Originally posted by Eff Pandas
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IS boxing the worst sport for the athlete?
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Yes, considering anyone who can pass a physical can be a professional boxer. Not everyone can be a professional football, hockey, basketball player etc. You really do have to manage your career and choose trainers and coaches very carefully. You have to invest your money, which most young fighters don't know how to do. They come into the sport poor and they are easily taken advantage of by managers, promoters, accountants, and attorneys once they start making big money. Once they get hurt it is game over. No players union, no healthcare, no pension, no merchandise royalties, etc.
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Originally posted by jmrf4435 View PostOf course the physical risk when you are in the ring is significant. But the fact no one is really looking out for you, aside from your trainer is kinda crazy.
The promoter is trying to take advantage of you (it should be mutually beneficial but most of the time it's not) the judges don't usually care about you either.
There is no league to uphold either, fighters have no collective take in anything, it's all so rouge- It seems like the fighter has to have everything around him semi perfect to make a decent career and not get hurt or financially taken advantage of.
I cannot think of any sport even remotely as disadvataged as boxers are. I mean, they can win a fight and get completely robbed.
It seems as though for a fighter to be successful in boxing (finacially and without getting physically destroyed) he needs to be a one in million athlete. Boxing only rewards the very very best, while in all other professional sports, once you've made it to the "professionals" you're fairly well provided for. Being a "professional" boxer really doesn't mean anything. It doesn't mean you've made it once you've become a professional.
It's almost as if boxing solely exists to lift a few rare individuals into the spotlight at the expense of everyone else. On the amateur levels it's a regular sport. But on the professional level it suddenly becomes this sleazy, dog eat dog, cut throat business.
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Originally posted by GhostofDempsey View PostYou have to invest your money, which most young fighters don't know how to do.
It's a select few who even get paid enough to consider investing and f#ck up by thinking the money will keep coming indefinitely.
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Originally posted by GhostofDempsey View PostYes, considering anyone who can pass a physical can be a professional boxer. Not everyone can be a professional football, hockey, basketball player etc. You really do have to manage your career and choose trainers and coaches very carefully. You have to invest your money, which most young fighters don't know how to do. They come into the sport poor and they are easily taken advantage of by managers, promoters, accountants, and attorneys once they start making big money. Once they get hurt it is game over. No players union, no healthcare, no pension, no merchandise royalties, etc.
They get fighters to sign on the dotted line, then they do whatever they want with them
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Originally posted by Redd Foxx View PostEven training can be brutal on the body. It's an unforgiving sport. I think mma results in more injuries, because of the grappling aspect. But, they're in the same vein.
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Originally posted by jmrf4435 View PostThe idea with college athletes is that they get their tuition and living completely paid for.
If you've eveer lived with student loans you would know that alone can really help you out in life.
Student loans are debilitating. Salaries aren't high enough for recent college grads to pay their loans
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Originally posted by Eff Pandas View PostSh^t man most fighters don't even make enough to invest. There's 20k active fighters at any given time. For sure more than half of them won't see 100k during there whole career.
It's a select few who even get paid enough to consider investing and f#ck up by thinking the money will keep coming indefinitely.
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Originally posted by jmrf4435 View PostThe idea with college athletes is that they get their tuition and living completely paid for.
If you've eveer lived with student loans you would know that alone can really help you out in life.
Student loans are debilitating. Salaries aren't high enough for recent college grads to pay their loans
They're basically there to play a sport, but can't get paid and the education they get will be substandard by design
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Originally posted by GhostofDempsey View PostNot only that, the ones who do earn big paydays are lucky to walk away with 25-35% of their money after taxes, promoters, manager/trainer fees are deducted. A $50K purse can easily be $15K after all is said and done, maybe less.
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