The time where boxer good go up the ladder fighting soft competition, getting a belt, having a juicy TV contract, making good money fighting nobodies, those times are gone. The money is not there anymore. The situation with PBC speaks by itself, HBO is not showing many boxers, I don't remember the last Showtime fight night, I even miss good old Teddy of ESPN. Boxers and promoters can not now wait for the big pay to come miraculously. It won't anymore. Boxers have to go for the big fights if they wan't to build a name for themself. It is more risky, but it is now the way it is. No more waiting. Excitment have to be back in the "game".
Amin ! Check what that jewish promoter who discovered Sergio Martinez, Samson Lekowicz, had to say. it was on the scene it was something like this " after 2014, 2015 overpaying of boxers, the times changed in 2016, and it will remain like this next year too, thats why there werent many fights done in '16. Boxers want to much money and they're waiting, but the industry cant go like this, so if fighters dont wanna fight, they can go find a 9 to 5 !! " ouch it was clear also he was jabbing PBC IMO
I hope they get the new conjoncture, sooner rather than later. Otherwize they might be waiting for a while. I mean, for most of them, it would be a wise choice to go 9 to 5 now, it is less risky.
Mayweather ruined it for being so business based. Lomachenko is spearheading its resurrection but even he is a diva when it comes to purses, demanding a cut that he doesn't deserve at all.
I think most of them already have a job. It's the Quillins of the world that should start thinking about investing that money properly. I'm wondering how he has gotten by this long without fighting? Danny is currently a boxing deadbeat but he invested his money early into businesses and so did Paul Williams before his accident, which is what supports him to this day. You wanna leave boxing like Tyson /Holyfield or Foreman/Mayweather?
some of them got paid real good by Uncle Al, and probably stick with the Escalade instead of the Phantom, tsk, tsk, tsk those poor people but most of them need a 9 to 5 in order to support their families a good thing would be those alphabet organizations to lower their ranking for non activity, but they too corrupt
Barbershops and a few stores in North Philly. His gym is a regular due collecting gym too. Garcia created more jobs in Philly in the past 4 years than Hopkins ever has anywhere. That's why I have a bit of a sour taste about Bernard Hopkins.
Best Fight the Best Last 15 Years 2001 Bernard Hopkins vs Felix Trinidad Marco Antonio Barrera vs Naseem Hamed Floyd Mayweather vs Diego Corrales Felix Trinidad vs William Joppy Kostya Tszyu vs Zab Judah Rafael Marquez vs Mark Johnson 2002 Shane Mosley vs Vernnon Forrest Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales Marco Antonio Barrera vs Johnny Tapia Floyd Mayweather vs Jose Luis Castillo Oscar De La Hoya vs Fernando Vargas Erik Morales vs Paulie Ayala Lennox Lewis vs Mike Tyson Rafael Marquez vs Mark Johnson 2003 Shane Mosley vs Oscar De La Hoya Bernard Hopkins vs William Joppy Roy Jones Jr vs John Ruiz Marco Antonio Barrera vs Manny Pacquiao Lennox Lewis vs Vitali Klitschko James Toney vs Vassiliy Jirov 2004 Shane Mosley vs Winky Wright Bernard Hopkins vs Oscar De La Hoya Roy Jones Jr vs Antonio Tarver Marco Antonio Barrera vs Paulie Ayala Marco Antonio Barrera vs Erik Morales Felix Trinidad vs Ricardo Mayorga Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez 2005 Bernard Hopkins vs Jermain Taylor Roy Jones Jr vs Antonio Tarver Felix Trinidad vs Ronald Wright Kostya Tszyu vs Ricky Hatton Erik Morales vs Manny Pacquiao Jose Luis Castillo vs Diego Corrales 2006 Shane Mosley vs Fernando Vargas Bernard Hopkins vs Antonio Tarver Oscar De la Hoya vs Ricardo Mayorga Erik Morales vs Manny Pacquiao Winky Wright vs Jermain Taylor 2007 Shane Mosley vs Miguel Cotto Bernard Hopkins vs Ronald Wright Marco Antonio Barrera vs Juan Manuel Marquez Marco Antonio Barrera vs Manny Pacquiao Floyd Mayweather vs Oscar De La Hoya Floyd Mayweather vs Ricky Hatton Jose Luis Castillo vs Ricky Hatton Miguel Cotto vs Zab Judah Rafael Marquez vs Israel Vazquez Nonito Donaire vs Vic Darchinyan Joe Calzaghe vs Mikkel Kessler 2008 Shane Mosley vs Ricardo Mayorga Bernard Hopkins vs Joe Calzaghe Bernard Hopkins vs Kelly Pavlik Oscar De La Hoya vs Manny Pacquiao Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez Miguel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito Rafael Marquez vs Israel Vazquez Carl Froch vs Jean Pascal 2009 Shane Mosley vs Antonio Margarito Manny Pacquiao vs Ricky Hatton Manny Pacquiao vs Miguel Cotto Juan Manuel Marquez vs Floyd Mayweather Jr Sergio Martinez vs Paul Williams Andre Ward vs Mikkel Kessler Carl Froch vs Jermain Taylor 2010 Shane Mosley vs Floyd Mayweather Jr Bernard Hopkins vs Roy Jones Jr Bernard Hopkins vs Jean Pascal Manny Pacquiao vs Antonio Margarito Ivan Calderon vs Giovanni Segura Pongsaklek Wonjongkam vs Koki Kameda Sergio Martinez vs Paul Williams Sergio Martinez vs Kelly Pavlik Andre Ward vs Sakio Bika Fernando Montiel vs Hozumi Hasegawa Carl Froch vs Mikkel Kessler Carl Froch vs Arthur Abraham 2011 Shane Mosley vs Manny Pacquiao Bernard Hopkins vs Jean Pascal Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez Miguel Cotto vs Ricardo Mayorga Miguel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito Ivan Calderon vs Giovanni Segura Wladimir Klitschko vs David Haye Nonito Donaire vs Fernando Montiel Nonito Donaire vs Omar Narvaez Pongsaklek Wonjongkam vs Edgar Sosa Paul Williams vs Erislandy Lara Andre Ward vs Arthur Abraham Andre Ward vs Carl Froch Brian Viloria vs Giovani Segura 2012 Shane Mosley vs Saul Alvarez Floyd Mayweather vs Miguel Cotto Manny Pacquiao vs Tim Bradley Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez Roman Gonzalez vs Juan Francisco Estrada Sergio Martinez vs Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. Andre Ward vs Chad Dawson Brian Viloria vs Hernan Marquez Danny Garcia vs Amir Khan Carl Froch vs Lucian Bute 2013 Floyd Mayweather vs Saul Alvarez Nonito Donaire vs Guillermo Rigondeaux Nonito Donaire vs Vic Darchinyan Juan Francisco Estrada vs Brian Viloria Tim Bradley vs Juan Manuel Marquez Danny Garcia vs Lucas Matthysse Carl Froch vs Mikkel Kessler Carl Froch vs George Groves 2014 Bernard Hopkins vs Sergey Kovalev Manny Pacquiao vs Tim Bradley Miguel Cotto vs Sergio Martinez Wladimir Klitschko vs Alexander Povetkin Nonito Donaire vs Nicholas Walters Roman Gonzalez vs Akira Yaegashi Juan Francisco Estrada vs Giovani Segura Terence Crawford vs Yuriorkis Gamboa Vasyl Lomachenko vs Gary Russell Jr Naoya Inoue vs Omar Narvaez Kell Brook vs Shawn Porter Saul Alvarez vs Erislandy Lara 2015 Floyd Mayweather vs Manny Pacquiao Miguel Cotto vs Saul Alvarez Wladimir Klitschko vs Tyson Fury Roman Gonzalez vs Edgar Sosa Roman Gonzalez vs Brian Viloria Juan Francisco Estrada vs Hernan Marquez Sergey Kovalev vs Jean Pascal Gennady Golovkin vs David Lemieux Krzysztof Glowacki vs Marco Huck 2016 Manny Pacquiao vs Tim Bradley Terence Crawford vs Viktor Postol Sergey Kovalev vs Jean Pascal Keith Thurman vs Shawn Porter Oleksandr Usyk vs Krzysztof Glowacki Leo Santa Cruz vs Carl Frampton Krzysztof Glowacki vs Steve Cunningham Roman Gonzalez vs Carlos Cuadras Sergey Kovalev vs Andre Ward
Good list, but the point that I want to stress still stands. It is important for guys to understand that they have to make the big fights. It will be hard for any of them to bring attention to them if they do not go for the fight people wants, considering the economics of things, considering TV is kind of dying.
Boxers struggle to sell a million ppvs. Why are they getting paid so much ? How much do they think they deserve ?
Somewhere after 2013 things got crazy. Everyone thought they deserved big paydays because the other guys were getting them but they overlooked that fact that those guys got paid well because they earned it the hard way. Now everyone thinks they can demand what the legends demanded without the hard work. Broner, Garcia, Khan, Jacobs,Quillin, Santa Cruz, Golovkin, Lomachencko, Frampton, Gamboa are all guilty of this in recent times.
