If you are the boxer, would you box for legacy or money?

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  1. pejevan

    pejevan inmate No. 1363917 Full Member

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    It is easy to rip fighters for their choices of opponents. Afterall, the hardest part of what we do is turning on the computer and waiting for it to boot up.

    Now, if I am the one fighting on the ring, that i9s entirely a different ballgame!

    It is nice to fight for legacy and money at the same time, but those fights are never always there. Soemtimes it is more money, others it is more legacy.

    If I would be a fighter, I would probably fight for money. A boxer has a very short career (mostly) and after retirement, if you are not set for life, You end up as either a security guard or a trainer if you are lucky simply for the reason that most boxers do not have college education.

    Assuming that you only have a black and white choice, which would you rather have?
     
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  2. hellblazer

    hellblazer All-Time Great™ Full Member

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    money
     
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  3. DemolitionDan

    DemolitionDan ATG and HoF Full Member

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    I would rather have legacy, because more often than not if you have a great legacy then the money will come with it.

    Growing up I've always wanted to be remembered for something when I die (still hoping that I fullfill my dreams) and I want people to say that I was the best or at least one of the best.
     
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  4. igotJUIC3

    igotJUIC3 Boxing Junkie banned

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    Boxing = Job

    MONEY everytime
     
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  5. arsabs

    arsabs Boxing Addict Full Member

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    it takes both. quality opponents, most of the times, bring in more cash.
     
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  6. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    Money. The sport is extremely dangerous, fighters are routinely exploited, and provides a wonderful 401K plan of $0.00.

    A legacy in the sport is great. A legacy to your family to make sure they're financially set for life is better. That's more important than what a bunch of strangers say about your career.
     
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  7. KERRIGAN

    KERRIGAN Boxing Addict Full Member

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    If you only fight for money, the public will soon wake up to that and there won't be any money.

    You can't totally disregard your legacy.

    Floyd's put himself into a position where he finally had to do something on the legacy front and against Mosley he has both, but assuming he wins that fight, he will only be able to get away with one more non-legacy fight before the public will demand he face either Pac, Paul Williams or Berto.
     
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  8. BoxingFanNo1

    BoxingFanNo1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Legacy.

    Seriously, how much money do you need????

    Nowdays you can have both.

    Sure you won't have as much but you'll have earned more $$ than you can ever spend, unless you're completely hopeless with money.
     
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  9. LukeO

    LukeO Erik Morales is God Full Member

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    Legacy = money.

    Muhammad Ali is worth a ton still.
     
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  10. LordSharpshire

    LordSharpshire Guest

    I didn't get into boxing because of a friend who was a good amateur and he advised me not to even bother with it.
     
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  11. thesandman

    thesandman Boxing Addict Full Member

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    That's right to be honest.

    Joe average fighting for $200 in a club, isn't fighing for his legacy.

    Neither really, are guys that are at the 'gatekeeper' status. For a fighter to even think about his 'legacy', you're talking about guys earning big, big money.
     
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  12. san rafael

    san rafael 0.00% lemming Full Member

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    Legacy of course. These guys do get handsomely paid for most of what they do past a certain point. Legacy.
     
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  13. eze

    eze Everybody Know Me Full Member

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    Money.


    Take away money, you take away A LOT of people.
     
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  14. eze

    eze Everybody Know Me Full Member

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    Exactly.

    Anyone fighting for legacy is fighting for big money.

    But if they weren't fighting for big money, they wouldn't care about legacy.
     
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  15. BoxingFanNo1

    BoxingFanNo1 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    What if you were an Elite boxer?

    Would you take a fight that pays the same against a borderline top 10 P4P fighter in your weightclass or the guy ranked 1-2?
     
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