In modern boxing it is not uncommen for fighters to fight just 5 or 6 times a year in the beginning and no more than twice a year at the top, which (relatively) recent boxers have gone against this trend? The first example I can think of is Mike Tyson, whatever you think of him as a boxer, he was very active from his debut up to his first title shot. He fought 27 times in only 1 year and 8 months, and fought 3 times in 21 days at one point.
I know Tommy Morrison fought 19 times in 1989 alone. But you don't tend to get fighters being so active as that these days, no. Perhaps it's more of a balance. You could potentially have a 'bum of the month club' for an up-and-coming fighter and choose any old tomato can for them to bowl over, as was the case with most of Tyson and Morrison's early fights. Keeping them busy and focused. On the other hand, fewer fights but against more varied and useful opponents could be more valuable. These days, you tend to find that it's the journeymen that are the busiest. Have gloves, will travel, and are always ready to fill in at the 11th hour when an opponent drops out.
James Toney in the early 90's fought about every other month as a champion. I doubt we'll ever see that again from a high level fighter. So far as recent journeymen, Marteze Logan fought 15 times in 2005.
not floyd? for a fighter coming close to his title shot,john duddy is extremely active.but i suppose a lot of people in here will dismiss him as a journeyman :rofl .
Gamboa will be very active this year. Cotto is very active as a champion, abraham is too. Wlad is very active for an hw champion
impossible for a high profile fighter since too much promotion and marketing are put into it. max is probably 3 times a year.
Jorge Arce fought 5 times in 9 months when he held the WBC Flyweight(interim) title . Andy Lee is going to be very active this year with a fight a month for the first 5 months and at least 2 more after that .
Good point, maybe if boxing were a little more popular then independant media would end up doing a big share of the promotion, as it would be in their best interests, this in turn would allow promoters to allocated funds over more events. (e.g. in Manchester at least, prior to Hatton v Floyd, there were articles in the papers on a daily/weekly basis about it, I've never known so many people that know absolutely nothing about boxing get excited about a fight! Once the hype train was in motion there wouldn't need to be so much promotional intervention)
