Quote 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.
Boogie Down, more and more boxers are concerned about the business side of things. It's understandable that you want to be financially secure for the rest of your life, but I lament the loss of that competitiveness, that desire to be the best, that desire to challenge a good fighter for sports' sake. When I was growing up, if you heard about a local tough who could brawl, you took the challenge. Boxing was like this for a long time too-fighting for the glory as opposed to the money. In the end, the fan gets shafted and the primary shafter today is none other than Oscar de la Hoya. Though Felix Trinidad was my favorite fighter of all time, and though it seems like he keeps coming back for money, I always know that a Tito fight will have fireworks. I can't say that for many others who fight for the money.