Turki and Riyadh Season say "No more runners"

So how do you prevent that? Write it into the contract? Then who gets to make the judgement call when it is to much?

 

**** him. I hope they don’t give him a penny more. I’ve seen enough to never ever want to see him again.

 

Good matchmaking

 

I don't like it. I want to see who the best boxer is

 

They say that and then allow Canelo to fight a Cuban runner and were just trying to make Haney fight Lopez. They should never give Haney another chance.

 

Ref's will have to take points off anybody not engaging enough.

 

I think it’s great, majority of fans want to see fights real fights, gladiator style, think Ward vs Gatti, Runners should be run out of town.

 

I hate this. Promoters(or whatever Turki is)don't get to tell fighters how to fight. A fighters job is to win within the confines of the rules. They are copying Dana White and his draconian performance bonuses. You might not like boring fights but ruining the careers of cyclists because you find them boring is wrong. Exciting fighters aren't entitled to title shots and belts because they entertain you.

If you strip a Floyd Mayweather of an oppurtunity because hes boring thats not the same as beating him in the ring. Thats not right and its against the very nature of sporting competition.

 

**** that. Professional boxing is entertainment.

 

I absolutely get where you're coming from.

Ultimately, it's a bit like the Twitter/Facebook free speech argument... Platforms are not the state - should they be free to choose what does and doesn't get broadcast on their channels?

Likewise Turki isn't an org, he can't completely gatekeep the belts away from boring fighters just as Twitter and Facebook can't prevent you having free speech elsewhere...

I'm not sure exactly how I feel about it - am I more likely to pay for a better show? Quite possibly...

At what point does Turki become defacto in charge of belts? And does that change things?