I'm not sure we're saying the same thing. We'd all pay money to see the fight against a top 10 guy for sure. In fact that would sell well in NZ. But that should not be the next 1, 2 or 5 fights for Jospeh. Barry has him on the right course. Another Pettaway type, limited, but with a different skillset Joe needs to conquer, is the right path. But you'll struggle to sell the next few cards in the same fashion to the corp crowd/ with PPV in NZ (or am I misreading that?)
Instead do what they did with parker v Thompson - on a Duva card in US. Or parker v nascimento on a Klit card in Germany. Offer him up for nothing on a fury, khan or froch card in the uk. Put him on a GGG card wherever ggg can find someone to face him, fight before cotto at msg on Puerto Rico weekend. The next five fights are not about $. They are about building skills, but given they shd all be gimme fights, build big profile also. Trade off as a promoter, but that's where they are right now- make the local punters beg to bring him home to Auckland, instead of forcing a weak show down their throats every few months......
Instead do what they did with parker v Thompson - on a Duva card in US. Or parker v nascimento on a Klit card in Germany. Offer him up for nothing on a fury, khan or froch card in the uk. Put him on a GGG card wherever ggg can find someone to face him, fight before cotto at msg on Puerto Rico weekend. The next five fights are not about $. They are about building skills, but given they shd all be gimme fights, build big profile also. Trade off as a promoter, but that's where they are right now- make the local punters beg to bring him home to Auckland, instead of forcing a weak show down their throats every few months......