Why are promoters so slow to make heavyweight fights this year?

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  1. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    We are now well into March, and there are only two fights involving top 50 heavyweights scheduled, Fury-Whyte and Bakole-Yoka.

    https://boxrec.com/en/ratings?r[role]=proboxer&r[sex]=M&r[division]=Heavyweight&r[country]=&r[stance]=&r[status]=a&r_go=

    What's wrong with the promoters and managers? COVID restrictions are no longer an impediment.

    Fans will lose interest if there are few upcoming fights to talk about.

    Fighters that should be scheduled by now:

    Robert Helenius
    Hughie Fury
    Agit Kabayel
    Efe Ajagba
    Vladyslav Sirenko
    Sergey Kuzmin
    Trevor Bryan
    Daniel Dubois
    Otto Wallin
    Ali Eren Demirezen
    Joe Joyce
    Andy Ruiz
    Michael Hunter
    Zhilei Zhang
    Filip Hrgovic
     
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  2. Rakesh

    Rakesh Well-Known Member Full Member

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    I think I am beginning to lose interest in many of these matchups and this division, which I never thought in my life would get too.

    besides ones such as Ruiz-Wilder and of course Fury-Usyk (which is far from happening).
     
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  3. Lesion of Doom

    Lesion of Doom Boxing Addict Full Member

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    It's a transitional period for the division. Most of the top 10 are battle hardened and either on the way out or being extremely selective, fighting maybe once every 8 months. There need to be some young contenders to emerge.
     
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  4. Mitch87

    Mitch87 Boxing Addict Full Member

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    They wait for the cash cows of divison. Once AJ confirmed his may/ June opponent expect others to follow shortly confirming their fights.
     
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  5. The G-Man

    The G-Man I'm more of a vet. banned Full Member

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    Hrgovic vs Zhang ia signed.

    But yeah the division is weak.
     
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  6. Boxing2019

    Boxing2019 If you want peace, prepare war. banned Full Member

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    War?
     
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  7. The G-Man

    The G-Man I'm more of a vet. banned Full Member

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    You can easily google articles on it.
     
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  8. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    Not long after my previous post, Hrgovic-Zhang was signed and scheduled for May 7.
     
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  9. Mike_b

    Mike_b Well-Known Member Full Member

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    Don King doesn't own them anymore!!!
     
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  10. kostya by ko

    kostya by ko Boxing Addict

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    Bryan and Dubois is coming up soon.
     
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  11. The G-Man

    The G-Man I'm more of a vet. banned Full Member

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    It was signed for a while they just didnt announce it officially.
    Business secret.
     
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  12. ikrasevic

    ikrasevic Who is ready to suffer for Christ (the truth)? Full Member

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    How many fights have the top 50 heavyweights been so far in 2022.?
    I don't like the phenomenon in boxing at all that a champion (or top 10 boxer) doesn't have a fight (zero fight) during a calendar year.
    GGG is an example for 2021. There are many more examples, ...
     
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  13. kostya by ko

    kostya by ko Boxing Addict

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    Purse bid on March 14, and hopefully King will figure this is better off happening in the UK.
     
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  14. 11player

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    So far
    Fury vs White
    Hrgovic vs Zhang
    Yoka vs Bakole

    Still waiting on:
    Ruiz vs Ortiz
    Joshua vs Wilder/Wallin
    Joyce vs Parker
    Dubois vs Bryan
    Kabayel vs Huck
    Ajagba vs Takam
    Chisora vs Arreola
    Rivas vs Romanov
    Hughie vs Helenius
    Sanchez vs Hunter
    Makhmudov vs Kean
     
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  15. uber-pain

    uber-pain KO a bear the other day boring Full Member

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    Makhmudov vs Kean is bad,kean lose in 3 by ko,Mak should fight Huguie for recongnition and top 10 0r 5.
     
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