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[spinksjinx]

What about Emmanuel Steward or Jay Nady? Those two guys seem really trustworthy and reliable and havent really showed signs in a negative light.

[masterdirector]

hell no not nady.

Kev Rooney would be a great choice I think. Pedro Fernandez too.

[spinksjinx]

hell no not nady.

Kev Rooney would be a great choice I think. Pedro Fernandez too.

Why not Nady? Explain with factual information.

[Rockin']

Quite honestly, this would have to start from the grass roots level. Arum, King and somebody else who I cant reacll his name, have basicaly all of the top fighters already under contract. Aswell as having the big guns under contract, they have many scouts working the country and world looking for the next extreme talent.

Starting from the grass roots level would leave the leauge with the non olympians aswell as none of the top amatuers. Therefore, we would be left to work with what was remaining in in the talent pool. However, providing highly competitive fights on a regular basis would still attract a crowd I believe, and a faithfull one as they have in the blue horizon.

Aswell, many of the world champions had nothing to do with the olympics. While many still may have had ghigh success in the amatuers.

More thought to come......................Rockin'

[spinksjinx]

Quite honestly, this would have to start from the grass roots level. Arum, King and somebody else who I cant reacll his name, have basicaly all of the top fighters already under contract. Aswell as having the big guns under contract, they have many scouts working the country and world looking for the next extreme talent.

Starting from the grass roots level would leave the leauge with the non olympians aswell as none of the top amatuers. Therefore, we would be left to work with what was remaining in in the talent pool. However, providing highly competitive fights on a regular basis would still attract a crowd I believe, and a faithfull one as they have in the blue horizon.

Aswell, many of the world champions had nothing to do with the olympics. While many still may have had ghigh success in the amatuers.

More thought to come......................Rockin'

Lets make it happen...

[MWCOFSU]

Besides the sanctioning bodies and the promoters, I'm also tired of hearing about fighters whining about getting paid. For this system to work, you'd have to be able to make sure no fighter can use money as a reason to get out of a fight.

Say you got your rankings and for example its Juan Manuel Marquez due to fight Derrick Gainer(yanno, a fight that NO ONE wants to watch). who's willing to pay the fighers good money for a fight that might not make ends meet.

i'm kinda rambing here, I know. but for a sport to be succesful, you must be able to pay the participants. out of all boxers fighting, how many of them make over 500,000 a year. What kind of a percentage are we looking at? now compare that to football, basketball, baseball, and hockey.

but getting rid of all the bodies and promoters would def. free up more money for the fighters.

[The Fix]

ive thought that boxing should be like college basketball, with the rankings and a pre-determined scheldule(that way you cannot avoid a fighter) that includes up and comers, easy-matchups,and tough and skilled fighters. than at the end of the regular season have weight class tournments( similar to a conference tournements in basketball) to see who deserves a shot at the year end tournement ala march madness. you could also have at large bids and what not.

but that would mean you would need teams, i was thinking that each team could have a number of different guys from different weight classes and would face off with opponents in the same class as each individual fighter. if a team had say 8 guys than all 8 fighters would face the opponents 8 guys according to weight class. the championship in each weight class would be awarded to the winner of the tournement.

with a league you would get regulary scheduled fights on tv and it would also eliminate ppv. also the best amatuers in the world can be drafted by teams in the league, similar to the nfl, nhl, and nba. each team could have a set amount of fighters in each weight class and choose which ones are ready to fight. there would also be a free agency period when a fighters contract runs up just like in other major leagues. the teams would also have home and away events, that way boxing is spread through out the globe instead of las vegas and atlantic city getting all the big events.

there would be only one commisioner ala david stern in the nba. if a fighter does something ****** than he could be suspended or fined, depending on the severity. you could also have merchandise like jerseys or uniforms on sale for fans as each team would have a logo and a set of colors like teams in the nba, nhl, or nfl. i think that would bring in a lot of money that could be spent on signing the best fighters for each team. i think the jerseys would be optional to wear in the ring but would look similar to a basketball jersey. the shorts of a teams fighters would have the name of the team or a logo with the team colors

anyway sorry for rambling, i always thought of stuff like this in class

[Rockin']

good thoughts fix. The thing with boxing that makes it different is that guys could fight like 6 times a year maybe. More if they wanted, less if they wanted. Aswell, injuries, tough fights and ko suspensions would make the team theory seem to falter. After a tough fight a fighter will need time to rest as well as to recover. Ko suspensions last up to 90 days. Thats 90 days of no sparring. In a leauge format it would mean that teams would fight only 3 or 4 times a year at the most.

Thanks for the input though, they are good thoughts.............Rockin'

[spinksjinx]

I would give them straight salaries with bonuses after each fight. Like say I a fighter signs a deal to fight 3 times for 500k that year, they would receive bonuses if won...Kind of like that, I know it is vague but nonetheless that is how I think it should be worked.

[The Fix]

good thoughts fix. The thing with boxing that makes it different is that guys could fight like 6 times a year maybe. More if they wanted, less if they wanted. Aswell, injuries, tough fights and ko suspensions would make the team theory seem to falter. After a tough fight a fighter will need time to rest as well as to recover. Ko suspensions last up to 90 days. Thats 90 days of no sparring. In a leauge format it would mean that teams would fight only 3 or 4 times a year at the most.

Thanks for the input though, they are good thoughts.............Rockin'

i was thinking that maybe they could have a large roster like in the nfl and have a couple spots deep in the depth chart for each division or even a farm system could work, like if a fighter got injured the team could call up a guy to fill his roster spot................. The Fix'- sorry had to do it