Jirov was in against a non-opponent. That night wasn't about competitive match-ups. It was about ratings and having fun at the Playboy Mansion, which is okay, I suppose, if you put it in perspective for viewers, which we tried to do. However, this is one area where Teddy Atlas is in accord with Max. But we've had more bad ones, and there's no justification for that.
Unemployment is very high among fighters, and there's a limited number of available TV dates.
If we demanded more, we'd get more, because there's nowhere else for them to go. But what happens is, you start doing favors and making soft matches for one promoter, and then no one wants to go in tough. You have to develop a philosophy of matchmaking, and then you have to live by it. And I think, if Russell Peltz was given proper authority, he'd do that. However, Peltz doesn't have that authority.