Bernard Hopkins vs Tarver wasn’t a title fight because Hopkins didn’t want to pay the fee’s…

The possible fight not being a title fight does little to effect the marketability of the fight (whatever the marketability actually is)…

The fight would be between Valuev (heavy weight boxing champion) vs andrei (former UFC heavyweight champion).

Now the real question and the most important question is:

If Boxing can better pay a UFC built star than the UFC is willing to… and what effect will that have?

Right now in MMA no one can better pay than the UFC as they monetize fighters and generate revenue better than any other MMA can presently or could in the foreseeable future…

What if BJ penn can go make 2 or 3 mil a fight in Boxing? or Rampage, etc…?

What if the second tier stars like andrei can routinely get 1- 1.5m per boxing fight?

Can boxing turn Zuffa into a “feeder” organization?

These are the important questions…

These are the questions top paid advisers/consultants in the world get paid to first come up with and then analyze and counter measure.

underestimate the WBA’s willingness to bend their rules if there’s a significant amount of money to be made through “special” sanctioning fees in order for them to allow the fight to happen. Assuming, of course, that “The Pit Bull” manages to pull a huge upset by beating Fedor & that as a result, his people can generate enough interest from Valuev’s promoters to make the fight happen.

A lot of big “ifs” for sure, but none of them as remote as many have said.

He just has a lot of confidence in AA’s skill level

 if the fight took place in Europe where the vast majority of fights take place, the ABC wouldn’t be involved.

Besides that, it’s not as if dispensations haven’t been made in the past to allow similar bouts like this proposed one to happen. Let’s remember Olympic Gold Medalist Pete Rademacher’s bid to take the Heavyweight Championship from Floyd Patterson in his pro debut. And, more recently, there was Saensak Muangsurin’s successful bid for the WBC light welterweight title in only his third pro fight after a long Muay Thai career in Thailand.

I’d like to cite the Wu Tang Clan here when I say "cash rules everything around me". I would not be surprised to see these two fight at some point in time.

However this is all dependent on Fedor getting beat and not so long ago I remember people seriously talking about Fedor’s greatest weakness being his skin, so let’s not get ahead of ourselves.

I think Freddy meant he would put Andrei on a path to challenge for Valuev . . . it was also a major public dis at Valuev. I doubt Freddy Roach has any respect for Valuev considering he actually booked a title match against a 50 year old Evander Holyfield than . . . gulp Holyfied almost won.

You have to remember the sport of boxing. Promoters have traditionally manipulated rankings and title belts however they wanted. AA would not receive a title shot in his boxing debut but Freddy Roach could probably hand pick a list of opponents that heavily favor AA skills to get him in position for a title fight. Valuev is not a very good boxer. I’m sure Freddy Roach could take a guy with minor talent and train him to top Valuev. As long as AA stays away from any fighter named Klitchko or a fighter that could legitimately challenge a Klitchko he could probably do ok.

Well, I take what Brent says about boxing as gospel, but AA has had pro fights. Not in boxing, but he is a pro fighter. I think the WBA might see dollar signs and give it the go ahead particularly if AA beats Fedor in a convincing fasion. He will be ranked in the top 15 in the world in MMA, but they might let that slide by. I mean Brock Lesner got a pass and got a title shot after only one legit win and a credible backround in wrestling. The UFC doesn’t have stated rules for title shots, but AA fighting for a title is huge for MMA, huge for Afliction, and inject a lot of new eyeballs into the boxing world. Do I think AA would win, not at all, but its not like they are getting a guy out of the crowd. He would be able to defend himself. The question I would pose to the WBA is, would they take his MMA backround and sucess into concideration or would they concider him just another fighter making his debut?

are you joking?

With fighters like Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Norton, Quarry & Jimmy Young ruling the heavyweight division, there’s just no way AA could compete!

Whoops!
Sorry friend, I thought I was back in the ’70s there for a moment. LOL!

Seriously though, I tend to agree with much of what you said.
Once we look past the Klitschko bros & a handful of others, the division is REALLY lacking. And, judging from what I’ve seen in his last couple of fights, AA has got some damn good hands. Good enough I think that he could be a very dangerous guy for three, maybe four rounds if matched properly. Going in as pure puncher that is. If he tries to go in as a boxer would, conscious of the fight’s distance & thinking of going the distance, then forget it. He’d get picked apart & stopped in the mid rounds.
But going in as a kill or be killed banger, he could be dangerous.