Professional boxing as someone stated is a business. Heck, all professional sports are a business. If you can't draw in the spectators either at the event or on tv, it means the guy is not a draw, then that means less money.

Again, I already addressed this issue in the other thread when some poster said it's the idiots that like action fighters, brawlers, and guys that come to fight as "the sign of the times." No, it's not. An exciting fighter has always drawn the masses since the conception of this sport, whether it's the hardcore boxing fan or casual sports fan. Guys like Jack Dempsey, Rocky Marciano, Ali, Tyson carried the sport at one time because they were exciting, and at one time were the most famous athletes in the entire sports world. Even the exciting guys below the HW division draws the masses such as Duran, Hagler, and recently Pacquiao. Professional boxing thrives when you have these guys.

Professional boxing's lifeline throughout it's history are the exciting fighters I have mentioned, it's not the Rigondeauxs.