George Foreman fought 9 TIMES in 1988.

[MrRolltide91]

Fact is, even in the golden age of boxing, when fighters fought so many times a year, it was often against mediocre or bum level opponents, more akin to sparring than actual fights. There were 2 or 3 title fights or top level opponents sprinkled in. A lot of those fights were non-title affairs.

But I agree, fighting twice a year is ridiculous but as long as top level fighters are getting paid 10-20 million dollars a fight, why would they fight any more? Look at the amount of money Wlad, Manny, Floyd and these days Froch make from a single year containing 2 or max 3 fights, no need to fight more often.

In terms of damage to a fighter, that varies, like someone already said, look at the state of Meldrick Taylor...yet look at Chavez Sr with 100+ fights, he seems to be fine.

This.........

[SeekDaGreat]

in '88 he fought 9 times while already 39yo.

BEAST!!!!!!

And for all you health nuts crying, you boxing scene physicians....wahhhhh :'(

A 40 yr old fought 9 TIMES while your idols fight TWO FRINGE CONTENDERS A YEAR for MILLIONS OF DOLLARS! PATHETIC!

[arraamis]

BEAST!!!!!!

And for all you health nuts crying, you boxing scene physicians....wahhhhh :'(

A 40 yr old fought 9 TIMES while your idols fight TWO FRINGE CONTENDERS A YEAR for MILLIONS OF DOLLARS! PATHETIC!

Really big of you to not give a fuck about boxers health -- I mean after all you're behind a freakin puter, while they're actually in the ring showing real guts and courage.

Freakin keyboard warriors are hilarious ....

[beez721]

One of those fights being against Qawi. Furthermore, this fighting twice a year **** is unacceptable!

FYI, George Foreman is pushing 65 and walks, talks and thinks just fine.

he wasnt a belt holder at the time tho. its pretty standard for titlists to only fight 2-3 times a year. I agree that it does suck tho

[SeekDaGreat]

Really big of you to not give a fuck about boxers health -- I mean after all you're behind a freakin puter, while they're actually in the ring showing real guts and courage.

Freakin keyboard warriors are hilarious ....

You know who else are hilarious, people that can read what people do without knowing them. I think they're called pyschics, or idiots.

[2Shotz]

Comparing David Haye to George Foreman, under any context is ridiculous.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

One of those fights being against Qawi. Furthermore, this fighting twice a year **** is unacceptable!

FYI, George Foreman is pushing 65 and walks, talks and thinks just fine.

He was fighting subpar opponents, and was just trying to work his way back into shape..

I agree that guys needs to be more active, but i understand if your floyd or manny only fighting twice a year.. with so much money to be made, fighting 4 or 5 times in a year would overexpose floyd and manny..
Younger guys like crawford, danny, mikey, etc.. They need to fight at least 3 if not 4 or 5 times a year.. Staying active builds your name very quickly,, Just look at GGG, he was really active in 2012-13 and his name grew

[Joshua Child]

Fights make fights, even lesser fights make fights and keep you busy and in top form. I wouldn't care about the Salka fight if Danny was fighting 5-10 times a year.