Why don't we have "winner takes all'?

I understand that one fighter feels like they draw in more money so they deserve more but doesn't that mean he's not confident in his ability to win? And I suspect it would make a lot of more exciting fights. A losing fighter will still try to give it all he's got if he doesn't have the "oh well i still get paid" mentality in the ring. It would also stop a lot of bs fights where a nobody is calling out a big name just to survive and collect too. Or am i just not understanding how it all works?

Comments (17)

OnlyBeingHonest

Ya'll think boxing has a lot of robberies now, it would be worse with winner takes all.

7y ago

_Rexy_

Nobody is going to risk their life for free. Fighters would be going into debt with this. Camp fees, corner men, promoters...it’s all from the purse

7y ago

buge

not winner take all, but I agree that winner should take a large chunk of it

7y ago

LarryX

why should the person who loses not get paid?? makes 0 sense

7y ago

Phenom

It WOULD be cool to get MORE of the purse for a KO, though. They do that on smaller cards and undercard win/KO bonus But a winner take all is insane imagine going through 12 weeks camp and all of the expenses and end up taking an ass whopping for free

7y ago

Boksfan

Are you gonna pay for fighter training camp, trainer and next year of living if he lose? In that case why not, lets have winner takes it all. Now go tell that to Floyd Mayweather, I wanna see how he slaps you :lol1:

7y ago

Fanofreason

Every fight should be 75-25 winner That would fix boxing. No big fight no big purse

7y ago

baroidi

why not just have them fight to the death, two man enters, one man leaves, ThunderDome!! The way the world is heading, it's not too far fetched an idea...

7y ago

4truth

I think something more realistic would be the winner getting 55% and the loser getting 45% for fights in which people can't seem to agree on who should get the lions share. However, way too many egos involved most times, I don't think it has ever been done. This seems a lot more doable and probably the way it should be done. What individual sports besides combat sports work any other way?

7y ago

DJS

We? You mean the fighters? Because they want to be paid for their job.

7y ago

Ivansmamma

Roy Jones wanted to do this for the Bernard Hopkins rematch.

7y ago

Zaryu

7y ago

Vegemil

Because we aren't hillbillies.

7y ago

Joe_Beamish

It WOULD be cool to get MORE of the purse for a KO, though.

7y ago

SkiPete

Because then why would anyone put in months of work to fight Canelo and beat him only to lose a split decision on the score cards.

7y ago

Smash

thats already been done, by ABBA

7y ago

Joe_Beamish

I doubt anyone would want THAT kind of business. You gotta pay your people, for one thing. Not the right solution for boxing's ills, which you allude to. Instead, let's have single championships per weight class. Make the best fight against the best.

7y ago