promoters are ruining boxing not money. But to be honest, the reason the guys in the 80s did so well is because if you compare things to now the fights which do well need Oscar to be big sellers. But those fights with Hearns/Duran/Leonard/Hagler/Benitez/Duran occured almost every year with the exception of 1986 and 1988. So that kept people fascinated in the sport with those top guys fighting each other, It was not all Ray Leonard. Ray was retired from 82-87 and still Hearns and Hagler and Duran kept the top fights coming. For boxing to be big now they need Floyd to fight Mosley and Winky, and for a top middleweight to face the guys moving up. It is a system which has always worked. Make the huge fights and the promoters have to market the guys well like those guys in the 80s were and the heavyweights in the 60s and 70s were. But if they do not allow fights on the networks as much, there will be problems building fighters to where they were then. You need superfights to keep fans watching.. That is for sure.