Has one-fight-a-year become a standard in boxing and no longer a big deal?

Seems this inactivity issue hasn't improved much. But there are some who fought 3-4 times last year. Parker, Joshua, Tszyu, off the top of my head, who else?

If Canelo can fight twice a year, theres no excuse for people making 1/10th of his purses to only be fighting once a year..... Twice a year is not even that much of a big ask.

Depends what fighter.. Big charlo is once every 3 years. One Time Thurman is every 5 years lol Yeah, it's awful. It's as if they will always be in their primes. Such fighters probably have 2-3 fights left to retirement. Maybe even less. Then the stock begins to decline in terms of money opportunities. Cost of training alone is not cheap.

Yes, if we’re lucky………,,,,,,,,

They're all waiting for the proverbial money fight. Meanwhile, prime years are being wasted and they never take into consideration 'what if' the money fight never comes? It really has become some sort of lottery scheme.Too many fighters are waiting on that winning ticket. However, with the types of decisions/scores/stoppages we see these days, it also seems to be a lottery when they do fight.

Not a big deal anymore. It's even used as an instant excuse when the 'one fight a year' guy don't perform up to par. That's the strangest part. While the fighter in question would rather just keep quiet about the long layoff or take responsibility, it is the fans that provide long layoff excuse as if it's somebody else's fault.

It's a simple question. Honestly hope not. Al and co. Continue with their bs

They're all waiting for the proverbial money fight. Meanwhile, prime years are being wasted and they never take into consideration 'what if' the money fight never comes?

It's based on a few things: the level of the opponent, the dollar needed financing cards being put on, marketing time, and to top it off, the world is in a financial recession everything is slowing down. If Canelo can fight twice a year, theres no excuse for people making 1/10th of his purses to only be fighting once a year.....

It's bad if you want to remain relevant. Imagine any sport that competes once a year eventually nobody will care about you. If the NFL each team played once a year nobody would care. This is the big dilemma for fans. I want to see boxing be huge and the fighters get paid well. But anyone getting paid well isn't going to risk themselves unnecessarily. If they get paid less they'll fight more, and make big fights more frequently. As fans we actually want boxing to do worse. And it will happen. There will be another cycle.

I looked at top ten guys (tbrb & ring) in all 17 divisions about a year or so ago & the avg overall was guys fought 1x every 8mos or 3x every 2yrs. So its not quite THAT bad yet lol. It's based on a few things: the level of the opponent, the dollar needed financing cards being put on, marketing time, and to top it off, the world is in a financial recession everything is slowing down.

Depends what fighter.. Big charlo is once every 3 years. One Time Thurman is every 5 years lol

yeah its called doing a gary russell jr

It's not a big deal. Just look at the comments in the Tsyu vs Thurman threads. But we'll still have to see the result of that fight.

It's bad if you want to remain relevant. Imagine any sport that competes once a year eventually nobody will care about you. If the NFL each team played once a year nobody would care.

One fight a year is wild and disgraceful.

Not a big deal anymore. It's even used as an instant excuse when the 'one fight a year' guy don't perform up to par.