You are a promoter, and this is your stable, what's fights do you make next??

You are a boxing promoter, your stable of fighters is as follows (TBR pound for pound top 10):

Floyd Mayweather Jr.
Manny Pacquiao
Roman Gonzalez
Tim Bradley
Wladimir Klitschko
Juan Manuel Marquez
Carl Froch
Guillermo Rigondeaux
Juan Francisco Estrada
Sergey Kovalev

Assume the one's who have fights scheduled win them fights, and assume they do what they are told. What fight do you schedule for them next?

Bear in mind you are their promoter so you want to make as much money as you can. Weigh up the risk/reward ratio, and while you may not like, for example, Mayweather and may think it would be funny to feed him to Golovkin, you probably want to keep milking that cash cow and not sending it to the slaughter house.

 

For me:

Floyd Mayweather: Even though it's about 33 years too late, obviously match him with Manny Pacquiao because it will still do a huge amount of money.

Manny Pacquiao: see Floyd Mayweather.

Roman Gonzalez: A unification rematch with Juan Francisco Estrada is the biggest flyweight fight in many a year. To give them the exposure they deserve, I'd probably put it on the Mayweather-Pacquiao undercard.

Timothy Bradley: A few options, but I think at 147, Danny Garcia is a big fight Timbo should win pretty comfortably.

Wladimir Klitschko: After he beat Byrant Jennings, a big fight in Europe with Tyson Fury should be his next port of call.

Juan Manuel Marquez: I think JuanMa would have a counter punchers field day with Marcos Maidana, I think it will be an easier than expected fight for Marquez because from the fancy pants outfits Maidana's been wearing he's probably enjoying the money from the Mayweather fights a bit much.

Carl Froch: Big Vegas fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.

Guillermo Rigondeaux: Even though it would likely be rejected, I'd target a fight with Leo Santa Cruz, which should at least buy him some TV time.

Juan Francisco Estrada. See Roman Gonzalez

Sergey Kovalev: Once he's got by Pascal. Try and take Adonis Stevenson out of hiding.

 

I mean as it what fights if they was the 10 guys in your stable. No trading. :nono

 

Gonzalez and Estrada have at least got fanbases in Japan and their own country. But if you had to keep them, and build their profile, what fights would you put them in?

 

The question not about swapping fighters. Just say any other big name fighter is tied down to an iron clad contract and you are stuck with these guys.

Regarding Ward/ Froch- remember for the purposes of this you'd be Froch's promoter and not Ward's- there are several fighters in and around Froch's weight class who would do bigger numbers, are more winnable fights, and more entertaining.

Regarding Estrada/ Gonzalez, I don't think it would be a bad idea at all to put it on one of Mayweather's undercards. It would probably get more hardcore fans to buy it than something like Santa Cruz v the bum of the month, be more entertaining than a Vazquez fight and the fighters would command much less money.

Plus casuals who shell out 70 dollars and don't know any undercard fighters wouldn't feel as short changed if they had a war on the undercard as than they probably did sleeping through Vazquez/ Bey. Guys like Donaire and Darchinyan have proved they can get decent numbers interested in a little fellow, and could start to develop a bit of a following.

 

Thanks Bob,

Can't wait for Al Haymon to chirp in. I reckon he'll say he will match Mayweather with some slow plodder that Devon Alexander has already shut out, like, Jesus Soto Karass, then do it again. 2 victories against Soto Karass will be enough to convince Mayweather's fans he's the best ever.

And match Sergey Kovalev in a bout a few pounds above the Light Heavyweight limit against 76th ranked Super Middleweight David Brophy.

He will also instruct his fighters to ignore career high paydays, and vacate their titles if someone with a pulse is the mandatory. :good