This is dumb.
There's nothing wrong about betting on yourself every time you think you're gonna win, no matter the odds. From the fighter's point of view, it's free money.
The main reason most people don't bet is because we don't know whether a fighter is secretely injured, overly dehydrated...
The real question is: how can you think this is illegal?
Why couldn’t you bet on yourself to win? Because you could rig the fight by trying to win? Every boxer is supposed to try to win anyway. Think sometimes.
They wouldn’t have to do if somebody let them know clinching was part of boxing?
If Duran, Holyfield or Hopkins were fighting today, they wouldn’t even be allowed to box.
Also, why are you being an asshat when we could have a civil conversation?
This interview didn’t age well, did it?
“Fighting Boots is a lose-lose situation.”
= I’m scared to lose.
“I want bigger challenges.”
= I’ll keep fighting Uber drivers.
Idk if you’re aware but Beterbiev is fighting Bivol thanks to the Saudis, Fury is fighting Usyk thanks to the Saudis, and if Canelo ever fought someone ranked in the top 25 of his division, it would be thanks to the Saudis. Don’t be ungrateful just because they did one thing you don’t like.
Two (obvious) facts for you:
- He is saying all this to promote the fight in order to gain money. When you have a family like Tyson does, money becomes very important.
- He’s pretending not to do this for money. Otherwise, people would be less interested in this fight and he would gain less...
Then he has to give up the belts.
You went on a long speculative rambling while ignoring the main issue, which is that Canelo is preventing deserving contenders from getting belts.
Benavidez’s time already came 3 years ago when he became the #1 contender. And yet he still can’t fight for the...
The Saudis certainly wouldn't want to set a precedent where champions can ask for any amount they want to fight their mandatories. Soon enough, people will start asking for 500 million, then 800, then 1.5 billion. It's a slippery slope.
Mike has only worked with terrible trainers since he fired Kevin Rooney, which caused his downfall. Those guys are merely pad holders with nothing to teach Mike.
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