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What!!! Everyone isn't the same?
I mean no **** man. But clearly the sport has moved over to more of a business than a sport in many many ways. And I think its beyond obvious there are less guys wishing to find out "who the best is" & more guys wishing to get paid as best as possible. You can act like its all the fighters fault, but the reality is the whole sport has shifted to a money model (4 champions/PPV) more than a who's the best model (1 champion/free TV) like there used to be in the old days. And the structure of that money model we have now makes it so that even the guys who wanna find out how good they are have a hard time doing that cuz there are all sorts of obstacles in making that happen with promoters, networks & alphabet groups standing in between them quite often.
I definitely think there is some of that, selling of 0's, that goes on in boxing. Idk if I'd say it quite like that. I think largely fighters think they can win vs anyone or see the road to a W at the world class level BJS is at. Even if BJS has shown & said some things that appear otherwise in relation to GGG. But whatever with the specifics to that I think boxers & managers try to make sure they get paid for the risk they are taking on with any particular fight that could damage their ability to make money in the future. I mean L's today probably hurt worse than they ever have in boxing.
I mean no **** man. But clearly the sport has moved over to more of a business than a sport in many many ways. And I think its beyond obvious there are less guys wishing to find out "who the best is" & more guys wishing to get paid as best as possible. You can act like its all the fighters fault, but the reality is the whole sport has shifted to a money model (4 champions/PPV) more than a who's the best model (1 champion/free TV) like there used to be in the old days. And the structure of that money model we have now makes it so that even the guys who wanna find out how good they are have a hard time doing that cuz there are all sorts of obstacles in making that happen with promoters, networks & alphabet groups standing in between them quite often.
Nobody values Billy taking on Golovkin enough for him to make so much money. It's simply about if he feels he can win. If not than maybe he is looking to sell his 0 for the right amount.
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