Do you ever think boxing will change? the best fighting the best

[adamt]

What if Floyd took on Marg, Cotto, etc in their prime - prime for prime

what if Calzaghe fought Pavlik, Dawson, in their prime - prime for prime

what if Lewis fought Tyson .........

Obviously sometimes it couldnt be prime for prime as everyone ages at different speeds,

but the WASTE of Calzaghes talent is annoying.


Does anyone think their will be a time where the best would always fight the best prime for prime

what needs to change for that to happen

we all know promoters are sneaky and want to keep their fights undefeated by feeding them bums

will things ever change or improve more?

[Neglect]

It depends on the fighter.

Plenty of guys are willing to take on the best.

Look at the super 6. Khan, Kirkland, Rios, Maidana. I could name more fighters willing to fight the best then those that are not.

[Pez]

floyd and pacquiao have proven that ducking, cherrypicking, and waiting for the right time to face someone brings success. i don't see anything changing any time soon.

[JAB5239]

The problem is to many paper titles. Go back to one title and the best fighting the best will happen with much more frequency. Until than we can have 68 different champions in 17 divisions who don't have to fight each other because they think they're the best because their alphabet bet soup organization says so.

[talip bin osman]

another thing is that collecting belts by scaling weight classes has become very fashionable these days... im not saying that its bad, but reigning in a single weight division is just as compelling...

there are lesser fighters who are being groomed as some dominant force in the single weight class... like "beat the man, defend the title and dominate your division"!kinda thing...

hagler @ MW or tszyu @ JWW... those types...

[Nukes]

floyd and pacquiao have proven that ducking, cherrypicking, and waiting for the right time to face someone brings success. i don't see anything changing any time soon.

pacquiao doesnt duck any body! tell me whose he ducking ?

[ADP02]

That's one thing that I liked about the The Super Six World Boxing Classic .... you had guys fight outside their usual den and NO cherry picking with this .... With a few adjustments, if they had something like that for each of the divisions, we would all see the fights that we want for their respective divisions.

[New England]

What if Floyd took on Marg, Cotto, etc in their prime - prime for prime

what if Calzaghe fought Pavlik, Dawson, in their prime - prime for prime

what if Lewis fought Tyson .........

Obviously sometimes it couldnt be prime for prime as everyone ages at different speeds,

but the WASTE of Calzaghes talent is annoying.


Does anyone think their will be a time where the best would always fight the best prime for prime

what needs to change for that to happen

we all know promoters are sneaky and want to keep their fights undefeated by feeding them bums

will things ever change or improve more?

if the champion took on the best contenders one after the other they'd burn out quickly and the businesses that backed them would fail


that what you want?
bankrupt the promotors?

promotors are not your enemies. they are your friends.

[Deeznuts]

What will make these fighter fight the best? The fans. If the fans stop watching these lame fights then promoters will have no choice but put on good fights that the public will only pay for. In the mean time, some boxers will keep quacking and ducking

[-MAKAVELLI-]

probably not...there's too much money nowadays and promoters are trying to 'build' fighters into brands and taking on too many dangerous opponents risks losing...losing kills the 'brand'


nowadays, we boxing fans kinda just 'stumble' on great fights...fights that we dont really expect to be wars that end up being


even up and coming possible wars ie. gamboa-rios can't even get made because of ego


we get lucky when we get guys like Rafa Marquez and Izzy Vasquez not giving a **** and just wanting to duke it out to see who's best