Thought id write my thoughts on this, because day after day I read ******ed threads of 'so and so is ducking so and so'. Ducking is when there is no reason a fight shouldnt happen and it is avoided because the fighter is afraid of losing. Floyd (im not a big fan btw) has never ducked anyone. He takes the money fights...and who can blame him, its a short and potentially life threatening career. Which is why fighting a smaller man, with a whole countrys fan base worth of spectators, makes more sense than a fight with mosely who has a limited draw ability and poses a threat as a large, fairly heavy handed fighter. That isn't ducking...its common sense. The same can be said as to why he fought hatton instead of say, cotto. Same with rjj, we hear he ducked calzaghe in his prime. No, fights with big american names (who maybe arent the best fighters on the planet) made more risk reward sense than to fight a young, heavy handed southpaw from europe and little or no money. Same with Calzaghe dawson and hence why he probably chose jones. Anyway the point to my thread is that boxers rarely...if at all duck fights, it is all about one thing...money and whether the money potentially earnt is worth the risk of losing. The sooner some posters on this forum realise that the better!!!
i agree with what your saying, you have some good examples, but this could turn into another thread about why fighter A IS in fact ducking fighter B.
I agree that fighters rarely really "duck" other fighters, it's all about risk vs reward. You can't blame a fighter for choosing low risk, high reward fights. He's the one who has to get in the ring anyway so it really is his choice. But at the same time, every time a fighter goes for the low risk option, it does nothing for his legacy. Want to live a long, healthy, rich life? Then go for the low risk high reward fights. Just don't go complaining why people don't respect as much as they do the legends of the past. If it's true that Floyd has 4 fights left with GBP, then personally I'm giving Floyd a free pass on the Marquez fight as a tune up fight. But if he wants to increase his legacy, he'd better not keep this up.
