BensGrandad
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Floyd Mayweather reported to be coming out of retirement to fight Manny again
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[Other Sport] Are Boxing Fans Mugs
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Could be worse. You could pay actual money to see a couple of talent free vloggers off youtube with a "beef" fight each other on the interweb.
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On a general point UFC has now become a far superior product to boxing if combat sports are your thing.
I'd pay good money to see both of the vloggers get beaten up, not just one of them.
It's a good question, and in my opinion, yes they are. The sport should be glorious, but instead it's a farce. In other sports we regularly get to see the best take on the best. In boxing, it's all run by the boxers and their promoters with several so called 'world titles' and the best boxers dodge each other and milk the mug fans.
Meh. Wasn't worth watching last time, Floyd waited until after Manny was well past his best. Fans were robbed the chance to see a proper, spectacular fight between the pair, when they were in their prime.
Now? It became far superior a long time ago.
spring hall convert
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Yup, very fair point.
laughable , it hasnt
that's just bollocks though.
Loads of top match ups. Boxing in a fantastic state.
Seems the thing to do is knock it for those that don't properly follow it. Those that do , at the moment boxing is amazing state.
Joey Jo Jo Jr. Shabadoo
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And yet MMA is not adverse to fighters coming out of retirement to face each other for one last pay day. It's just been announced Chuck Liddell and Tito Ortiz will face each other in November. Liddell hasn't had a fight for 8 years, Tito has had 1 fight in the last 3 years. Thankfully it's well away from the UFC (not that they are adverse to freak shows - see CM Punk, James Toney, Kimbo Slice)
spring hall convert
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I think the overall product (which includes administration, events management, television rights, number of good fights vs walkovers, transparency of rules) is undoubtedly better and better value for the punter.
Do you follow any-other sports Trig?
Do you follow any other sports BG?
Do you remember how the first Floyd vs Manny fight went? I remember eagerly awaiting it, and then Floyd got the jitters and accused Manny of taking drugs, and it didn't happen. Gotta protect that unbeaten record you know. Pathetic. That doesn't happen in other sports.
I'm inclined to agree. I think boxing is in fine form at the moment. Particularly in this country.
It's not the coming out of retirement that bothers me, it's the fact they never fought each other when they were at the top.
BensGrandad
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I am a keen general follower of boxing but not as much as when I went to USA to see the Lennox Lewis title fights. in New York and Vegas. I agree that they avoided each other when both at their best to preserve their unbeaten records. I also believe that there are too many authorities giving too many champions some way inferior to other title holders. eg Tyson Fury. I take an interest in most sports except Tennis, Cycling and Horse Racing.
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They're both younger than Marcus Trescothick though.
BensGrandad
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They need to be to be active in a boxing ring as opposed to on a cricket square