Blame the system

You really expect Floyd to fight GGG?
Like its some obvious fight that should be made??

 

Roidquez blatantly ducked Khan (he would spark Khan EASY), Provodnikov, and Rios. Said that they brought nothing to to the table. Then he went on to fight Alvarado.

 

As long as these boxing organizations collect their sanction fees of the top money makers the elite boxers can do anything they want.It ALL about money-not the sport.

 

It's hard to blame them when you understand what the VAST MAJORITY of these fighter go through most of their careers. These fighters shed blood, sweat, and tears for PEANUTS!! When they get to the point where they are making some money, they want to maximize that window. These boxers have families. One $300k payday does NOT make a career. 30 seconds of glory doesn't pay the bills. And not one fan has put an ex boxer's kids through college. That's just another perspective. A LOT OF CHANGE IS NEEDED IN BOXING.

 

But all of these guys have fought plenty of quality opposition. And why does Floyd have to go up in weight to fight Golovkin, and Ward have to go up in weight to fight Kovalev(by the way, Ward and Kovalev's camps have discussed a fight between the two)?

 

No. A system is always built on the people that make it work, on all levels, and when fighters at the level where Floyd, Stevenson, Garcia, Khan etc... are at, they are major players in that system (along greedy promothers, TV networks etc.. of course).

At the end of the day, the fighters on that level have a say on who they will fight or not. If a guy like Stevenson takes the easy route instead of taking the one meaningful fight out there for him, it's not the systems fault, it's his own decision. We might not judge his motivation behind that, but he's definitely responsible for his own choice.

The Durans, Haglers, Hearns, Leonard fought each other, they won some and lost some, and even with the losses they still were bigger stars than todays top fighters (with the exception of Floyd maybe, and Manny in Asia). Maybe even because of the losses. They put their stamp on boxing, they shaped the system in their era.

If a fighter like Stevenson chooses to face Kovalev and puts on a good fight, he'll step out of the ring a bigger star than when he entered it, win or lose.

 

Fans today have to demand better ..How many fans talk about well he doesn't bring any money to the table ..Fans are getting caught up with the business side just as much as the boxers ..

 

Why wouldn't we ask Floyd to fight GGG? The best welter and the best middle have fought in nearly every generation.

Why wouldn't we expect GGG to fight Ward? The best middleweight has fought the best light heavy/super middleweight many times.

Why wouldn't we expect Rigo to fight Loma?

Shall I keep going?

The best in each weight class should step up and test themselves vs bigger men when they have proven to the public (at least for the most part) that they are the best in their most comfortable weight class.

 

Truth.

We decide what fights are acceptable by giving our time and money to the events. If nobody shows up or watched cr appy matchups, we will probably get a lot less of them.

 

Why should we ask a 38 year old guy to fight someone who outweighs him by 20lbs?
Really??

Should Cotto fight Ward too?

Where does it end? If Floyd beats GGG, should he then "Step up" and fight Ward?

He's already 'stepped up" in weight 4 times!

 

Edward Bernays everybody. You all need to learn what propaganda is and how it affects your everyday thinking. Mostly all of this is by design since back when the mafia was rigging fights and crowning champions.

 

Yep. But then the same people find offense in GGG fighting Ward. IDK

 

Floyd has proven himself to be the best welter for 10 years and the best jr middleweight since 2012. He could easily force GGG to a 155lb catchweight so it's over jr middle and a rehydration clause of 160. Even with those adjustments, he could beat GGG and do something historically thats on par with the top 20 of all time.

He does call himself The Best Ever, right? It's not that big of a jump.

Regarding Cotto fighting Ward or even Floyd fighting Ward, I think we all know Ward beats them. There is a point where enough is enough, even you know that, sir. Floyd can beat GGG at middleweight and I think the hardcore boxing public would like to see it. More so than any other matchup that Floyd could give us.

 

Please do not count me as one of them.