Oh yeah, before it's said - I can't stand it when fans repeat promoter spiel when dealing with top prospects - "it's too early, let them get bigger, they'll earn more money in the future" - No, fuck that. A great fight is a great fight, regardless.

If the losing prospect is good enough he'll still have a successful career, see DeGale-Groves, Dillian Whyte is going great guns since losing to AJ, Sam Eggarito wasn't stopped by losing to Bradley Skeete and there's a plethora of world-class foreign fighters that have to take losses on the way up as they're deemed exposable until becoming a star attraction in their own right (Maidana, Sergio, Winky etc).