Does it really all come down to money???

[JazMerkin]

Yes & in my opinion rightly so. It will inevitably damage their legacy if they don't take on dangerous opposition at all, however at the end of the day everytime they get in the ring they risk their health & their futures with their loved ones to get in the ring. They deserve to maximise the profits.

Take Joe Calzaghe, he did spend too much of his career fighting in Wales against no-hopers. However, he did show with Kessler & Hopkins he was willing to take on tough opposition. As disappointed as I was that he chose to fight RJJ instead of Pavlik, he maximised the money. Although his choices will undoubtedly affect his legacy, his grandchildren will have a grandad who can speak clearly & doesn't have pugilistic dementia.

As fight fans, we demand more of these fighters than ANY of us would be willing to give. In The Ring recently, they said we want them to fight the bigger man, the faster man, the vicious puncher, all so we know their limits. The most obvious was the Nate Campbell issue recently. Doctor's reports confirmed that if he had fought on, he would have very likely been blind in that eye for the rest of his life. Yet on here, there were many saying he should've carried on, that he showed a lack of heart.

To be honest, this just strikes at my biggest peeve with boxing fans (yes more than reckless fanboys) & that is this keyboard Gatti mentality, often by people who've never put on some gloves.

[DaxxKahn]

Aside from the Mundine portion of the original post (Mostly because Anthony is nothing but an annoying fly buzzing around but unable to do much more) I do believe boxing is now all about the money.

At one time championships meant as much if not more then money (Mainly because they went hand in hand so you were not making big buck until you held a title or at least was a top contender) fighters craved glory and legacy.

Today there is no real need because so many fighters make the millions without titles, fact is guys get title shots too quickly these days and they make the fast money so after socking away a few hundred thousand or few million depending on the fighter many of these guys start a business or an even more popular trend is education (These guys are getting smart realizing they will need something to fall back on after boxing) to have a career outside boxing, once this happens they lose the desire to fight.

As Micky said in Rocky 3 "They become civilized"

Make the money and get out

[Kirkland Laing]

It's not just boxing, if somebody offers you more money you take their offer. It doesn't even have to be double money, a big increase does the trick. Everything else being the same, people will go for the money in 99+% of cases.

[killersheep]

Given the option most people with choose higher pay over a title in any job.

[Scrap]

When a Fighter was on over £100,000, He always got looked after that little bit more