Boxers fight for MONEY not glory. Fact.

[Fenster]

Well, as a fan I don't like it when the right fights don't get made because of the money route. But as a former boxer I override this dislike because boxing is a temporary job and a sport with bad intentions. It can all be over in a millisecond. So I never get down on a boxer thinking more about the money than the legacy because they have families and bills to take care of and no amount of legacy raises children. Boxers are used like higher priced goons and so it is an intelligent business decision for them to take the most money route everytime. Promoters and networks should take a paycut if they want to please the fans. Don't blame the two guys who are being offered to kill each other. Make them an offer they can't refuse

I agree. I think the majority of boxing fans view the sport through rose-tinted glasses.

"Show me the man who says he ain't fighting for money, and I'll show you a fool." Larry Holmes

"When you're fighting, you're fighting for one thing - money." Jack Dempsey

"Fighters want to fight for titles, but not as much as we want to fight for MONEY." Roy Jones jr

[JazMerkin]

Well, as a fan I don't like it when the right fights don't get made because of the money route. But as a former boxer I override this dislike because boxing is a temporary job and a sport with bad intentions. It can all be over in a millisecond. So I never get down on a boxer thinking more about the money than the legacy because they have families and bills to take care of and no amount of legacy raises children. Boxers are used like higher priced goons and so it is an intelligent business decision for them to take the most money route everytime. Promoters and networks should take a paycut if they want to please the fans. Don't blame the two guys who are being offered to kill each other. Make them an offer they can't refuse

I agree. I think the majority of boxing fans view the sport through rose-tinted glasses.

"Show me the man who says he ain't fighting for money, and I'll show you a fool." Larry Holmes

"When you're fighting, you're righting for one thing - money." Jack Dempsey

"Fighters want to fight for titles, but not as much as we want to fight for MONEY." Roy Jones jr

Exactly, and who can blame them, they get hit in the face by some of the toughest punchers on the planet (relatively speaking even guys who aren't big punchers in the sport would be if they were Joe average on the street). I don't think Ali & Oscar were good examples. Ali was not as wealthy as people think when he was fighting Holmes & Berbick, its only since the 90s and the more mainstream love for Ali that he has got richer. Oscar was only fighting in fights where he was getting the majority of the cash & if they were superfights. If it wasn't about the money he wouldn't have cared if the PBF & Pac fights were split 50-50. Agree with blegit. The TV networks & promoters who don't cough up the extra dough are the ones I blame if a 'fans fight' doesn't happen.