Boxing managers protecting fighters debate
by ⋆ Wagner Caio: Boxing
BoxingScene asks whether too many managers are protecting their fighters from tough competition for too long, sharing a clip where one observer argues that overprotection ends up hurting fighters.
Transcript (en)
I've seen it happen with many, many fighters where their managers are so careful and pick their opponents to the point where the fighters are already 25-0, 30-0, and they have that problem because now it's too late for them to even dare stepping up and coming to the next level. and they'll never make it there because they just got used to it for so many years of being protected. I think obviously when you have a young kid turning pro, yeah, you got to develop him, get him a few good wins, make him feel good, make him feel comfortable. But then, you know, five, six fights in, you got to give him a little test. You got to test them and know that they need to be passing those tests little by little. So I think it's hurting the fighters when you bring them so careful for so many fights and so many years that at the end, you're actually hurting them. It's hurting the sport, too, because it's hurting the fan base as well. And that's something that we're not trying to do here. We're trying to make the level of action very high so the fan base can grow.
