are there any fighters left who fight for...

[Curt Henning]

legacy and honor?

i seem to remember awhile back this was a big thing

what seems like many moons ago now pac was out there telling floyd "lets fight for free...i fight for legacy and pride and honor"...even though like no guy has really ever fought for free....fans cheered "you go pac you tell him...cmon floyd take that fight...fight for charity"!!!!

then a few years later there was a young future superstar making his way through the weight classes...still growing...he was still a pup relatively...he wasnt too keen on jumping right up and facing a p4p top 5 rated career MW right away

this young future star found some lucrative fights in the meantime and continued to build his profile.....for the sake of story telling lets give this a guy a name...and call him "canelo".....while canelo made the career MW wait...he was called a vagina(this is the name for a part of the female sexual anatomy...which i dont think many golovkin fans have ever seen aside from sliding out of their own mother)..he was called a chicken....many unflattering names....people questioned whether or not he had testicles and demanded "hey you chicken..you yellow chicken!!! why dont u fight for legacy and be a man .....stop letting business make your decisions"

strangely enough during this time that same man i just mentioned, golovkin, began stalking this canelo guy...it was weird......this golovkin guy was bringing up welterweights two classes, fighting lyft drivers and even fighting a guy on home confinement(ankle jewerly and all) for hitting a woman!!!!

a career defining fight with andre ward seemed plausible as ward contacted golovkins team about a fight in the near future while offering golovkin a chance to get acclimated to a higher weight class......despite golovkin not having a career defining fight, let alone win, golovkin fans excused him swerving this "american coward" by sighting a more lucrative fight with canelo in the future and calling it "smart business".......it seems right about this time fighting for "legacy and pride" died and went right out the window

so i ask...are there any guys left that fight for that stuff? or is that just completely dead?

and before some of you guys go mentioning anthony joshua turning down 50 mil because he wanted to fight for his fans you cant have that...cause AJ also then went and challenged his fans to train and fight wilder themselves because its not that easy he said....so you while i know you want to point to AJ's generosity and care for his beloved fans....he kinda did a 180 literally within like a week or two...so you cant use that one

anyways....anyone got any fighters? or are we all in on making money and smart business decisions now?

[kidbazooka]

Yea

Canelo

[Hatesrats]

Alvarez & "One Time" are the only current fighters that FIGHT for legacy.

[N/A]

it's show business. it exists to separate the public from their money.

legacy and honor are for fools. maximize your earnings, invest wisely and get out early.

everyone should be striving to be andre ward.

[Jsmooth9876]

Tiresome GGG bashing. Get over it man, it's been years now. Just let go lol..

[Jax teller]

Loma and Usyk deserve a mention

[champion4ever]

Deontay Wilder

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

Lomachenko and Usyk for sure. And in 2018 Wilder will have fought Ortiz and Fury as VOLUNTARY’s. The Ortiz fight was very high risk/ low reward, that was very honourable and completely changed my perception of Wilder

[Robbie Barrett]

Deontay Wilder

Lomachenko and Usyk for sure. And in 2018 Wilder will have fought Ortiz and Fury as VOLUNTARY’s. The Ortiz fight was very high risk/ low reward, that was very honourable and completely changed my perception of Wilder

Wilder who says if he beats Fury he deserves 60% against Joshua? You clowns.

[Sparked_26]

I’d go along with Usyk and Loma.

Both phenoms of the amateur game but they’re hardly going to be getting paid big money to fight guys beneath them.

I do think a lot of elite amateurs tend to want to find their level fast.

Tbh, I’m over saying negative stuff about some fighters who occasionally fight beneath their level and get well paid for it. I don’t think it benefits boxing fans but it definitely benefits the fighter and it’s not like I have to watch.

I think as a boxing fan you make a judgement of where you think a fighter is at and adjust your interest accordingly.

It’s a lower level but I’ve not seen Anthony Yarde’s last 4 fights now because I know he has to at least fight someone like Hosea Burton. I know he can whack but I’m not gonna get anything out of watching him until he fights a fighter with a strong amateur background and solid boxing skills that is a genuine light heavy.