Re: Is Golden Boy's business bad for boxing?
This is the first time I have heard promoters lobbying for equity just coz now they will have to take a paycut as the fighters make more money. Why is fighters getting paid more bad for boxing just coz it shifts the balance away from promoters and networks to the ones who actually make the sport what it is. Oscar is basically looking out for his fighters, that is why more and more fighters are joining his stable and we have seen some quality matches as a result of that, unlike Arum and King oscar is more than willing to have his fighters fight each other and that is not bad for boxing maybe bad for other promoters and networks who are seeing their control over the sport wither away.
"Very few people really understand what it means to be a fighter. I hate it when I hear someone say, 'That fighter doesn't have guts. I hate that, I don't care if you're a world champion six times over or a four-round fighter, to step inside that ring, you have to have guts" Oscar De La Hoya
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