Why are the best not constantly fighting the best in boxing?

[Toffee]

When good fights get made, fans declare the loser's career to be over. Call them outclassed and not elite. Then they criticise the winner saying the opponent was never really good enough.

If your consumer's response to big fights is like that, why bother taking risks?

The top guys can earn millions fighting carefully selected opponents instead of opponents who can negatively impact their earning potential.

Basically, we get the fights we deserve.

[RespekonMyName]

Because people around the fighters, who have no skills themselves, have to milk these guys as long as possible. A defeat hurts earning potential.

[tonysoprano]

Cos you can make the same money with 3-4 easy fights as you can with 1 tough one. Boxers don't want to risk their health.

When the best fight the best you get wars. Benn/McClellan, Ali/Frazier. Those sort of fights shorten careers because you almost have to die to win them.

[Floyd is TBE]

Bob Arum is usually the common denominator when it comes to big fights not getting made.

[Roy Keane]

Embarrassing to have 4 world champions ��

[LA_2_Vegas]

Seems more like a lot of people buy the marketing from the UFC that every guy who headlines a PPV and they give a ranking to becomes the "best" - they are the best for that PPV..how many guys have they gone through who were teh best for that PPV and had no staying power even though they were supposed to be the best?

For example, Tank Davis fought LSC - hardcore boxing fans **** on the fight as say it's not the best vs the best even though LSC has been a top fighter for a long time ( i get the weight difference, I'm takling quality of fighter). Meanwhile, the same people who **** on LSC in that fight will come into a thread like this and tell people that guy Costa who fought Adesanya was the "best" - way better in his sport than Leo in boxing, right? We saw all his championship meddle in that fight - the guy was trash and looked like he never took a punch in his life.

That fight was just another example of the UFC putting on the best while boxing puts on trash matchups like Teo-Loma or Fury-Wilde, yeah? I get that boxing has a lot of improvements that can be made but **** the sucking up of the UFC marketing is getting annoying

[Blue54]

Seems more like a lot of people buy the marketing from the UFC that every guy who headlines a PPV and they give a ranking to becomes the "best" - they are the best for that PPV..how many guys have they gone through who were teh best for that PPV and had no staying power even though they were supposed to be the best?

For example, Tank Davis fought LSC - hardcore boxing fans **** on the fight as say it's not the best vs the best even though LSC has been a top fighter for a long time ( i get the weight difference, I'm takling quality of fighter). Meanwhile, the same people who **** on LSC in that fight will come into a thread like this and tell people that guy Costa who fought Adesanya was the "best" - way better in his sport than Leo in boxing, right? We saw all his championship meddle in that fight - the guy was trash and looked like he never took a punch in his life.

That fight was just another example of the UFC putting on the best while boxing puts on trash matchups like Teo-Loma or Fury-Wilde, yeah? I get that boxing has a lot of improvements that can be made but **** the sucking up of the UFC marketing is getting annoying

If truly look at it Costa was the best lea in that division for the champion to fight. Adesanya Legit fought Romero, Gastelum and Whittaker back to back. The champs in UFC legit usually clean house and fight the 1 rank guy or top 5 ranked in the division each time they fight.
While boxing champs usually fight a top 5 rank fighter in their division every 2 years.
Davis been fighting on world champ level for 3 years now and only fought 2 top 5 ranked fighters in both division he fights in.

[Roadblock]

If truly look at it Costa was the best lea in that division for the champion to fight. Adesanya Legit fought Romero, Gastelum and Whittaker back to back. The champs in UFC legit usually clean house and fight the 1 rank guy or top 5 ranked in the division each time they fight.
While boxing champs usually fight a top 5 rank fighter in their division every 2 years.
Davis been fighting on world champ level for 3 years now and only fought 2 top 5 ranked fighters in both division he fights in.

UFC has one boss Boxing is totally different, thats why UFC fighters never make anywhere near what the top boxers make.

[Boxing-1013]

Because people around the fighters, who have no skills themselves, have to milk these guys as long as possible. A defeat hurts earning potential.

This is a big part of it

[BoxingIsGreat]

Bob Arum is usually the common denominator when it comes to big fights not getting made.

Best post so far. Green K.