He has showed fighters how to break free from promoters and not get pimped,he also has intoduced random testing to the sport...sure he has his downfalls but he keeps the majority of his money and is his own boss...he has surrounded himself with great business people who go over the x's and o's but he calls the shots they move when he tells them to move...hope other fighters do this and maximize on their earning power
85 mil 2 fights no endorsements. For a defensive boring fighter according to casual fans he sure makes a hell of a lot of money lol
i dont care what anyone says dude will be remembered as a top 15-20 atg if he retired today.....duse has the resume,the accomplishments...plus the way he changed the game...........he is greatness.won 0 vacant belts 0 titles at catch weights.........
I'd say De La Hoya did first when he broke from Arum and eventually became so successful as a promoter, but Floyd is definitely setting an example as a fighter existing within an independent business model.
when nobody else is guaranteeing his purse, then you and she can truthfully say that she's not being pimped. ...and this random testing that you and she keep yapping about is not really random. what floyd has introduced is the unabashed ducking that has now becoming very common.
who guarantees floyds purse??he does.and how is it not random testing???random=you dont know when they are coming son.educate yourself.and who has floyd ducked??cause his resume is damn good
1. gbp 2. random is not knowing that in 4-5 months, you're going to go through a "random" drug test. someone with brains know that you only take steroids or hgh when you go on a fake retirement or year and a half vacations. 3. [ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_BWElcszSY[/ame]
@dodong True hate. If the tables were turned you would have praised MP for his Godlike ability to make money, but it isn't so you hate on it. If more big named fighters were their own promoters we would have a better breed of fighter, more fights on a daily basis and bigger fights.
Certainly gotta give credit to Oscar....but i think Floyd took it and ran with it ... you gotta give the man his just due in this sport....you may not like some of the things or how he went about them but he has changed boxing and made a nice size mark on it. When this is all said and done he will be ranked pretty high and i think some will be shocked how high he will be ranked. I think the same can and will be said of Pac too....i dont think in the end though Pac will get ranked higher than Floyd...jmo