It seems like every time when an opponent faces a name in boxing like a ggg, canelo, Mayweather, Pacquiao, that fighter's profile seems to go up. Even if the opponent loses, people talk about that fighter more. Just like when Marcos maidana fought floyd Mayweather in the first fight, now everyone acts like maidana is the ultimate bad ass. I'm sure if Marcos didn't fight Floyd, he wouldn't be rated so highly or talked about as much. Same with most of Floyd's opponents like Robert Guerrero, Andre berto, etc. Another thing I noticed too is that if an opponent faces a name in boxing and accounts himself well in the fight, all of a sudden, everyone wants to fight that guy. And suddenly that fighter gets fights lined up. Sure the guy could lose but their profile gets raised, more exposure as a result of getting in a big fight. Like after the ggg/brook fight, all the boxing pundits were saying that Brook's stock went up and now there's rumors/ talks of a Cinco de mayo fight with canelo. Reality check. Brook lost the fight but now he's gonna get lined up with big money fights and hbo boss Peter Nelson wants brook in future fights. Interesting how boxing works. So with that said, wouldn't it make sense for some fighters to take the risk, fight a dangerous opponent but get publicity in the process? And raise their profile? Just like what happened to khan, brook, etc? What do you think?
How much are you willing to bet that the media will rave about smith if he does well? I'm sure it will happen and next thing u know. We'll be hearing rumours of a cotto-smith fight in next may or September lol.
yes you are correct you have to dare to be great. which sometimes means the only person that thinks you can win is you.
Curtis Stevens is getting props he had never gotten before fighting Golovkin. Gabe Rosado is considered a battle legend for lasting so long and bleeding like a shotgun victim the entire time, and Willie Monroe has celebrity status in the Inland Empire fight game. Dude got fight groupies and all that ****, nobody knew him before that. It does not apply to everyone but, the guys that put on a good show against Golovkin get a lot well deserved acknowledgement. Guys like M.A. Rubio and Wade, who come to lay down don't.
They were already legends. Plus didn't you want Floyd to have a "pass the torch " fight with GGG to raise his stock?
There are Quality Wins and there are also Quality Losses. If a Boxer gives a good account of himself; particularly if they deliver a performance that was better than expected, against a renowned, ranked opponent then their stocks are likely to rise a little, even if they didn't win. However, if they get summarily butchered, as expected, then it's of little value and will usually devalue their stocks. For example: Brook's stocks have likely gained something, through his performance against Golovkin, whereas Khan's probably lost a little, after being poleaxed by Canelo.
It's a basic principle of advertising and promotion. Most fighters don't know how to promote themselves. Most promoters don't know how to promote fighters either.
