They are unification fights, fights with PPV guys and a big British fight. If you don't think they raise his profile as well as big pay days you don't know boxing.
He gets a bigger offer because his profile is raised, he has more belts and the fight as a result generates more money as well as getting a bigger slice of the pie.
Ruiz won that fight, and even if Kownacki loses, he makes huge life changing money.
Haymon's decision cost him that. Now your excuse is that Haymon could not see into the future.
He can't but with hindsight it plain to see it was the wrong decision and if you still can't see that despite what has happened then you are beyond help.
As it has been pointed out Smith situation is completely different, if however Smith gets KOed by a nobody in his next fight then you can say Smith/Hearn messed up.
That has not happened, can you see into the future?
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