Boxing should come 1st not $$$ or safety

[Vasyl’s dad]

Safety should always come first, period.

Second, money is the only reason we have professional fights. Don't like that fighters are trying to get paid? Go watch amateur boxing, man. They fight for free, check it out!


Sure, back in the day, fighters fought more often, fought the highest ranked contenders more often, and were less concerned about health and big paydays.

And you know what else? 95% of those guys died ****ing broke and physically damaged from their years in the ring with nothing to show for all their years of work.

Fighters today have to look out for their health and financial interests, because years and years of seeing fighters that came before them getting ****ed over made them realize that no one is looking out for them.

It's up to the fighter (and his team) to try to make the most money and take their careers as far as they can. HBO aint looking out for them, neither are their promoters. If you think fighters should be in it for the "glory" only, go watch amateur boxing.

Boxers know the risk involved. If they are overly concerned about being hurt, they should take up another of the millions of professions in the world. Also, since they're fighting for their health instead of being the best, they should refuse any fight for a championship since they are not in it to be the best.



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[Redd Foxx]

they should refuse any fight for a championship since they are not in it to be the best.



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Floyd Mayweather's success turns your argument on it's head. His long career came from carefully choosing opponents and always fighting smart defies the idea that great boxers are all warriors who do it for pride. Like him or not, he's the #1 earner so the fans obviously think he's doing something right.

[-Kev-]

What do you think the guy in his avatar is doing by offering Chavez Jr a fight instead of Ward?

Yeah, boxing first, says the couch warrior. Boxing is a job, like all other jobs, you put money first. In an interview, you ask the interviewer about the money, not this ****** fantasy thought called "legacy".

Duran vs SRL, SRL vs Hearns, Hagler, Duran vs Hagler, Duran vs Hearns, Hearns vs Hagler...you are living in fantasy land if you believe for one second that these were big money fights and at the time these guys fought eachother they were the most lucrative fights that could've been done. Remind me what SRL's excuse was for not fighting Pryor. Okay then, child. Think it through.

[Larry the boss]

Thread starter has ggg in his avi..who refused to fight ward at 168...but will fight chavez at 168....he needs to stop talking...boxing is all about business just like any other job

[Larry the boss]

What do you think the guy in his avatar is doing by offering Chavez Jr a fight instead of Ward?

Yeah, boxing first, says the couch warrior. Boxing is a job, like all other jobs, you put money first. In an interview, you ask the interviewer about the money, not this ****** fantasy thought called "legacy".

Duran vs SRL, SRL vs Hearns, Hagler, Duran vs Hagler, Duran vs Hearns, Hearns vs Hagler...you are living in fantasy land if you believe for one second that these were big money fights and at the time these guys fought eachother they were the most lucrative fights that could've been done. Remind me what SRL's excuse was for not fighting Pryor. Okay then, child. Think it through.

damn beat me to it,great post green k coming

[MaskedMurderer]

there should be a blance, and safety is always a concern. If mayweather feels fighting pacquaio is putting his life in unnecessary risk then we have no right to try and force him to fight pacquaio.

This is a business, so fighters should always thrive to make the most money they can.

[niceyboo3]

Floyd Mayweather's success turns your argument on it's head. His long career came from carefully choosing opponents and always fighting smart defies the idea that great boxers are all warriors who do it for pride. Like him or not, he's the #1 earner so the fans obviously think he's doing something right.

His career? You definitely know nothing about boxing, or you are super young.

[-Kev-]

Boxers know the risk involved. If they are overly concerned about being hurt, they should take up another of the millions of professions in the world. Also, since they're fighting for their health instead of being the best, they should refuse any fight for a championship since they are not in it to be the best.

Of course, because they can obviously just become lawyers, doctors, accountants and engineers easily, right? Maybe Lamont Peterson should have become a Rocket Scientist for NASA, right?

When most of their stories was that they were abandoned as a child, or had a troubled childhood in a poor environment, or were forced into boxing, or just plain old f-cked up childhood. Boxing is a popular poor man's sport. It was popular with the past poor people, Irish, Italian, Blacks. You being as ancient as you are should know boxing is a poor man's sport. It's a sport where poor people participate in to try to make a living. After boxing they have nothing but head injuries and a lonely death, no $10-12k a month check like retired MLB players(who played 5+ seasons), or $60 something k a year like some one like Gary Payton(NBA), etc. There's no pension like that in boxing, and you and the rest of the "Put your health at risk" Klan aren't going to pay these fighters a dime when they're retired.

Unfortunately boxing is a sport where you have to get yours and get out cause there's no financial help after it.

[-Kev-]

What do you think the guy in his avatar is doing by offering Chavez Jr a fight instead of Ward?

Yeah, boxing first, says the couch warrior. Boxing is a job, like all other jobs, you put money first. In an interview, you ask the interviewer about the money, not this ****** fantasy thought called "legacy".

Duran vs SRL, SRL vs Hearns, Hagler, Duran vs Hagler, Duran vs Hearns, Hearns vs Hagler...you are living in fantasy land if you believe for one second that these were big money fights and at the time these guys fought eachother they were the most lucrative fights that could've been done. Remind me what SRL's excuse was for not fighting Pryor. Okay then, child. Think it through.

Fixed.

"you are living in fantasy land if you believe for one second that these were not* big money fights"

[Larry the boss]

Boxers know the risk involved. If they are overly concerned about being hurt, they should take up another of the millions of professions in the world. Also, since they're fighting for their health instead of being the best, they should refuse any fight for a championship since they are not in it to be the best.



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Yea and construction workers should be paid minimum wage right?