were able to fight one another without promotional barriers.

[Bozbay]

Just a breakdown of how active fighters have been in the Welterweight Division.
Since Summer 2014

Porter 3 times (Brook, Bone, Porter)
Brook 3 times (Porter, Dan Ion, Gavin)
Thurman 3 times (Bundu, Guerrero, Collazo)
Mayweather 4 times (Maidana, Maidana, Pacquiao, Berto)
Khan 3 times (Collazo, Alexander, Algieri)
Guerrero 3 times (Kamigei, Thurman, Martinez)
Bradley 3 times (Chaves, Vargas, Rios)
Rios 3 times (Chaves, Alvarado, Bradley)
Pacquiao 2 times (Algieri, Mayweather)

So, the most active fighter in the Welterweight Division has been none other than the oldest fighter in the Division, Floyd Mayweather Jr who has fought 4 times. Props to Floyd Mayweather, for all the hate that he gets, at least he fights regularly.

That just shows how messed up, and diva-like the fighters at 147 are. Fighters like Khan get stick for being inactive, but the stats show that he is just as inactive as the rest of the Welterweight Division. Meanwhile, fighters like Bradley are applauded for how active they are, but in reality he has only fought 3 times in the past year and a half. Just shows to go, how biased many of the posters on NSB are, and that there are some clear favourites amongst the posters on NSB.

People say why is boxing no longer the mainstream sport that it once was. That is because soccer teams, american football teams, basketball teams, golf, tennis, snooker players, are all more active in 2015, than they were in 1985. That is clearly not the case for boxing. Being a fan of any sport is like a drug, if you can't get a hit of a certain drug when need it, you will move on to another drug, or get weaned of the drug.

With 4 governing bodies, and fighters having more power than they ever had, what needs to be done to get fighters in the ring more often? Capping their purses?

When you think about it, fighting only two times a year isn't really active. But, Floyd needs time to build and promote fights. They wouldn't be as big if he was fighting 4 times a year. You do have to give Floyd his props though. Fighting consistently at such a late stage of your career, especially after making hundreds of millions of dollars, is a hard thing to do. He never lost focus either. Congrats to him for that.

In terms of the other guys, it's a shambles. A lot of those guys were too busy trying to talk themselves into a fight at the Money Man, Khan primarily. They never wanted to risk loosing to each other because they knew it would ruin their chances of getting a shot at Floyd.

Now that Floyd has stepped aside, I think, or at least I hope, the fighters at 147 all want to work their way up to the top. I am sure they all want to be the top dog at 147 now the King has retired, hopefully that brings some fights.

This is the thing with Floyd. He was great and awful for boxing. He brought in viewers, but made boxing about HIM. A legendary achievement but now people are starting to see why boxing doesn't like a guy who dominates the way Floyd did.

[SilverMiles]

You *****s always find a way to give Floyd props for some unspecial ****.

Please tell me in what universe May is included in the summer time.

[-MEGA-]

pretty sure Mayweather maidana 1 was May 2014. thats not summer bud...try again.