Business models that would allow a modern fighter to rack up Stribling/Greb/Moore fight numbers?

Modern contenders play in a different field than the old timers, when you can't usually just schedule a fight a week. There are all kinds of training, peaking, and business considerations that make it difficult to fight that often.

But if a contender TODAY wanted to rack up Greb/Moore/Stribling numbers of fights in a way that made economic sense (in other words, he's not doing it for charity), how would it be done?

 

That would make the challenge easier, yes, but he has to be a contender.

 

My initial thought would be to try to harness the tools we have for online content creation to essentially appeal to a 100% online audience. Bring in the sort of inferior, so-called "local cab driver" opponents that Greb or Robinson might have fought weekly. Do it in a local boxing gym that normally hosts amateur fights. Film and edit it well, publish it online, and rely on views and ad revenue. But I have my doubts that you could jump through all the potentially expensive sanctioning hoops for that, and I also suspect the profit margins would be too small. But who knows. Maybe there are other options

 

Oh dear.

 

That most of the opponents on Greb's resume were far inferior to him? Yes, I think that's accurate.

That Greb's opponents were literally cab drivers? No. It's a common shorthand that many people use on this forum to describe a situation where a really good fighter beats a lot of considerably outmatched opponents.

In university history departments writing peer-reviewed research on boxing history, and/or in boxing journalism being paid for what they write.

I think most people who have been watching closely have noticed that I don't claim expertise. It doesn't take a very keen eye, since I frequently say as much and generally ask questions.

 

At this point, I'm honestly not sure where you're even going with the routine of following me around and denouncing me as not being an expert. Like, I literally agreed I wasn't one, and now you're trying to argue over that.

EDIT: Never mind. I'm apparently being trolled by a guy with a bunch of alts. (https://www.boxingforum24.com/threa...rov-holmes-toney-tua-and-a-few-others.667296/). I miss mcvey. He was a bit touchy at times, but his knowledgeable-old-timer-who's-sick-of-your-nonsense moments were genuine.

The rise in amateur fight numbers is interesting, yes. It's curious in some ways that some people still rack these fight numbers up, but no longer get paid for it.

This is the best out of the box way of doing it I've seen. I hadn't even considered using the Thai circuit, but in retrospect they're perfect for it since they have a solid boxing community, low costs of living, and a living tradition of still having zillions of fights. You'd probably end up fighting a lot of ex MT guys. I assume it would only work in the lighter weights, though, since if you're importing guys it wouldn't be cost effective.