Whatever happen to building up new fighters on undercards?

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  1. Willie Maeket

    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    GGG, Crawford, Broner, and all could be bigger stars if these ego driven promoters had of stuck with the format.

    Luis Castillo fought on the Mayweather vs Corrales undercard way before he fought Mayweather.

    Paul Williams fought on the Mayweather vs Baldomir undercard.
    Mayweather fought Juuko on the De La Hoya vs Carr undercard.

    Oscar fought Carter on the Roy Jones Jr. vs Malinga undercard.
    Erik Morales
    Shanon Briggs
    Kelly Pavlik
    Nate Campbell
    Danny Garcia
    Miguel Cotto

    Mayweather even fought on a Manny Pacquiao undercard against Chavez when Manny nwas fighting Sanchez for the bantam titles.


    What happen to building up guys under bigger guys instead of trying to make them fight first?

    Crawford and Postol should have been on a few Pacquiao undercards, like Garcia was on the May vs Canelo card.
    K2 and HBO should have put GGG and Canelo on a card together to help build the fight more.

    What are they thinking nowadays at HBO? Showtime has zero PPV s lined up because it's dead.
     
  2. Badbot

    Badbot You can just do things. Full Member

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    Showtime kicked ass in 2014 because of triple and quadruple headers.
     
  3. Willie Maeket

    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    2013 was the best year this decade in boxing too.
     
  4. Rumsfeld

    Rumsfeld Moderator Staff Member

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    They don't seem to do things as well as they used to in that regard. It also seems to me that too many prospects are lacking the desirable activity, especially in the earlier stages prior to the logical developmental step you're referring to.
     
  5. Willie Maeket

    Willie Maeket "40 Acres and Mule" -General William T. Sherman Full Member

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    :deal
    Once again the fault of the promoters and their egos controlling how big their pockets get. Don King would sacrifice his mama if that meant he would make a buck, but every one hated him soo..
     
  6. alexthegreatmc

    alexthegreatmc Sound logic and reason. You're welcome! Full Member

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    Agreed. I'm just tired of watching prospects or champs take such one sided fights also. Predictable bouts where the favorite wins in a shutout.
     
  7. Blackclouds

    Blackclouds Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Has to be a budget, money issue.