So if skills pay the bills, why is it that?...

[Boxtime]

Skills pay the Bills is just rhyming cr*p. Your marketability pays the bills in boxing. If it was about skills then Cuban fighters would be the highest paid.

[Pigeons]

Im pretty sure Brandon Rios has had a better career financially than both Lara and Rigondeaux.

Brandon Rios also shows signs of dementia in his 30s.

[Elroy The Great]

if brawlers could fight ''skillfully'' they would, while a slick fella is able to do both. you can have a glorious and long career by being slick.

[Tony Trick-Pony]

So called "brawls" or "brawlers" always win fight of the year? Why dont they go to the more technical type fights?? Thoughts

I think skills paying the bills just refers to fighting in a sharp way- hitting and not getting hit, you win and you go home. Now, if they mean that chess matches put fans in the seats, obviously that's a crock. Might get them in the seats once, but the fighter's value goes down. Pacquiao sold well because he came in with an exciting style that usually featured KDs and KOs. he also gives lots of action. It's hard to watch a Devon Alexander fight or a Lara fight, because there's so little action. It's like sitting through an insurance seminar.

[Chuckguy]

Brawlers get the attention..but the technical fighters last longer

Preach larry

[Chuckguy]

im also pretty sure he suffered more brain damage

Nah Larry he was ******ed from jump start

[iamboxing]

Skills plus aggressiveness and killer instinct (high KO ratio) pay the bills. Mayweather thrived on staying undefeated and his popularity was due to seeing if someone could beat him, and because his skills were artful and aesthetically pleasing to the eye...unlike Ward.

[soul_survivor]

Well look at it this way, I was on the edge of my seat for kov vs. Ward (a very technical fight imo) just like I was for Vargas vs Salido BUT Vargas vs Salido is the clear winner, why?

Salido v Vargas contained more punches, more damage and essentially more fighting...remember, boxing is a form of martial art. It's not a dance. Now, the assumption is that if one is to "box" they need to be ultra defensive and "slick" and guys with exceptional offensive ability are not given the proper credit.

Kovalev is an exceptional boxer...but thats not a term that would be used for him because he doesn ot fight in a predetermined manner, ala Floyd or Whitaker for instance. Defence is just one aspect of boxing.

Personally I think Frampton v LSC 1 was better than the 2 fights you mentioned.

But I'm curious why you would think Kov/Ward was the better of the two?

[uppercut510]

uhhhhhhhhh technical fighters aren't exciting to the masses.