In the future will it be common to see 'mega fights' failing to happen?

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We all know the fight of the 21st century hasn't happened and doesn't look like happening anytime soon. Whoever you blame the fact is the fight didn't happen when it was superheated back in 2010. Despite it not happening both have had very lucrative fights (Floyd-Cotto/Alvarez, Pacquiao-Marquez 3 & 4) since then so it's not like there has been any major urgency from either camps, just the fans.

Who knows when the next mega fight not involving Mayweather or Pacquiao will happen but sooner or later there will be one... and another in each generation that goes by. The question is will they actually happen or are the days of megafights that everyone wants to see over?

teodor · Answer

Pac-De la Hoya a super fight? That's the biggest rip-off of the 21st century! Oscar virtually did not have anything left as Freddie Roach noted from early as the pre-fight promo. Oscar had to boot out Edwin Valero from his training camp for giving him a shiner! Many suspected ODLH hardly trained for that fight. Oscar naturally lost by retirement after being thoroughly thrashed by Pacman but he happily went to the bank with perhaps his biggest retirement check.

In fairness though, I think the fights thus far that define the current century included a few that involved Pacquiao ( vs. Marquez ), Morales ( Pacquiao, Barrera ), Mayweather ( Castillo, Cotto, Alvarez and Maidana ), Marquez ( Pacquiao series, Diaz series and Katsidis ), Corrales ( Casamayor, Castillo ) Ward ( Froch ), Lewis ( Klitschko, Tyson, Holyfield ) and Hopkins ( all his fights since Taylor 1 and 2 ).

With the Top Rank-GBP cold war thawing, hopefully, we can get to see more super fights in the coming years.

STICK AND MOVE · Answer

They'll happen, simply b/c money talks over everything.

Just a matter of having two very popular fighters be within the same weight range.

Romero Lazzare · Answer

Yes. of course

? · Answer

They will start happening all the time, after Floyd, and Whladimir are done. People are tired of seeing these dominant champions not fighting the top guys.

? · Answer

Since 2000, we've had a few (proper superfights):

MAB v Morales
MAB-Hamed
MAB-Pacquiao
Pac-Marquez
Pac-Morales
Pac-Bradley
Pac-DeLaHoya
Pac-Hatton
Pac-Cotto
Cotto-Mayweather
Mayweather-DeLaHoya
Mayweather-Mosley
Mayweather-Marquez
Mayweather-Hatton
Mayweather-Castillo
Mayweather-Corales
Corales-Castillo
Castillo-Hatton
Hatton-Tszyu
Tszyu-Judah
DLH-Vargas
DLH-Mosley
DLH-Trinidad
DLH--Hopkins
Hopkins-Trinidad
Trinidad-Vargas
Trinidad-Mayorga
Mayorga-Forrest
Forrest-Mosley
Hopkins-Calzaghe
Calzaghe-Jones
Jones-Hopkins
Calzaghe-Lacy
Jones-Tarver
Lewis-Tyson
Lewis-Holyfield
Lewis-Klitchko

But after Lewis retired and the Klitchkos refused to fight, heavyweight had none to offer

Calzaghe cleaned out 168-175 then quit leaving these weights empty of proper champs.

Mayweather & Pacman then done the same to 122-154. But then didnt fight each other.

This all basically caused voids leaving only 1 true "super fight" left as other champs hadn't won titles from the title holders

? · Answer

I agree. 
 
Mayweather had several superfights that did not happen. 
 
Current superfights not happening include; 
 
Quillins-Martinez, Martinez-GGG, GGG-Martinez or GGG-Quilins. 
 
Guillermo Rigo vs Santa Cruz. 
 
Still i'm glad some mega ffights happened like Pacquia-Bradley or Mayweather-Canelo

In the future will it be common to see 'mega fights' failing to happen?

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