Quote Originally Posted by Violent Demise View Post
A fighter should fight as often as "he" wants too. He is the one taking the punches. It's moronic for anyone else to call it unacceptable.
Of course you have a very valid point and are indeed correct. But at the same time, let's not compare some of the modern fighters who fight rarely to some of their predecessors.
I don't want to pick anyone out in particular as an example, but I have to . Let's take Andre Ward, despite being a wonderful boxer,he can never be put into a debate about the greats, because He simply hasn't pushed himself enough. If I was a great fighter of the past, I'd be vexed when Ward's name comes up, because I would've had to fight to earn a living, whereas this guy, admittedly talented can strut around talking a lot and fighting very little. Perhaps they earn too much, hence no need to fight as often. Fine, but the fans are paying more and seeing less, and somewhere along the line, that golden egg will disappear.
I don't think it's out of order to want to see a good fighter fight twice a year at least. Obviously as people get stronger and faster and more powerful, nobody expects these guys to fight once a month.
It is an interesting subject and there are many viewpoints on it.