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As an Olympian I would think Demetrius Andrade would have at least gotten a high profile fight by 2015 midyear.
Is it him? His team or are the fighters not wanting to give him his due?
Crawford seems to be a big hit in his home state, but not nationally.
GGG seems to be known among hardcore fans, but is he known globally?
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GGG has a decent reputation here in England, he is known by more than just the casual fan I would say.
I'd strongly bet GGG is currently the most popular fighter in the world.
So far in his pro career he's fought in Germany, Panama, Kazakhstan, Denmark, Ukraine, Monaco, California and New York. Beat that.
Yeh I have to say Golovkin has managed to put his face on the map. Maybe not in a mega showdown way but certainly with activity and network exposure. He and Andrade couldn't be further apart in style, temperament or travel. Andrade can blame his people but fact is he walked away from a Charlo showcase and over valued himself. Consequently he balked at other potential matches and has since been stripped. Whatever the deal is he has nothing but go backwards.
If high profile fights means big money fights then GGG v Saul/Cotto or Khan v Floyd/Manny.
Further down the food chain is Brooks v Khan.
Global popularity. Best.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
Anyone hardcore Mexican fight fans? Just wondering is Jose Benavidez considered average? I thought he would have a lot of fanfare by now.
Then he is getting raked because he barely cracked a million last fight. He'll finally get paid next fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
Crawford is being paced. He'll be in the big time by the end of next year.
I hope you are right but unless Pac is ruined and they are looking to cash him out who will Crawford fight? TRs stable at 140/147 is bare.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sleepwalker
He's had to work harder than most to get to the top.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron SwansonThen he is getting raked because he barely cracked a million last fight. He'll finally get paid next fight.Quote:
Originally Posted by Fenster
Purse against Geale - $750,000
Purse against Rubio - $900,000 (base)
Purse against Murray - unknown (would it be fair to assume $1 million?)
Purse against Monroe - $1.5 million
So in the space of one year, from what has been reported, he's earnt over $4 million. To earn those millions he's fought 22 rounds. He is now headlining a fight on HBO PPV in a sold out Madison Square Garden.
I'd hardly call him a pauper.
Kell Brook - A 'world' champion in one of the most talent rich & celebrated divisions in boxing & nobody of any note wants to fight him!
He gets fed a diet of the likes No No Dan to feast on when there are so many great fighters around at 147!
Even Amir Khan can't be bothered to fight him & that's one of the biggest fights out there!:confused:
I thought about that. Crawford may become so dominant that TR and Haymon's stable will work a deal involving Crawford vs one or some of their top guys. We'll see a megafight between Crawford vs the last man standing at Showtime.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ron SwansonI hope you are right but unless Pac is ruined and they are looking to cash him out who will Crawford fight? TRs stable at 140/147 is bare.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sleepwalker
It's weird, been 5 years and both Andrade and Crawford still fit the bill. If anything Andrade has become even more anonymous in the boxing fans big picture.
Miguel Berchelt for sure.
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Originally Posted by Spicoli
From the thread title..... "can't"? Or "won't"? With Crawford it seems like the latter, especially now that he's blathering about fighting Conor McGregor.
Interesting to see this post from 2015...
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Originally Posted by Sleepwalker
Good prediction at the time, but it's been 5 years since then, and Crawford has maybe a couple of credible opponents since then.
It's like being on a plane with an eternal holding pattern.
I know we like to blame promoters for a fighter's career woes...... but all this McGregor talk honestly just rubs this particular boxing fan the wrong way.
Couple things
1)I was spot on
2)all the fighters discussed are to blame for any lack of big fights. GGG choosing easier fights OFTEN where I struggle to even remember the opponents names like Steve Rolls(took me a minute), Crawford currently refusing to fight Porter which opens doors to other matches, Andrade pulling out of the Charlo fight
Only one mentioned who didn’t refuse larger fights, deserved larger fights, and was refused larger fights was Berchelt being refused by Loma.
Andrade is to blame with a lot of his career but he was signed to fight Saunders.