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Originally posted by ИATAS
It does mean something. Kovalev having several belts is probably why this fight is as big as it is and actually on PPV. If Kovalev was just some random guy with a single title and hadn't been so exciting to watch no one would really care as much. But the fact he is a unified champion and has been exciting, knocking out and dominating top opponents in his weight class is precisely why this is a big fight.
What? Why even bring up Golovkin? Do you suddenly think boxers get paid by how many belts they have? Of course not, it's never worked that way ever unless there is a purse bid. Boxing has always worked by splitting the pot based on popularity and various other factors. Oscar de la Hoya, after getting KOd by Hopkins, made over $10 million fighting Mayorga, a champion, who made far less. Why? Because Oscar was a huge star, obviously.
Golovkin is viewed as a more lucrative fighter than Kovalev, he's simply the bigger boxing star. Because of that, he typically makes a little bit more money than Kovalev, but neither are massive names since they are not from America.
You also clearly got it backwards - guys are demanding outrageous purses to fight Golovkin. Guys like Jacobs demand over $5 million to even step foot in the ring with him, or Billy Joe Saunders want over $4 million, which is clearly pricing themselves out. And even guys like Canelo who doesn't even want to have a percentage split and demands a flat fee! Of course you're a very biased poster so you like to make up things and blame Golovkin for guys literally ducking him, like Canelo dropping his title so he NOT fight Golovkin, yet you ignore that completely and say Golovkin should except a no-split/flat fee deal, while also ignoring Canelo isn't even interested in fighting until late 2017 at the earliest.
What? Why even bring up Golovkin? Do you suddenly think boxers get paid by how many belts they have? Of course not, it's never worked that way ever unless there is a purse bid. Boxing has always worked by splitting the pot based on popularity and various other factors. Oscar de la Hoya, after getting KOd by Hopkins, made over $10 million fighting Mayorga, a champion, who made far less. Why? Because Oscar was a huge star, obviously.
Golovkin is viewed as a more lucrative fighter than Kovalev, he's simply the bigger boxing star. Because of that, he typically makes a little bit more money than Kovalev, but neither are massive names since they are not from America.
You also clearly got it backwards - guys are demanding outrageous purses to fight Golovkin. Guys like Jacobs demand over $5 million to even step foot in the ring with him, or Billy Joe Saunders want over $4 million, which is clearly pricing themselves out. And even guys like Canelo who doesn't even want to have a percentage split and demands a flat fee! Of course you're a very biased poster so you like to make up things and blame Golovkin for guys literally ducking him, like Canelo dropping his title so he NOT fight Golovkin, yet you ignore that completely and say Golovkin should except a no-split/flat fee deal, while also ignoring Canelo isn't even interested in fighting until late 2017 at the earliest.
gg should accept 10m to fight Canelo
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