Mark deMori - On HBO or Showtime (Don King)

The ' wrecking machine' will sink as soon as he's matched against someone with a pulse.

 

persactly! :good

 

. Golden Boy and DKP can't make a solid card with their HW as the headline, and alternatively, they can't put on a decent headline for these guys to fight underneath.

This is why they are managers, the grand finale (career ending KTFO) will make more money than all of the bum fights combined. The system is to designed to fail the fighters and chew them up.

Deontay and DeMori would probably fight each other tomorrow and both could care less about the 0 or 1 loss against their name. The wooden spooner isn't forced the face the premiers every year like other sports, the promoters are the cowards not the fighters. Scared of money or lack there of. You could super impose those two surnames with any other in boxing and the statement would rarely change. PAC v MAY blah blah blah. Fight fans are impatient and that's why most of them ****ed off to UFC.
The fighters aren't any less disposable but they fight the big fights because its compulsory.
The belt holder should not be negotiating who the opponent is, just the venue and the coin.

 

no. demori has signed twicw with king, with an agreement in place not to fight anyone in the top 150 unless king picks them.

demori refuses to fight leapai constantly. he is a gutless coward that bashes old men and novices. he is the epitomy of boxings drudgery.

 

I agree with your sentiment to the point that I think the opponents would be worse without DKP. That was the folly with the second contract.
20-1-4 would be a more marketable record at this stage of his career if the losses were against Brown, Lepai and Nigelbro.
Perhaps not Nigelbro.

 

The more ex-fighters that turn into managers, the better the sport will be. Unfortunately it's hard to make it to that age without being exploited, ripped off, jaded or injured beyond repair. The best and most dedicated people are the pawns and they end up with a chip on their shoulder. Justifiably.
Watch that Kerry Packer War on Cricket show. The players were the commodity and put first. Pro boxing has an over representation of middlemen between the punter and his cash, and the fighter and his well being.

 

Spot on. It is only emphasised with Wilder. The only thing separating Wilders last few opponents from the average punter was dignity. No one else felt like getting knocked out on that particular night in front of a camera. Ability or fitness were not applicable.
If I'm an up-and-comer I'm steering clear in case he closes his eyes and chips me by chance, he is awkward,tall, unique for various reasons. Not knowing how hard he can be tested makes it worse.

 

What are thoughts on Wilder's boxing skill Spider? Watching his last and hearing before hand his plan was to work on his jab and movement, which he did more than normal, I thought it looked very average. Zero pop, rarely found the mark it was intended for and left him wide open for any counter.

No doubt Wilder's right is as legit as any HW's, but as you said considering his amateur pedigree I was genuinely surprised how lacking his left seems to be.

I thought the last fight showed him up more than any of his previous.

 

It's interesting that Golden Gloves, national titles and are Olympics are organised and you fight who you are matched against. The only criteria is weight. Record means nothing. From this I would assume Wilder is indeed willing to step in so his courage should not be queried. Let him fight.