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by David P. Greisman - The reason that boxing’s “cold war” between Top Rank and Golden Boy Promotions has lasted so long is because there’s been little reason for it to end.
Yes, there are numerous big fights that cannot be made when the two biggest companies with the two deepest stables are unwilling to do business with each other. But we the boxing fans have still supported the fights they make, buying tickets and watching on television.
They don’t need each other. They work with different networks in the United States and Mexico and have different sponsors. It’s been easier for them to do business separately than to do business together.
That’s largely worked for the fighters, who still get television dates, still get built up and still get paid. While there are some big fights that remain unavailable to them, many fighters are able to find dance partners in deep divisions — or are in a shallow division where the opposing promoter doesn’t have much to offer them anyway.
That doesn’t mean the cold war doesn’t hurt. It has, and it still does. Of late, six fighters are being harmed more than anyone else: light heavyweight titleholder Sergey Kovalev, who actually isn’t with either Top Rank or Golden Boy; middleweight titleholder Peter Quillin; junior lightweight titleholder Mikey Garcia; and featherweights Nonito Donaire, Abner Mares and Gary Russell Jr. [Click Here To Read More]
Yes, there are numerous big fights that cannot be made when the two biggest companies with the two deepest stables are unwilling to do business with each other. But we the boxing fans have still supported the fights they make, buying tickets and watching on television.
They don’t need each other. They work with different networks in the United States and Mexico and have different sponsors. It’s been easier for them to do business separately than to do business together.
That’s largely worked for the fighters, who still get television dates, still get built up and still get paid. While there are some big fights that remain unavailable to them, many fighters are able to find dance partners in deep divisions — or are in a shallow division where the opposing promoter doesn’t have much to offer them anyway.
That doesn’t mean the cold war doesn’t hurt. It has, and it still does. Of late, six fighters are being harmed more than anyone else: light heavyweight titleholder Sergey Kovalev, who actually isn’t with either Top Rank or Golden Boy; middleweight titleholder Peter Quillin; junior lightweight titleholder Mikey Garcia; and featherweights Nonito Donaire, Abner Mares and Gary Russell Jr. [Click Here To Read More]
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