Quote Originally Posted by greynotsoold View Post
An update on that...the prospect's fight on the 17th fell through because they could not find an opponent. They were offering a lot of money for the fight so, in my opinion, they would have had a lot of people willing to make the money but...the prospect's manager may have been turning them down. Or the people looking to make the money didn't have good enough records. It is a hard sell, matching a guy 26-0 with somebody 3-17, you know?
At any rate, the prospect is now fighting the 7th of next month and my friend is the matchmaker for the undercard of that show. He started advertising for an opponent on Monday of this week.
The guy is 26-0 and his promoter isn't putting him in a semi main and using their HoF matchmaker to make his fight- this promotional company generally makes the main and semi main and subs out the rest to local promoters and local talent or, as it seems now, to independent matchmakers to find opponents for their prospects- but it seems like they don't care much about this guy. This isn't a huge card. His manager must be shitting bricks wondering about his man's status with that organization.


Oh....... I could dredge up a few examples where it was done.

At that point the "sell" becomes secondary to the ultimate goal..... a totally bloated, but glitzy record. The better to fill the eyes of the casual fan.