Better yet, imagine the Heat playing teams like the Hawks who don't have a big fanbase and aren't a threat, but avoiding a teams like the Pacers who are a legit threat but aren't a big name team.
I understand that it's a business and such. The problem is with me as a fan, I wanna see the best fights available, from a quality standpoint. I don't give a fukk about business. And not only that, but the politics affect the way fans look at boxers.
Just look at Thurman. Many fans like myself, are fans of One Time as a fighter. But others keep harping on the fact that he hasn't beaten anybody, and that we need to wait until he beats quality fighters. The problem is that nobody wants to fight him. So we criticize him for his weak resume, but yet he's not getting a chance to strengthen it. He's stuck between a rock and a hard place. Thurman is like a high school teenager/young adult out of college that is looking for a job, but can't find one because everybody wants workers with experience. But how is somebody to get experience if nobody will hire them in the 1st place?
fukk all the politics, I just wanna see the best fighters get the best fights. But like I said, that's not how boxing works anymore, so all of this is a moot point unfortunately