In almost every case when a fight doesnt happen its because at least one fighter doesnt want it. NOT because of a promoter stopping it from happening
You all exaggerate these inter company differences so much when it comes to negotation. I cant think of many examples where theres been two guys who have agreed terms, want to fight each other but the promoters have said oh look i dont like that promoter so its not happening. How the hell do u think the fighters woudl react if that was the case? Promoters advise but they dont dictate or their reputation would be go through the mud.
Like with lomachenko and linares, all i ever used to hear was that top rank and golden boy wont work together,but when it was clear they wanted each other the fight gets made quick and no problems.
The promoters work for the fighters not the other way round, they may be able to take advantage of the journeyman and fringe guys but its the world level boxers who are responsible for the gravy train and who can swap companies as they choose. If you let a promoter tell you you can only fight this guy and not that guy then you have no sort of backbone whatsoever.
And another thing that really bugs me is when fighters get a free pass for in-house fights. 'Oh well that stables only got such and such that are realistic fights, theres noone out there'- Well if you sign for a promoter whos well known for in house fights and theres noone good 'inhouse' you know exactly what you are going to get. Spare me the whole 'if only he could fight the big names' routine. He could but he wont cause he likes the comfort zone.
Theres reasons that some fighters get hard opponents and some dont, and its very rarely anything to do with promoters.
You all exaggerate these inter company differences so much when it comes to negotation. I cant think of many examples where theres been two guys who have agreed terms, want to fight each other but the promoters have said oh look i dont like that promoter so its not happening. How the hell do u think the fighters woudl react if that was the case? Promoters advise but they dont dictate or their reputation would be go through the mud.
Like with lomachenko and linares, all i ever used to hear was that top rank and golden boy wont work together,but when it was clear they wanted each other the fight gets made quick and no problems.
The promoters work for the fighters not the other way round, they may be able to take advantage of the journeyman and fringe guys but its the world level boxers who are responsible for the gravy train and who can swap companies as they choose. If you let a promoter tell you you can only fight this guy and not that guy then you have no sort of backbone whatsoever.
And another thing that really bugs me is when fighters get a free pass for in-house fights. 'Oh well that stables only got such and such that are realistic fights, theres noone out there'- Well if you sign for a promoter whos well known for in house fights and theres noone good 'inhouse' you know exactly what you are going to get. Spare me the whole 'if only he could fight the big names' routine. He could but he wont cause he likes the comfort zone.
Theres reasons that some fighters get hard opponents and some dont, and its very rarely anything to do with promoters.
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