Why are there so many duckers in boxing? why?

[Foreign Soil]

So many duckers because there's so many people willing to give excuses for the duckings.

[Weebler I]

Murray is one of them.

Murray fights Sturm in Germany, Martinez in Argentina, signed to fight Chavez in El Paso, Texas yet he's a "ducker"?

Murray will fight Golovkin, it's just a matter of time (and money).

[junior gong]

Murray fights Sturm in Germany, Martinez in Argentina, signed to fight Chavez in El Paso, Texas yet he's a "ducker"?

Murray will fight Golovkin, it's just a matter of time (and money).

Shhhh....the ts didnt know about those fights.

[New England]

Amuses me that this dude has opened 3 threads on the same topic

and he asked "why" twice in the title of this thread

[TRTboy]

Not all boxers are as brave as say a guy like darchinyan. People may seem that " Oh these guys fight for a living they not scared of anyone " not the case at all.

[Check]

fans ask for fights, and watch them at home on the couch.

fighters take punches to the head. you can die in there.

Fans pay these guys bills. If you don't want the hard fights, get in a different profession. SMH, at fans that don't expect the best from the sports athletes.

[RapidFire_Royce]

Boxers along with their promoters are trying to plan out careers more so than make single fight plans. You even hear boxers sounding more business minded in interviews. I would actually blame Mayweather for this. He has shown that choosing your opponents with some sort of strategy can make a huge difference in how your boxing career could turn out.

[kurt0411]

Yeah hence the money they are getting payed and the money we pay to watch them.

[New England]

Fans pay these guys bills. If you don't want the hard fights, get in a different profession. SMH, at fans that don't expect the best from the sports athletes.

many of the guys complaining on bscene don't buy ppv, or HBO or showtime subs. they stream, and they still complain.

no boxer has ever lined up the best fighters one after the other just to please fans. they fight for money. promotors promote for money. they measure risk against potential rewards, and make decisions accordingly. their goal is to maximize earnings over the long run with as little risk as possible.


when the money is right for the hard fights, they'll be taken. that's the way it's always been.

boxing is a business ordered by money. if you want to watch a tournament format [and teams that share profits,] then find another sport.



would i like to see guys take the hardest fights in succession? of course. i am realistic about this game. i know too much about it to be anything else.

[RapidFire_Royce]

Fans pay these guys bills. If you don't want the hard fights, get in a different profession. SMH, at fans that don't expect the best from the sports athletes.

I agree that fans should not only expect but demand the best from sports athletes but in so many ways we fall short. We also do a terrible job of demanding the best from the owners of the leagues and commissions themselves.