Re: Am I On The Wrong Site??

Originally Posted by
Bx730NY
More and more it seems like guys in here are more concerned with the business side of boxing than the fights themselves. Every time you bring up a fight with Cotto and floyd, floyds fans go nuts with excuses about it not being financially up to par.
This is the fight game!!
I would want nothing more than to see my favorite fighter fight the real best out there. Win or lose. That's the mark of a great fighter.
Go check Donald Trump website if you want to talk about business. Remember the fighters get paid to fight and we pay to see them so we should be demanding great fights.
Cotto has won fighter of the year on Fox Sports Premio 3 years straight so I don't want to hear that he is not a prominent enough name.
Check floyds ppv numbers and against who and you'll realize that he's not the draw in the big ones. The not so big ones, ppv sales are average at best.
Unfortunately though boxing is a business, I want to see Cotto - Mayweather as well, I just want to make sure that the fighters get the maximum exposure. It's not a matter of they wouldn't make money, it's a matter of a build up, the hype machine needs to get going full force. If it was simply a matter of making good matchups, title holders would be fighting 4 times a year, unification bouts would be common place and we wouldn't be able to say "X" is ducking "Y". What's the rush anyway? Cotto has plenty of good opportunities for him at 147. It's like this if Floyd wants to fight, the fight will happen if he wants to retire or take a break, let him..........we can all judge him for those choices. I understand your dilema, but business is a reality of boxing, and if it wasn't there wouldn't be fighters making 8 digit paychecks per fight, and there weren't fighters making 8 digit paychecks a fight, well.......................
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