Why does every boxer think they deserve Mayweather type pay days?

[Poppo168]

It's been about the money for a long time now but it's just getting worse and worse.

Fighters have become such divas and it doesn't seem like they even care about winning titles, all titles are used or these days is leverage for more money in fights.

Canelo/Golovkin is the prime example. if they really wanted to fight to show who was better it would have been arranged already at 50/50 or winner takes 70/30 or something.

makes me think what it's going to be like in 10 years

[mathed]

It's been about the money for a long time now but it's just getting worse and worse.

Fighters have become such divas and it doesn't seem like they even care about winning titles, all titles are used or these days is leverage for more money in fights.

Canelo/Golovkin is the prime example. if they really wanted to fight to show who was better it would have been arranged already at 50/50 or winner takes 70/30 or something.

makes me think what it's going to be like in 10 years

Who set the precedent? You already answered in your thread title.

[Lester Tutor]

It's been about the money for a long time now but it's just getting worse and worse.

Fighters have become such divas and it doesn't seem like they even care about winning titles, all titles are used or these days is leverage for more money in fights.

Canelo/Golovkin is the prime example. if they really wanted to fight to show who was better it would have been arranged already at 50/50 or winner takes 70/30 or something.

makes me think what it's going to be like in 10 years

Didn't ggg fans make fun of Eubank Jr., something about pens?

[Poppo168]

Who set the precedent? You already answered in your thread title.

Of course he did, hence why I put him in the title in the first place. Boxing is a joke these days.

[Poppo168]

Didn't ggg fans make fun of Eubank Jr., something about pens?

Again the fight should've been made but fighters don't want to fight most of the time these days unless they're getting a massive pay day

[Canelo and GGG]

It's been about the money for a long time now but it's just getting worse and worse.

Fighters have become such divas and it doesn't seem like they even care about winning titles, all titles are used or these days is leverage for more money in fights.

Canelo/Golovkin is the prime example. if they really wanted to fight to show who was better it would have been arranged already at 50/50 or winner takes 70/30 or something.

makes me think what it's going to be like in 10 years

The better question is why should Canelo should fight GGG for 50/50 split ,its Sport and Buisnes and some ppl need to be realistic

[Poppo168]

The better question is why should Canelo should fight GGG for 50/50 split ,its Sport and Buisnes and some ppl need to be realistic

Because it would be a big payday for both of them and for boxing but it'll be dragged on and on until it's irrelevant, just like Pac/May.

Also I think the fight should be winner takes the larger split, makes sense.

[Lester Tutor]

Because it would be a big payday for both of them and for boxing but it'll be dragged on and on until it's irrelevant, just like Pac/May.

Also I think the fight should be winner takes the larger split, makes sense.

From your thread title, seems like you're criticizing lil'g.

[al-Xander]

Exactly why fighters are now fighting once a year. They're waiting for big pay days and won't accept tough fights unless they get overpaid. If Mayweather can stall a fight for five years and still get to be offered triple the money, why take the fight now?

[PK3434]

We get way too worked up when we have no idea what goes on in fight negotiations. It was annoying and embarrassing that Canelo has delayed the Golovkin fight but I really believe it's going to happen, even though there will be a whole lot of posturing and misleading public statements before the fight gets made, which will cause many of you to flip out and overreact.

At least Canelo and Golovkin generate revenue. The answer to your question about why every fighter thinks they deserve huge paydays is because in the last few years some guys who generate zero or negative revenue have been literally handed 7 figure pay days.