I never understand the, put two fighters on a card together before they fight strategy.

[HisExcellency]

GREED plain & simple...however, I love it when it backfires which has been happening a lot lately e.g. Wilder/Joshua, Haney/Garcia 2, Plant/Charlo.

[OnePunch]

In this case it was unavoidable. There was NO WAY that Charlo was going to fight Plant without a gift tune-up first, and no way Plant was going to sit around and wait. Whether or not their respective fights were on the same card or different cards I dont think really matters much........

[rickJen]

I for one will never understand it ever.
It's as if everything will go smoothly without anything happening as time passes.
There's long-term injuries that might happen, brush with the law, family issues,
fake mental issues, you name it.

[SouthpawRight]

GREED plain & simple...however, I love it when it backfires which has been happening a lot lately e.g. Wilder/Joshua, Haney/Garcia 2, Plant/Charlo.

MOSES and Adam

MOSES is a special

I hope MOSES is iron chin hero

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

One of the best ways to answer your two questions and determine if these matchups are worth pairing up is to have these fighters fight on the same card, on the same night. Fighters are judged by their last performance.

The Ryan-Haney rematch is even more interesting now that Haney won his last fight and Ryan lost his last fight. Before that, you'd think Ryan would easily dominate Haney again but now it looks like a 50-50 match-up.

Nah I don’t think that’s the case at all. It seems like the Saudi’s agree too because it doesn’t seem to be happening.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

The point is money.

You sell tickets and get TV revenue for two events instead of one.

When it going right, it works out well for everyone. But sometimes it doesn't.

If you do the big fight first you have a potential rematch and far more lucrative options than two guys in tune ups.

I get the theory behind it but it seems illogical in practice.

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

In this case it was unavoidable. There was NO WAY that Charlo was going to fight Plant without a gift tune-up first, and no way Plant was going to sit around and wait. Whether or not their respective fights were on the same card or different cards I dont think really matters much........

Honestly wouldn’t surprise me if Jermall ends up on the shelf for another 18 months and returns with another soft touch in 2027.

[LA_2_Vegas]

I mean it can make sense if they are making even matchups and just say the winners of the main/co-main will fight next.

It's annoying when they make a doubleheader card and we all know which fight they'd prefer.

At least let me pretend that Resendiz vs Lamanna could have been the next main event with losers Charlo/Plant on the under. Resendiz will probably have to beat Plant twice to fight Charlo, for example.

[OnePunch]

Honestly wouldn’t surprise me if Jermall ends up on the shelf for another 18 months and returns with another soft touch in 2027.

me either...........

[ELPacman]

That's been the problem with boxing forever. Trying to milk fights forever hoping to almost build up a suspense, only for it to be spoiled by the dude who didn't get the script.

They put these prefight type matches out almost as an appetizer but you don't care about it. You already want the two to face each other and rather than be facing each other instead of the appetizer opponent. It's dumb and an old school format that needs to be updated. It's like the promoters/managers just can't read the room.