What is the deal with offering fights a year away?

Ha, just read about this in Spice an Wolf.

Like I said. He'd been inactive for two years. He's not coming off a two year lay off with a Smith fight and then fight Kovalev. If he just wanted a cash grab like Brook he would've fought Kovalev coming off the two year lay off so fighting 3 bums in a row for millinos isn't a cash grab? if he wanted tune ups he could have taken them anywhere anytime for a lot less. its not like the kovalev fight is a huge money fight for him so not sure why you are saying its a cash grab. he already did the cash grab but he had to guarantee to fight kovalev in order to do it.

And Mayweather vs. Judah. Judah lost in the interim to but they still had the fight. where do you get your info? they didn't have to fight. the contract was dead when judah lost. they had to redo it so they could still fight which was a joke and everyone knew it.

He'd been inactive for two years. Would a couple of tune up fights at 160 helped Brook before taking on GGG? thats not even true he had just fought paul smith when he made the offer. why did he need 2 more tuneups? he didnt. and why did they have to be on hbo for big money? they didn't. he could have taken 2 quick tune ups off tv and been ready in a couple months but he wanted that money. dont get it twisted. if brook could have made 3 times more doing that he would but he wasnt allowed to do that thankfully.

ward's not confident in beating ggg and kovalev and thats why he did it. he might beat them but he might not. it was the only way for him to secure all that money from hbo before takign a risk.

Sound like a hater on your post. Ward this. Ward that. The facts are plenty of fights have been signed with interim fights in between. De la hoya vs hopkins Mayweather vs judah Morales vs pacquiao 2 Hopkins vs jones jr 2 Just to name a few. In a couple of those examples a fighter lost the tune up. there is nothing new in boxing Some of those tune-ups are 3-4 months before the fights...hardly the same as a year.

The facts are plenty of fights have been signed with interim fights in between. De la hoya vs hopkins Mayweather vs judah Morales vs pacquiao 2 Hopkins vs jones jr 2 Just to name a few. In a couple of those examples a fighter lost the tune up. there is nothing new in boxing Interim fights are one thing, tune ups another. But what is the deal with a whole year? Obviously Canelo is now injured so it doesn't really matter but the offer was made well before the fight. None of the fights you mention were negotiated a year out. I really don't get it.

Pacquiao vs Morales. Morales lost to Raheem but had a deal with Pac and still fought anyway Don't cheat here... ! Morales lost to Raheem at 135 (lightweight), and he fought Many at super featherweight (130), tbh... Three times...

I don't get it either. It gives each fighter an excuse to fight weak opponents in the interim. I don't even get why Ward needs multiple tuneup fights before taking on top fighters in the upper division. Also, self-imposed inactivity can't be someone else's fault. It's his. And on a side note, I saw Kovalev and Ward together and was a bit surprised to see they have the same size. Sound like a hater on your post. Ward this. Ward that. The facts are plenty of fights have been signed with interim fights in between. De la hoya vs hopkins Mayweather vs judah Morales vs pacquiao 2 Hopkins vs jones jr 2 Just to name a few. In a couple of those examples a fighter lost the tune up. there is nothing new in boxing

Pacquiao vs Morales. Morales lost to Raheem but had a deal with Pac and still fought anyway

I don't get it either. It gives each fighter an excuse to fight weak opponents in the interim. I don't even get why Ward needs multiple tuneup fights before taking on top fighters in the upper division. Also, self-imposed inactivity can't be someone else's fault. It's his. And on a side note, I saw Kovalev and Ward together and was a bit surprised to see they have the same size.