Lomachenko is another overpaid HBO boxer does not even crack 900k on HBO!

[Kagami Taiga]

Once again the American public prove to be a discerning lot....

Sad but ****ing true.

[Raonic]

why are people so upset at what boxers make?

Well boxing is a business. Fights can't get done without taking into consideration about what each fighter makes. If a promoter has $1 million to split between 2 fighters, what a boxer wants is what decides whether a fight gets made.

[devildg]

Arum pays his boxers well. you can hate the man but he treats his boxers like honorary ***s

[TripleGFightFan]

Dude is a great boxer...wtf is the problem?...Just enjoy great boxing!!!...

[SCEN3RY]

That's depressing... Ward v Barrera did better. I know Loma isn't 'big' yet but he with the push they're giving him I thought he's do over 1m vs a solid opponent. Between that and the Ward/Kov numbers, this is just bad news for boxing, no matter who you like or dislike.

It is, I thought his performance versus Martinez would have certainly garnered more attention to his next bout, whomever that would've been. Back to back superb performances against solid guys, you hope people take notice. I think Motorcity has a point though, ratings in general seemed to have decreased with the budget.

[-Antonio-]

Boxing is dead in America. It's only going to get worse and worse. I just hope we get less PPV out of it.

[cork]

I think this goes for all boxing matches but the main event start to damn late. They need to start the events earlier.

To stay on topic I'm a big Loma fan but he's not a draw yet. Only 8 pro fight so it should be understandable that he's not mainstream yet. Give him another 10-12 fights and I think at the rate he's going he'll be a household name.

[Sugar Adam Ali]

Well boxing is a business. Fights can't get done without taking into consideration about what each fighter makes. If a promoter has $1 million to split between 2 fighters, what a boxer wants is what decides whether a fight gets made.

That doesn't answerr his question..


Why would fans get upset??

[deuce_drop]

again, there is zero marketing and promotion for boxing and boxers, and if there is some, it's old, outdated, boring, and most of the time, flat out garbage.

Lomachenko can only do so much to get the casual fans attention without being sensationalized. his skills definitely have it, but outside the ring... on the mic... dull, boring, flat, nothing to see, nothing to entice you to make sure you follow and watch his career.

at least mayweather knew how to market himself, create the demand, and didn't care who he pissed off doing so, because it all translated into MONEY and Ratings.

get on the mic, call people out, step into the ring after someones fight and call them out, create a demand, manufacture up a buzz, call other fighters B^%ches, do something, because if not, low numbers will be all you get.

[Raonic]

That doesn't answerr his question..

Why would fans get upset??

Of course it answers it. A fan should get upset at a guy if he demanded a purse that would kill a fight. If I knew a fight would only happen if each fighter takes $1 million, I'd have no choice but to be upset if a guy demands $1.5 million, not because of what he's demanding, but because what he's demanding is killing the fight.