Is it better to lose early in pro career or later?

[Eff Pandas]

The later you lose the more money you make cuz that undefeated record always adds a lil more money to your value as a fighter. Generally I don't think losing early in your career helps out the average person at all. Usually any halfway decent regional prospect or better caliber guy is getting 10-20 setup fights early so if he loses one its not likely to tell him he needs to improve so much as prove he's not THAT f#cking good.

Granted there are stories of plenty of HOF or just high level boxers who've lost early, but generally losing early means you aren't THAT good to start with.

[Ray*]

It’s difficult to take Tyson Fury’s word in. He obviously has a reason for saying it. Does he think Wilder doesn’t want to risk anything by fighting bums for 37/38 fights? Who knows what he trying to get at.