Mayweather v Pacquiao fight

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Wow, do you really think an employee and a CEO do the same value of work? hours don't mean anything



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Define value of work? And no I don't think that. Read properly. We're discussing over paid sports stars and CEO's. Their earnings are based on how much they can improve bottom lines year on year. Their abilities don't change, their intelligence doesn't change. They just get rewarded for making decisions that somehow gets more money from customers, in a nutshell. My point wasn't how well they invest or how well they negotiate.

 

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Define value of work? And no I don't think that. Read properly. We're discussing over paid sports stars and CEO's. Their earnings are based on how much they can improve bottom lines year on year. Their abilities don't change, their intelligence doesn't change. They just get rewarded for making decisions that somehow gets more money from customers, in a nutshell. My point wasn't how well they invest or how well they negotiate.

Lol hilarious.

 

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Lol hilarious.

Still avoiding the questions then?

 

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Well just read CNN. So much for title and perfect record and belt and yet another sports asterisk.

But on the bright side it can force a rematch and I am sure both guys will be laughing all the way to the bank on this one. I knew there would be something to make a rematch but I didn't see this one coming! He he, agent to Mayweather: "Find a way to lose belt/title so we can cash in again"

 

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Well just read CNN. So much for title and perfect record and belt and yet another sports asterisk.

But on the bright side it can force a rematch and I am sure both guys will be laughing all the way to the bank on this one. I knew there would be something to make a rematch but I didn't see this one coming! He he, agent to Mayweather: "Find a way to lose belt/title so we can cash in again"

I don't see anything, what are you talking about

 

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I don't see anything, what are you talking about

Sorry, not CNN per se, but Bleacher Report (my bad, I clicked a link that took me away from CNN):

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/...om&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=editorial

Right now talking heads believe WBO may have change of heart since CNN story and while he may not lose the belt, he could be chalked down for a "loss". But either way, losing belt or keeping belt but being dinged for a loss on an otherwise perfect record, may lead many to the conclusion that without win, Mayweather has to fight Pacquiao again, or without belt, he will have to fight Pacquiao. If he loses both the belt and the win and is put in for a loss, then we can be sure there will be another fight.

The skeptic in me really believes that both men want to fight again, but not for the title or another win in their both impressive records, but for a shot at the same type of money for a fight again, or even more money if that's possible. I hate to think that the powers that be who are threatening stripping of belt are trying to force the hand for more money since they all get a piece of the pie in this business, which it is more than a sport nowadays.

If the boxers want to cash in, then fine it's them fighting, but the WBO looks awful in all of this.

My hope is that Mayweather keeps both belt and win in his possession but still comes up for a reason to fight again. I don't think we really were satisfied with what we saw and if this was the fight of the century, then what a boring letdown.

While I disagree with those who want to take the belt away, this article does make an interesting argument for stripping belt:

http://thelivingdaylights.co/2015/07/05/floyd-mayweather-losing-his-title-belts-is-good-for-boxing/

But if he does lose title, he won't be dinged for a loss and won't be stripped of win (thus retaining record) and Pacquiao won't automatically get the belt according to Washington Post:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs...of-title-belt-he-won-in-manny-pacquiao-fight/

 

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So it's true about losing title:

http://espn.go.com/boxing/story/_/id/13211446/floyd-mayweather-jr-stripped-wbo-welterweight-title

I sat there watching all these boxing experts go back and forth today about this and some thought the stripping was an idle threat they would never go through with, and I admit me, too.

Not that there's any bright side, but it appears he will be able to keep this win and it won't get chalked down as a loss or a draw so Mayweather remains "undefeated" even though this latest penalty on him could destroy his legacy. Even at very best light, Mayweather no longer has a spotless record. For the legions of fans who like Pacquiao (I like him, too btw) or people who just hate Mayweather (whose actions make him as unpopular as Mike Tyson), this stripping of title may come as welcome news. It's kind of hard to call an arrogant guy like Mayweather who had a belt stripped (with plenty of money to pay $200K fee in time) the greatest of all time, or even the greatest of his generation. Now there's this big spot on his record not unlike the pariah actions of baseball's Pete Rose. I was wanting to see a flawless Rocky Marciano type record and legacy in my lifetime, but that's gone down the tubes.

It's too bad it had to come to this and even though he's not a perfect person, and flawed a lot like Mike Tyson (who Mayweather seems to resemble with each passing year), I don't think it's entirely fair to strip title. But it's not like Miss America where the loser automatically gets the crown/title. I don't think Pacquiao would want the title to be given to him this way, anyway.

About his tarnished legacy, this was written about him before the stripping of belt:

http://www.thestar.com/sports/2015/...r-will-never-ko-tarnished-legacy-dimanno.html

 

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Mayweather aint worried about that belt. Dude cashed in on 200 million and he had a cool 100 million to his name before the fight.. He can live just off the interest of his money for life collecting a cool 25 million a year for nothing