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By Jake Donovan - It takes a special kind of breed to be a prizefighter, but it doesn’t mean that all prizefighters are built alike.
There are those who make it all the way to the top, then manage to preserve their lead by engaging in fights where the reward always outweigh the risks. They don’t remain at the top forever, but earn millions for their troubles, though leaving behind a sea of “What If” scenarios regarding the contenders and titlists they glossed over in pursuit of fortune and fame.
In the opposite direction exists fighters who never gain a gull grasp of their fair market value, and wind up standing in line for opportunities that never come. They toil in obscurity due to constantly pricing themselves out of meaningless fights, only to get clipped somewhere along the way for far less than the paydays they’ve previously rejected.
Somewhere in the middle lies the type of fighter that doesn’t really give a crap who’s standing in the other corner or how many zeroes are to be found on his paycheck. All they want to know is that a fight is in their future, knowing that if they keep fighting and beating good opposition, they will earn the public’s respect, which in turn creates demand for future fights. [details]
There are those who make it all the way to the top, then manage to preserve their lead by engaging in fights where the reward always outweigh the risks. They don’t remain at the top forever, but earn millions for their troubles, though leaving behind a sea of “What If” scenarios regarding the contenders and titlists they glossed over in pursuit of fortune and fame.
In the opposite direction exists fighters who never gain a gull grasp of their fair market value, and wind up standing in line for opportunities that never come. They toil in obscurity due to constantly pricing themselves out of meaningless fights, only to get clipped somewhere along the way for far less than the paydays they’ve previously rejected.
Somewhere in the middle lies the type of fighter that doesn’t really give a crap who’s standing in the other corner or how many zeroes are to be found on his paycheck. All they want to know is that a fight is in their future, knowing that if they keep fighting and beating good opposition, they will earn the public’s respect, which in turn creates demand for future fights. [details]
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