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Article I did on the farce that is Haye V Bellew
You cant blame people for taking the money. For whatever reason, people need it, want it. If you're a brickie and one job building a 20ft wall pays the same as one building a 10ft wall, whatcha gonna do?
The pretending it's a meaningful contest is the joke part.
David Haye vs Tony Bellew: If it makes money…. - - Boxing News - Ring News24
Yh I did say in the video that I don't blame them for it but they need to provide entertainmentQuote:
Originally Posted by Memphis
One mans muck and all that. I think Haye or Bellew getting horribly knocked out is entertaining.
I do find it sad when guys are only in it for a payday, although obviously getting paid accordingly should be huge for any fighter.
But hell, if David Haye can convince people to put their money down to watch him fight, good for him.
Haye is in it for the money, celebrity status and then boxing legacy.
Bloody great article mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by Memphis
"For all his faults, you can’t knock Haye and his ability to put bums on seats and pound notes through the turnstiles. The man could sell snow to the Eskimos and they’d thank him for the privilege. Bellew by comparison couldn’t sell a lifeboat to the passengers of a sinking ship."
;D
The thing is that most people come into the sport because they like it. The problem is that once that know they can make money, they are more worried about that than legacy. Haye couldn't have gotten to where he got if he originally got into boxing for the money. He got the status later and now puts his legacy on the back burner.
Floyd mayweather.
Larry Holmes after his prime.....and wasn't shy about it
Going with "who are all of them" Alex ;D
There is a reason it is called prizefighting. All fighters fight not only for money but for a chance to be in the position to demand big money. It's a precarious, hard and often brutal way to make a living. Some fighters are more blasé and use their own personality whether that is obnoxiousness or charm to 'sell' fights and then there is the other kind that get their head down and take on all comers. Even Fighters like the latter, Golovkin springs to mind, are marketing that fighting for legacy shtick to maneuver themselves into a position to fight the 'money' fighters like Mayweather, Canelo etc to maximise their own earning potential..
Every Fighter is fight for money get a life
http://i.memeful.com/memes/MEeY26M/Advice-Yoda.jpgQuote:
Originally Posted by Paul Kevin
Every Fighter fights for money to get on in life. :)
Very sad to see.
I think his line was always Im putting my kids through private school. Which is nobble and all that but getting knocked about by puddings like this for it?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H8s2lS8kiqw
Hopkins and Mayweather top of the shit list .
Correctomundo, get real everybody, its professional boxing. Get a copy of 'Sibbo' which I was lucky to get for Christmas, that will teach you how pro fighters get relieved of money they have generated. Hopefully Tony will get a bigger percentage from book sales than he ever got from ticket sales!!!!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
I think the operative word in the title might be only. Sure the paychecks a bigger factor now a days than it was before, but you can tell who'd rather win and get paid a little less than lose and get paid a little more. The sense of competition and risk is the only thing that makes boxing still qualify as a sport. This is why it infuriates me to hear a little prick like mayweather declare boxing is a business. For all his skills and all others that are so far above their competition but want a fortune just to fight bums, that declaration alone means they belongs in the WWe or some other area of sports entertainment where portraying characters to up your fan base, suits him.
While I think many of us realize that the game can no longer be the same as it was in terms of the "I can lick any sonovab*ch in the house" kind of bravado of Sullivan, I think we can all agree its a little disgusting to see guys reach for the lowest hanging fruit and then tell us what a chore it was later. "oh we knew it was going to be tough fight... and we prepared for it and had a great camp " sure he's coming up in weight 2 divisions and lost his last 3 fights by knockout at lower weights, isn't known outside his home town... but tell us more about his extensive amateur career...was good enough to have him take you to the brink for the 3 rounds the fight lasted.:rolleyes:
It was fine when a guy with a fabled career was fighting for a pension or retirement fund and people were willing to see a good fighter before he rode off into the sunset. Its even tolerable when you believe the fighter still has something to achieve (hopkins fighting joe smith). But watching a kid like garcia hold a belt hostage while fighting the rod salkas of the world in between winning controversial decisions against other B tier fighters and occasionally beating a shop worn vet, is a travesty and exactly why this sport is becoming a circus side show.
For right now my hats off to fighters like lomanchenko who was willing to give walters money from his own purse to make a fight or GGG who apparently compromised and gave jacobs more than 25% when the sanctioning body already had the split worked out. All the fighters than prefer to fight harder at the negotiating table than in the ring are guys I cant be bothered to watch. Just my opinion .. make of it what you will .
If you are super talented fighter then the money takes care of itself as you go up the ranking and beat the pretenders, contenders, becoming champion, defending title, unifying and if possible move up in weight and start again.
You need a good accountant, promoter, manager and TV company to keep the path smooth.
Wouldnt be so sure about that. Rigo may well have made enough money to live comfortably if he moves back to Cuba and isnt thrown in jail but I doubt he could retire and live off his earnings now and hes one of the most talented boxers around. Lee Haskins, a current world champion, would also likely struggle financially if he was forced to retire from boxing today.Quote:
Originally Posted by Master
I have no problem with some fighters taking certain fights for money over others but guys like Floyd and Canelo where money really doesnt matter (because they have so much of it already) just pisses me off. Whats worse is "boxing fans" defending them for it