Are 'tune ups' really that essential?

[just the facts]

if fighters are only going to fight once or twice a year they should be fighting solid oppnents. One hard night of fighting in 12 months isnt too much to ask is it really. I'd give a few bum fights a pass if they were fighting 4 or 5 times a year. FIghting a bum twice a year isnt 'keeping active'

This from a hard core g string ball gagger? Unbelievable! Pot.............Kettle.............Black......

[Larry the boss]

hes a nobody. If the other three werent tune ups, what excuse was there for fighting them? Cause thats what ive been told 'oh who cares hes fighting bums, they prepared him for kovalev', so what is it? were they tune up fights or not?

He is fighting Kovalev in 8 days and yet you are still b1tching and moaning

[Zaryu]

I agree with the ts though, comparing Garcia's current situation to GGG is comparing apples and oranges.

[NaijaD]

hes a nobody. If the other three werent tune ups, what excuse was there for fighting them? Cause thats what ive been told 'oh who cares hes fighting bums, they prepared him for kovalev', so what is it? were they tune up fights or not?

What's it to you how he's preparing to fight Kovalev? ..... he's fighting him next weekend, guys like you told us all along that Ward is cashing out with these tune ups and would never fight Kovalev, now he's fighting him and you still want to b1tch and moan about something.

Where's your thread about how Stevenson hasn't fought any top ten contenders or how Beterbiev isn't fighting any top 20 contenders??? It's always Ward this Ward that. You still see him as Golovkin's boogie man it seems.

[SplitSecond]

Not for a guy like Danny, he already fought this year too. For a guy like Danny, Robert Guerrero in his current state should be the tune-up.

[b00g13man]

Ask the guy who has been taking em for 10 years straight.

[Larry the boss]

What's it to you how he's preparing to fight Kovalev? ..... he's fighting him next weekend, guys like you told us all along that Ward is cashing out with these tune ups and would never fight Kovalev, now he's fighting him and you still want to b1tch and moan about something.

Where's your thread about how Stevenson hasn't fought any top ten contenders or how Beterbiev isn't fighting any top 20 contenders??? It's always Ward this Ward that. You still see him as Golovkin's boogie man it seems.

boooooooooooom

[-Kev-]

A lot of people complain today about a fighter taking one tune up before a big fight, and all hell breaks lose if a fighter dares take 2 tune ups. But the reality is that the frequency of tune ups has been way watered down from what it used to be. I was not around at the time, but looking back at history and resumes of the best fighters, it looks to me like fighters took anywehre from 5 to 10 tune ups in between fights. You take one now and you're gonna hear it from the fans, it's crazy, and don't even think about taking 2-3 tune ups unless you're trying to get death threats from fans even if you're preparing for a killer, they don't wanna hear it. I think as boxing progresses like this, boxers careers will be shorter, eventually we will be seeing UFC-like resumes, with fighters having 10 fights and already near their experation date, and the absolute best and most durable fighters going for pro 20.

It has already begun with Joshua, Lomachenko, Inoue, these guys are pioneers of the new generation of shorten careers with more big names and less filler/tune ups. For Joshua there's a lot of pressure on him to fight Wilder, Klitshcko, Fury, Ortiz right NOW and he only has 17 fights

I would not be surprised if Lomachenko finishes his career with 15 fights and still ends up being a borderline HOF'er especially if he beats Walters and Pacquiao, followed by 3 more big names like Bradley, Crawford, etc.

[brettWall]

They're essential for fighters on top, but not for the poor cab driver they're having tuneup with who has to train with scant resources. People don't normally care about these cab drivers. They're expendable.

[Sparked_26]

All the top fighters barely fight.