Francis & George W*rren set up Queensbury Boxing Promotions

There's definitely a fall out on the way, probably in June when Sky say they won't fund these ridiculous deals for the 2008 Olympians any longer.

Hopefully these are the last of them that are on ridiculous money for 6x3's on the undercard of some ''megashow''.

To be honest it'll be the best thing that's happened in a while to Allegedly, allowing him to concentrate on the rest of his stable rather than just exclusively on paying bills.

 

And then they'll be the villains that everyone has a pop at....

 

They don't really though, do they? (Generate that many extra viewers, on PPV most of the time)

It's pretty daft being on what many fighters are for a world title fight when you're doing 6x3's.... especially when the same deals prevent your promoter from keeping you anywhere near as active as you should be.

All it does is create a dislikable arrogance about them, constantly talking about money (DeGale and Gavin guilty here) and makes people want them to get chinned.

It would benefit them if they were on five grand a fight like everybody else. They'd have the hunger, the drive, and generally the desire to reach the top.

It mirrors the situation of English footballers, they can earn a decent crust sitting in the reserves at Man Utd/City or Chelsea. Why bother dragging yourself out of bed to graft when it's all there?

Plus, amateur boxing and professional boxing have less in common than the two codes of rugby. Other than hitting the other guy and trying to stop him hitting you, there's very few similarities.

I'm not saying you're wrong, just looking at it from a different angle.

 

All fair points.

I just don't think it's in the best interests of anyone (including they themselves) that they're a millionnaire before actually having a professional fight.

I recall Hatton saying that he was on £3k a fight back in 1997 which he considered very good money, and Calzaghe despite winning three ABA's in a row couldn't pay the mortgage in his first few years as a pro.

I mean, I'm not sure what the property market is like down that way but even these days in Leeds you can buy somewhere decent on your own earning £30k a year.

That said, I'm pretty sure it wasn't money that ruined Harrison. If he'd been on five grand a fight he'd never have made it past domestic level, just didn't have the bottle to go with his natural ability.

 

DeGale and Gavin deserved it as they were special cases with what they achieved. In hindsight, Sky should have told Fwank Billy Joe shouldnt be part of the deal.
No name recognition (unless you count being called 'The Other one') really so having him bang out a bum on ppv does nothing for shows.

 

Depends really. I like Eddie but need a lot of things to fall in their favour in next 12 months.
Barker has 5% chance imo of beating Martinez then what? Macklin fight wont be there.
Froch has 25% chance imo of beating Ward, then couple more big fights but wont be massive name.
Brook gets schooled by Khan in March/April 2012 then what?
Who else they got to step up? Rees? The non-fighting Irishman?

With amateurs will come down to money. Billy Joe idolised Calzaghe but didnt stop him going with Fwank.

 

£250k :yikes

Some of the pads in Leeds city centre aren't much cheaper, but if you move three miles out of town a three bed semi in a nice area is yours, and you'll have plenty of change.

Then again, the salaries are higher down there.... well, not for construction professionals they aren't because the market is flooded.

I don't disagree about them deserving every penny, they're getting hit in the head for a living afterall.

Obviously supply and demand dictates things, but something's slightly out of kilter when a 2 fight novice gets more than a European champion on the same bill.

Still, there's **** all I can do about it

I'm not sure they're any more special than anybody else, they're essentially crossing into a different sport.

Amateur stardom hasn't always translated into success as a pro, even less so now with the widening gaps between the two disciplines.

 

And which fight do you think the fans really want to see??? A competetive contest? or another pile of dog**** served up on a bun? Its the refusal of fighters and promoters to avoid the path of least resistance that is killing our sport.

 

The worst aspect of modern boxing is the fear of losing the "0"