Legacy or Money?

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  1. eltirado

    eltirado Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    As a boxer its hard to build legacy & make big $ fights, almost equally hard. However, You can make $ elsewhere outside the ring, but Legacy can only be made in the ring
     
  2. rayrobinson

    rayrobinson Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Legacy is overrated.

    Ive soon too many great fighters ,with this sold called 'legacy' opening car doors at casinos.
     
  3. Thread Stealer

    Thread Stealer Loyal Member Full Member

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    You see it often, when a fights reaches a certain level, he fights less often and mainly bigger money fights.

    No one in their right mind would ever criticize Cotto for his level of opposition. Even he said he wanted DLH for the big payday.

    Usually, they come hand-in-hand. The fights that pay the most tend to be the ones that would do the most for their legacy. But it's not always the case, like Leonard vs. Hearns 2 and Duran 3, DLH-Pacquiao (most people thought Manny was too small and DLH wouldn't have gotten much credit), Lewis-Tyson, Hagler-Leonard (how much credit would Hagler have gotten for beating a smaller man who had one official fight in 5 years?)
     
  4. eltirado

    eltirado Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Thats the best part of legacy, fall of the mighty

    Without a fall there was no rise :nono
     
  5. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    I dont know International "Money" Butt has a nice ring to it. Jasper the Legacy sounds alright too . . :D
     
  6. JASPER

    JASPER Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    Anyone who says they would fight for Legacy is lying to themselves.
     
  7. IntentionalButt

    IntentionalButt Guy wants to name his çock 'macho' that's ok by me

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    How about Intentional Money Butt? ;)
     
  8. MVC!

    MVC! The Best Ever Full Member

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    :deal

    Ray Robinson was one of the hardest guys to negotiate with

    He had a history of wanting to pull out of fights because he didn't feel like he was getting paid enough. On the night of the fight, he threatened to pull out because he wanted 10-20% more of the TV money.
     
  9. HerolGee

    HerolGee Loyal Member banned Full Member

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    if you were a top fighter, then you wouldn't need to worry about money, you'd be earning it sufficiently. Not unless you were an idiot in the way you spent it.

    therefore , for a rational human being with economic sense, its legacy.
     
  10. Holy Grail

    Holy Grail Boxing Addict Full Member

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    Both

    These are not mutually exclusive options

    Only a coward would make it that way
     
  11. A|C|S

    A|C|S The original |A|C|S| Full Member

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    So Pacquiao is the first option Mayweather is the second
     
  12. Cinderella Man

    Cinderella Man Deleebr 'eem into mahands Full Member

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    GET A JOB. :patsch
     
  13. Imperial1

    Imperial1 VIP Member Full Member

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    All depends how good your are ! With great talent comes plenty of money ..All the greatest fighters eventually made good money. The diffrence was their competitve spirt ! In this era most fighters care more about money over their legacy !

    Legacy is only overratted to those who only care about money !
     
  14. LondonRingRules

    LondonRingRules Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    I've got a question for you timeout, would you suck pacquiaos dick for enjoyment or money?
     
  15. A|C|S

    A|C|S The original |A|C|S| Full Member

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    :rofl