Do you think fighters fight enough?

[Master]

It does seem that a lot of the top fighters do not fight often. Donaire is the exception but fighters like Floyd could fight more regularly.

Overall in their career they have lower number of fights because TV companies want undefeated fighters to sell them and less fights mean less risk of getting beat at the higher levels.

[TitoFan]

It does seem that a lot of the top fighters do not fight often. Donaire is the exception but fighters like Floyd could fight more regularly.

Overall in their career they have lower number of fights because TV companies want undefeated fighters to sell them and less fights mean less risk of getting beat at the higher levels.

I agree, M. But TV may be miscalculating what "undefeated fighters" do for general interest. There's a fine line between holding back an undefeated fighter to reduce the risk of his getting beat, and having enough fights to keep public interest going. Whether or not the decrease in today's typical fighter's activity is warranted or not, the bottom line is it doesn't help general interest in the sport. Even an undefeated fighter that fights once a year or even less, is not going to hang on to a lot of fans, just because of the inactivity. There's too much sport competition out there to grab the fans' interest. Even MMA, which personally I haven't the slightest interest in, will continue to erode fan interest in boxing. I mean, what good is an undefeated record if you're only going to put it on the line every 18 months or so?