is selling tickets and putting bums on seats

[Sam Donald]

the most important thing in boxing??????

regardless of everything...style, language, talent, etc

is this the main thing

[SnakeVen0m]

the most important thing in boxing??????

regardless of everything...style, language, talent, etc

is this the main thing

It is an entertainment business...

[Larry the boss]

Yes boxing is a business and people invest money in fighters and would love a nice return

[Larry the boss]

Hell you can go 0-30 and still get big purses and tv dates as long as you somehow sell

[DannYankee]

Yes. And doesn't even matter how you do it cAn be done through controversy and reality tv style drama and nobody gives 2 ****s. It's about 20% sport 80% business nowadays.

[BigZigga]

At the end of the day, the general public wants to see competitive fights. That's how you fill seats and make money. They want to see 2 guys going to war.

[boliodogs]

If Khan gets the next Mayweather fight without beating Alexander or another top welterweight then it would sure look like only money matters. If Khan goes straight to a fight with Mayweather in May that would mean he "earned" this fight by barely beating an unranked mediocre Diaz in England at a top weight of 143. If things were fair Mayweather should fight the Alexander-Khan fight winner even if the winner is Alexander. Even more fair would be for Khan to have to earn a shot at any welterweight champ by beating a high ranked welterweight first. Garcia could fight Alexander for his welterweight title and the winner fights Mayweather in May. Let Khan earn a shot at a welterweight title and then fight Mayweather if he keeps winning. Khan gets fights on a silver platter without earning them because he is a very popular fighter in the UK and he brings lots of money to the table. It's not fair but that's the way it is.

[illmaticfighter]

its not so much about ticket sales anymore as it is about ratings there was a article about this somewhere on bscene

[RajahBell]

This is the case, almost every time a past prime fighter or ex-champ is used to pad another fighter's record. The better mic skills these ex-champs have the more fights they get, for example, Ricardo Mayorga and Zab Judah. But really, the perceived or the illusion of a challenge sells fight.

[Deevel916]

If you can't sell yourself then you're of no use to the promoters or networks regardless of how good u are.

Take Mayorga for example. He's headlined a handful of ppv events yet Andre Ward can't sell out a circus tent outside of Oakland.