Quote Originally Posted by IamInuit View Post
You don’t get spoon fed no hopers in the amateurs. When you see the guy for the first time its in the ring. With few exceptions on that list those people get guided to their "0" records. They are creations.

For the most part over the last decade Americans are matched soft. Wilder is a great example boasting a big 0 record having not done a thing really. Same with Thurman. Gets cold feet for a Shawn Porter fight. Lots of mouth on these guys though.

But the elephant in the room is that they are effectively 2 different sports.

Count your blessings though. Look at Rigo. An incredible record and fighter but he's still fighting in the cheap seats. Meanwhile you have frauds calling themselves champions raking in tens of millions of dollars.
Great post. Good points.

And Rigo ? I mean. Look. You're not gonna see him begging for change in the streets but it's almost a disgrace the way the boxing world has treated him. He must be foaming at the mouth at the big fights and big paydays he's missing out on.

He'd be highly favoured to beat Frampton and Santa Cruz, but they're gonna make mint fighting each other in the summer, meanwhile he was gonna fight Jazza Dickens on a Terry Flanagan undercard.

It beggars belief. And I agree with all your points about the amateur system