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Post by punchy on Aug 29, 2012 11:17:03 GMT
One piece of advice that I would offer new gyms is to match your fighter as aggressively as you can. What I mean by this is fight the highest ranked opponent that you think that you can beat who is available for you to fight. Clearly if your fighter has a weak chin/defence then you need to avoid big punchers so you should choose the highest ranked non puncher that you can find. You don't need a scout to do this, just look at your potential opponents KO record, if for example he has scored less than 10 ko's in 30 fights then he isn't likely to be a big puncher or at least AI doesn't fight him that way. Conversely if your guy is a big puncher then seek out the highest ranked fighter that you can with a weak chin; this is even easier to spot as they tend to have lost all or most of their fights via KO.
Moving your fighter through the ranks quickly is very important as the higher ranked your fighter, the bigger his fight purses will get and the more money he will be worth. The more money you earn, the quicker your gym's wealth rating will increase and thus enable you to sign better fighters. This may sound obvious and I am sure that some of the other successful gyms are doing this but I think that some managers play safe and fight lower ranked fighters but this can make for slow progress. If you fight a higher ranked opponent and lose, sometimes your ranking will actually go up anyway...Not sure if this is worth putting in the newbie guide but I thought it might be useful to share my experience.
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Post by A. E. T. on Aug 29, 2012 13:24:10 GMT
I'll admit, I'm one of those newbies that has been playing it safe but it is making for slow(er) progress like you say.
Think I'll grow some and take it up a notch or two now.
Besides, what's one more loss for a fighter that has over twenty ;D
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Post by Pav on Aug 30, 2012 3:14:22 GMT
The only reason to fight opposition ranked lower than you is if you want to bump your poor moral up faster with certain wins.
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Post by Pav on Aug 30, 2012 3:17:07 GMT
The only reason to fight opposition ranked lower than you is if you want to bump your poor moral up faster with certain wins. Also you do fight at home when you fight lower ranked boxers so you do generate more money short term. But long term you get better money with aggressive matchmaking as you go up in rankings. So really I would only fight lower ranked opponents if I had I wanted to get my moral to the max prior to taking on dangerous opposition.
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Post by jackbritton on Dec 9, 2012 23:33:28 GMT
Actually, as you are getting a grip of the mechanics, it can be less demoralizing to match your fighters against lower ranked opponents...or at least opponents with low morale. If you've played a similar fight sim, it might not be an issue for you.
As I've been experimenting with fight plans, I fought mostly lower-ranked opponents.
I've designed a few not-too-adventurous fight plans of my own, and now I'm increasingly leaning toward challenging higher-ranked fighters. I've been playing one game year, and without being in a partnership, I'm $17 grand shy of level 3 financially. But at the moment I'm still 5-4-1 on the road, but 14-4 at home. I think I'll learn to do better.
One thing I strongly recommend is as soon as you can afford it pick up some scouts so you know the stats of your opponents. Knowing where your opponents can hurt your guys and vice-versa is awfully useful.
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Post by bobjoejim on Dec 10, 2012 16:50:30 GMT
Another advantage to fighting at home, as a new gym, is that the home fighter will (with normal negotiations) earn a higher percentage of the fight purse. At the beginning, you aren't trying to climb the ranks and win titles - your initial bums almost certainly not be good enough to rise too high, so take home fights you can win, get larger purses, and don't worry about trying to move up in the world.
Now, later on when you have a fighter who is talented, the long term earnings are better from fighting the highest ranked opponent you can (on the road), winning, and moving up through the ranks, as the purses grow rapidly when your rank goes up.
Fighting on the road and losing, though, is just throwing money down the drain. If a fighter is already at (or near) his peak ranking, then the most profitable thing you can do is only fight lower ranked opponents and enjoy the home share of the purses. And this will likely be the case for the fighters you sign to start with, especially if you also aren't familiar with proper fight planning yet.
Another point of emphasis is do NOT waste your money on trainers early. If you're throwing your bums into the ring purely for profit's sake, you want to keep your overhead as low as possible. Don't waste money trying to improve boxers with no future anyway. Save the cash, grow your gym level, and once you start signing good fighters with long-term potential, and generating solid income streams, THEN you can hire a trainer or two to work with them.
Let the bums self-train.
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