Why are the highly-ranked heavyweights so reluctant to fight?

Discussion in 'World Boxing Forum' started by Perkin Warbeck, Jun 6, 2023.


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  1. TFP

    TFP Active Member Full Member

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    Risk and reward, and the over-fetishization of unbeaten/near-unbeaten records.

    e.g. Joe Joyce took five successive risky fights against strong contender/superior gatekeeper types, Dubois/Takam/Hammer/Parker/Zhang... losing just one of the five has left his career supposedly 'in ruins'.

    Why would anyone who's got one of the major straps ever bother taking such risks?
     
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  2. Perkin Warbeck

    Perkin Warbeck Boxing aficionado Full Member

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    He should be stripped of his WBC belt for not defending it. But of course that won't happen.

    Still, I imagine Warren and Arum are getting a bit tired of him by now .There are many heavyweights (Hrgovic, Bakole, Sanchez, Zhang, Makhmudov, Ruiz, etc.) who want to fight him. He's being a disgrace by avoiding them and making lame excuses.
     
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