Except for Manny or even Mayweather any fighters you know who had a tune up fight before a big fight while they are in the top of the boxing world? :boxing:
Every top fighter fights tuneups. There's nothing wrong with them in concept.
The problem comes when top fighters don't fight often enough, and we get 1 good fight out of 2 in a year. Or when the tuneup is a Rod Salka or whoever the f*ck Santa Cruz is fighting.
Look at the great Julio Cesar Chavez record.
Ramos and Fechenko were kind of tune up fight for JMM, especially Ramos.
Almost half of Chavez fights were bum tune ups....Sr and Jr.
Hopkins vs de la hoya
Hopkins fought Allen for third time
De la hoya lost to sturm but got gift because too much money involved in Hopkins fight, cards were probably corrupt,