Why are boxers and promoters so vocal about finances

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  1. jm2729v

    jm2729v Active Member Full Member

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    You don't see this much in other sports, people like Floyd who just go on about how they only take fights if the money's right makes the game look a bit primitive and selfish imo...

    Leave that stuff behind closed doors and just give us the fights we want.

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  2. JimGunn

    JimGunn Member Full Member

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    It's called "prize fighting" for a reason.
     
  3. Gneus7

    Gneus7 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Maybe because boxers get a say in who their opponents will be whereas that's not the case in most other sports.
     
  4. jm2729v

    jm2729v Active Member Full Member

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    I get it but do I really need to hear about it in every interview I watch on YT....it's a problem on my side of the pond too with the likes of Eddie Hearn

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  5. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    Yeah... back in the day we didn't give a fugg what fighters made. But I'm pretty sure SRL made a shizload fighting Lalonde.
     
  6. Hatesrats

    Hatesrats "I'm NOT Suprised..." Full Member

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    Hopefully this kid is the real deal... & KO'S this fuxken can crusher before Canelo does
     
  7. deyell

    deyell MOLECULE FROM HELL. Full Member

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    At least that tomato can crusher fights guys his size. Cancelhoe NEVER had the gonads to fight ANY boxer of his size. Hopefully Smith the cherry pick ends that fraud.
     
  8. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    You don't see this much in other sports? You hear that **** all the time from all of them. People are always talking about how much Derek Jeter, A-Rod, or Kobe Bryat are making. Half of what you hear on sports talk shows is how different teams are swapping players or making deals to stay under the salary cap or how the Yankee's are buying another world series.

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  9. jm2729v

    jm2729v Active Member Full Member

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    Oh I dunno about that, I'm British so dont really follow American sports

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  10. jm2729v

    jm2729v Active Member Full Member

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    In football (soccer) you hear about transfers and stuff but its mostly before the season starts

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  11. Farmboxer

    Farmboxer VIP Member Full Member

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    Promoters are only concerned about making money, they cheat the fans and make fun of them because they think they are very stupid..............PPV will soon cost $100, watch and see. $70 to watch a chicken, El Pollo Alvarez fight and unknown?! NO WAY!
     
  12. OvidsExile

    OvidsExile At a minimum, a huckleberry over your persimmon. Full Member

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    Personally, I hate soccer but even I've heard that David Beckham is rich. Don't follow golf, but know that Tiger Woods is a billionaire. They aren't athletes. They are celebrities. And besides being a sport, boxing is also a business. You hear movie critics talk about the business side of the industry almost as much as the art. How much movies cost, or who got $20 million to star in what.

    If you didn't have some understanding of the financial side of the game, you would have no idea why matches are made or not made. The sport would make absolutely no sense. It's more than gangster rappers boasting about all the cars and gold watches they bought. Money is politics.
     
  13. BlizzyBlizz

    BlizzyBlizz Loyal Member Full Member

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    So how did you hear about Floyd being vocal about his finances lol?:huh:lol: And are you talking about fighters from the Eastern part of the world who are vocal about their finances? Stfu alt. Fraud! Sir ****inyomouf lol...
     
  14. Glass Joe

    Glass Joe 1-99 TBE Full Member

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    Every post you make is attacking someone of European descent. Why are you such an obviously bitter and emotionally defeated individual?
     
  15. Robney

    Robney ᴻᴼ ᴸᴼᴻᴳᴲᴿ ᴲ۷ᴵᴸ Full Member

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    I don't think that's even the worst thing.
    Some boxers when they talk about purses really talk about their new Gucci bag they just bought, Diva's as they are. :oops: