Fight the best or fight for money?

Legacy and fame are nice, but they don't put food on the table. You can't use legacy or fame to buy food.

Being the best doesn't mean anything if you're broke.

 

No legacy ,no fame means no money.

 

this is ridiculous, mone is not a coward.


no boxer is a coward. zaghe.

 

Mayweather calls himself "TBE", why fight Cotto again when Mayweather had already defeated him via UD @ 154?

Martinez even offered to go down in weight and a higher purse for Mayweather back in 2012 but Mayweather ducked Martinez to fight Cotto that year.

 

I think its fine if a guy holds a belt he takes some money fights first. They are pro and they need to take care of themselves and their family's.

But After they made a few million. How much money do you really need you know.

 

Mayweather would NOT be crucified for fighting Cotto at 160.
155:think:think:thinkmaybe.

However, the Chavez Jr sweepstakes is just something GGG wants in on. He'll fight anyone on PPV just to break thru. He'll fight Cotto at 155-160, Mayweather at 150-160, Canelo @ 155-160, Pac @ 150-160 or JCCJr at 160-168.

He wants nothing more than to be your PPV favorite.

And it seems the only way HBO is gonna allow K2 to impose him as a PPV exclusive, is to beat another PPV fighter and bring big #s.

 

Boxing is a dangerous and risky sport. Fighters should go for the money fight as soon as they can.

 

Hockey and Football are both extremely dangerous sports as well, where the athletes are just as prone to concussions or and many other potential injuries boxers aren't typically exposed to. If the Blackhaws and the Seahawks just decided one day that they weren't going to play to the contenders in their division, what do you think the fans of those sports would say?

 

Not to this extent. Mayweather has perfected it. Just look at his last fight demanding that Maidana wear bigger gloves. When has that ever happen before in boxing history

 

Exactly.. Mayweather has openly set the precedent and the effects of that were so prevalent in the lack of quality matchups that took place in 2014. You know have guys like Quillin who are OPENLY admitting that Golovkin is too high risk/low reward, and not being held accountable for it.

More and more fighters are going to start doing it, and all boxing fans will suffer as a result.

 

Are you kidding? Have you ever seen the limitations Sugar Ray Leonard placed on his opponents?

Fighting with pillows on hands in a ring the size of a small moon, catchweights, etc?

 

Ridiculous comparison! Hockey players and football players are on A SALARY!! Lose, get injured and have to sit out the rest of the year, no problem the money still rolls in! Boxers? Don't fight…don't earn! U lose a football match, no problem you can still be top of the league and play again next week. Lose a fight you're "exposed", "a fraud" etc and your career takes a big hit.
Of the 10 or so fighters you regularly watch how many 100's, 1000's didn't make it to that level but still endured the punishment. Boxing is a brutal sport with no aftercare! I would never begrudge a fighter for seeking the big money

 

He's only 32, and has only been in 3 tough fights, and has NEVER weight drained. His weight between fights is right around 170.

All's he needs to do to make weight is trim a bit of belly fat, and he easily makes 160.

Similar to Floyd and Pac now.....he's fighting right at his natural, filled out, adult weight.

A fight with Chavez Jr would defo take something out of him, and if he bulked up to 180 to fight at 168, I could see him aging trying to come back down to 160 or less for $$$ fights b/c he'd have to cut muscle, and one usually loses legs when they do that, ie Chad Dawson, RJJ, JLOT.

If he stays S of 168 he will dominate his division for no less than 8 more yrs. And that's assuming he becomes the PPV star he should already be.:hi: