Quick question. Is it even possible to have another Sugar Ray Robinson this day and age?

I sometimes wonder if we will ever see anyone with 70 or 80 wins again.

 

No. Not at welterweight with a good amateur career like Robinson did anyway.

 

Nope, never again. Boxing's landscape has changed waaay too much, and too far away from a sport into business instead.

 

I hardly go w/the flow. But I'm in agreement with all above. Short ans. NO F'N WAY.

If SRR came along today he's make big $ much sooner and would want to protect his O as long as possible. Even after the first loss he'd have lots of $ and would spend more time "fighting" on social media before his next big payday. Sooner or later Father Time will retire him. The days of very active fighters are long gone.

 

No. When GGG was fighting four times a year, it was really uncommon. Three times a year now is being reasonably active for a well-established fighter. It'll never happen again.

 

Follow up question - if a fighter was having 6 fights a year but in between the one decent fight we’re 5 taxi drivers would people flame them? When I look at JCC resume people often give him flack for a lot of bums, but I think the dude just loved being in the ring regardless of opponent quality

 

No chance at all.

It's getting rarer seeing fighters nowadays having 50 fights let alone 150+

 

If you all think Robinson was impressive, go and read some Harry Greb....

 

No, most fighters only fight twice a year these days, some only once.

 

In Western countries it seems unlikely as some have mentioned. However in countries such as Thailand, Mexico and other Latino countries, fighters fight very often and so it isn't impossible for someone to reach 100 fights.

 

I wonder what it would look like for a prospect in the US to just take fights wherever they could every month. It would probably help to not be signed to an exclusive tv network deal at that point. It probably requires a lot of travel since nobody else is fighting that often either.

 

See Buck Smith.

https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/6117

 

Not happening. Even if the fighter traveled around the globe, to fight wherever he could, promoters wouldn’t be eager to put him on their shows. Especially since this fighter probably hasn’t sold his share of tickets for the event. This hurdle appears most likely early on.

This barnstormer would have to be a knockout artist to build up a following and increase promoters’ willingness to put him on their cards on short notice. As his reputation grows, I imagine it’d become difficult to find opponents to face this monster. Plus I doubt he’d be able to fend off the sharks (promoters). Once he signs with a promoter, who promises big money fights, he’d move at the pace of no more than 3 fights per year.