Why don't boxing fans support 1 vs 2?

[RJJ-94-02=GOAT]

I genuinely have no idea what the splits were for Lewis - Tyson, B-Hop - Oscar or Jones - Tarver. No one cared, they were just fights people needed to see.

Everyone knows Mayweather - Pacquiao was 60/40. Mayweather never stopped bleating on about his PPV numbers.

Me too. I don’t ever remember purse splits ever really being a thing too. The “Money” Mayweather character brought all that sort of stuff to the forefront.

That’s one thing I do like about the Saudi’s, it’s just fighter A is getting paid this and fighter B is getting paid that. No drama about splits and A side, B side nonsense.

[dan-b]

Got ImDominicanLipz arguing against 1 vs 2 as well now.

You can talk about Canelo's money, position, right to "cash out" (despite his existing fortune) all you like. I still want 1 vs 2.

[_Rexy_]

Got ImDominicanLipz arguing against 1 vs 2 as well now.

You can talk about Canelo's money, position, right to "cash out" (despite his existing fortune) all you like. I still want 1 vs 2.

They rather count money that they’ll never even see

[ImDominicanLipz]

Got ImDominicanLipz arguing against 1 vs 2 as well now.

You can talk about Canelo's money, position, right to "cash out" (despite his existing fortune) all you like. I still want 1 vs 2.

This a joke?

[BustedKnuckles]

When there was more boxing on TV you could see the #1 contender get to the mandatory position. Now it is a soup of sanctioning bodies, fighting on networks that you have to pay to see and a lot of careful matchmaking.

The politics of boxing just aids the cash cows since they are consistently change the rules to accommodate those champs. I know it is prize fighting but its rules should be enforced.

There is a lot of discrepancy between different sanctioning bodies' rankings. But all 1 and 2 guys should fight. In fact, guys in the top 5 shouldn't even be fighting opponents who aren't at least top 10 in somebody's rankings.

AND 1 and 2 should always fight for a vacated or stripped belt. No email.

[Eff Pandas]

I'd question if someone is anti-#1 vs #2 fights they are THAT big of a fan of boxing. 1 vs 2 in most divisions is always a fight worth watching even if its not necessarily some big ppv kinda fight.

[Basco]

Because they are fanatics, not fans! Any real fan wants to see the 2 best of each division go at it, hell I love eliminatiin tournaments but those are a thing of the past with today's pansies worring about their "0".