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Mayweather v Pacquiao fight
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I think it's fun to get caught up in the hype from time to time, but I certainly won't be spending $100 to watch it.
(It's like the only time I watch horse racing is during the triple crown. It's fun, but, ultimately, not a big deal.)
i really hate how difficult it is to watch what is deemed the fight of the century. Two fighters who make it the fight of the century (and the biggest of all time) due to the money they will earn. It pushes honest boxing fans away as they need to spend $1000 minimum and a ridiculously hard to get ticket or sign up for a subscription service as well as a high price on a PPV event. If this was opened up to the world on free to air tv, it might actually live up to the hype and help fix a broken sport. Making it too expensive to watch does nothing to help it.
The world of media needs to wake up to itself and stop trying to milk fans who just want content that way they want it. Imagine of Ali v Foreman was aired like this? Not that Don king wouldn't have wanted it.
The world of media needs to wake up to itself and stop trying to milk fans who just want content that way they want it. Imagine of Ali v Foreman was aired like this? Not that Don king wouldn't have wanted it.
Arnold would be intimidating. There are guys at my local gym that are bigger than Pacquiao that I'd be more afraid of. Pacquiao is on the small side.
Pacquiao is a welterweight boxer. Schwarzenegger was a bodybuilder.
Your point is completely invalid and you obviously don't have the slightest clue.
I'll admit I don't, but I would still prefer for the biggest fight of the year to at least include 180+ pound boxers. Welterweight range is too low for what we should expect from a professional match IMO.
How about those who paid $100 (or thousands) to watch the fight?
To use John Oliver's words :
Boxing : why is it still a thing?
I understand that it's fun to watch millionaires beat the hell out of each other but still, it's a little funny.
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Applies to everyone. Even Mayweather. He can't fight forever, and if he keeps spending money at his current rate, he'll be broke 5 years after retirement and crying "I don't know what happened, my spending just got out of control" on ESPN: Broke Athletes Part 7. Hell, the guy can't even read, I doubt he can manage his money.
Watched at a friend's house, not worth the money! They made a lot of money off of that sorry fight.