04-23-2017, 06:49 PM
(04-23-2017, 06:37 PM)Infern0 Wrote:(04-23-2017, 06:02 PM)diehard Wrote: Bet Stu is busy working the phones to see who wants to fight Joe. I just can't believe that Hughie, who has fought nobody and is the mandatory, walks away from $1.7 million dollars and a chance at the title because he's afraid he'll lose in NZ. He'll be depicted as a coward, and no promoter will touch him now. And the WBO will fine and ban him. Bad career move.
Also from another angle, i can kind of see now why frank warren didn't dig deep for the purse bids, unreliable furys aren't worth backing financially.
Take it a step further. Would you want to promote a fighter where you're not sure he'll show up? Woody Allen says, "half of life is just showing up."