Does it really all come down to money???

[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