Should it be illegal to have "options" on a fighter?

[_Rexy_]

Who has been forcing boxers to sign "options"?

Bob Arum has for decades

[ShoulderRoll]

That's business. A promoter's job is to look out for himself, not the fighter.

Without options, you'd have far fewer non in house fights.

We rarely get non in-house fights now so what's the difference?

Limiting the amount of time promoters can tie up a fighter who isn't theirs puts the power back into the fighter's hands.

You can insist on a rematch clause but that's it. After that the fighter gets to choose whether to continue to work with you or not.

If he has won two straight fights then he has certainly earned that right. Wouldn't you say?

[N/A]

We rarely get non in-house fights now so what's the difference?

You'd get even fewer. Why would you EVER risk your champion against a non in house opponent if options were illegal? I believe the Ali act already limits options to one year. It's not like this is a major problem.

[Ray*]

I feel the sport needs an international body that ALLOWS promoters to purchase the right to make money from fights. i.e. it would be illegal to bind individual boxers to contracts.

Boxing really can do with an international body, one body that governs everything. When Charles Martin agreed to fight Joshua for the IBF belt, for the deal to go through, Haymon had options on Joshua for two fights, this is why Molina and Breazeale were Joshua’s next fight. For me that shouldn’t be allowed.

[Ray*]

Who has been forcing boxers to sign "options"?

Haymon places a two fight option on Joshua, when he became allowed Martin to fight him.

[killakali]

Why not? People love watching good fights. The demand is always going to be there.

Promoters/broadcasters would just be forced to compete for talent on a fight-by-fight basis.

then they would take even less risks

[Chuckguy]

Is this "talk" coming from people connected to Ortiz .. or other people who don't have an actual clue what they're talking about?

I think it’s like pac and the bob father having him sign extensions for getting him a fight with a certain fighter

[kafkod]

I think it’s like pac and the bob father having him sign extensions for getting him a fight with a certain fighter

It's more like people making up bullshit because they don't like Hearn and AJ.

[Chuckguy]

It's more like people making up bullshit because they don't like Hearn and AJ.

Probably but still you have to admit it does happen

[Eff Pandas]

For the sake of boxing I don't think any contract should be longer than a 1 fight deal. I think every fight should be a auction or every guy is simply open to taking bids on his next fight pay + opponent, but there is no binding deal beyond that 1 fight. I think more big fights would happen in timely fashion if boxing was more free agent-y like that vs promoter friendly.

Thats fantasy sh^t with how boxing works now doe.

But nah options shouldn't be a thing. And I don't even think rematch options should be a thing.