Tyrone Spong - Does he and many others understand that boxing is a business like any other?

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  1. marcosqbit

    marcosqbit New Member Full Member

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    I noticed Tyrone Spong in 2010 in k1 and followed his boxing career after that. And it's an absolute disaster. This guy doesn't understand that boxing is a business. Business like any other. At first, he boxed for four years with no name opposition under no name promoters. And then he doesn't box for three years, and there are only reports on the Internet about canceled fights with Yoka, Usyk, Ortiz, Ruiz and now Tabiti. PED issues, travel permit issues, etc...why did he even start boxing when he hasn't been able to get a fight on network TV or DAZN in seven years? He is now 37 years old and has no chance to attack the title or get good paycheck.
     
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  2. OldSchoolBoxing

    OldSchoolBoxing Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Maybe he can't find time to train hard as he has to, or he has personal issues, he might have more important things to do, so he has to cancel the fights. Who knows?
     
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  3. marcosqbit

    marcosqbit New Member Full Member

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    What are the more important things you have to do when you are a professional athlete and haven't gotten a proper paycheck in years?
     
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  4. serioussam

    serioussam Active Member Full Member

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    He doesn't want to fail drug tests
     
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  5. marcosqbit

    marcosqbit New Member Full Member

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    maybe he think he'd be on PEDs for 4 years and when he starts having major fights, he'll try to cover it up with clomiphene
     
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  6. NoNeck

    NoNeck Pugilist Specialist

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    Isn't he one of those guys who gets hired for sparring?

    He never was good enough to be a serious contender.
     
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  7. BoxerMaurits

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  8. Ilesey

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    Spong in pull out shocker!
     
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  9. marcosqbit

    marcosqbit New Member Full Member

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    hard to say....he's never faced a boxer from the top 50 in the rankings. He has the hardest punch in the world after Ngannou
     
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  10. marcosqbit

    marcosqbit New Member Full Member

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    Spong is better than Wilson ... IMHO
     
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  11. BoxerMaurits

    BoxerMaurits I’m from Sherdog Full Member

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    Yeah he is.

    I’m curious what James Wilson will bring to Tabiti, he got the power ofcourse..
     
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