Mayweather remains undefeated and..

[Kraniac]

Mike Tyson wins another one?

Collective amnesia is a helluva drug.

Rapist, wife beater, heavy puncher -right to the body, right uppercut - So powerful it causes large viewing audiences to see stars.

[modelamac]

What goes on outside of the ring was not at stake in that fight. Why does it get brought up afterward? It doesn't change the outcome, and the participants have not changed.

[DP]

modelamac wrote:
What goes on outside of the ring was not at stake in that fight. Why does it get brought up afterward? It doesn't change the outcome, and the participants have not changed.

:agree:

If you want to talk about the fight, talk about the fight. Any extra curricular activities should be in a different thread.

[OWC Jamie]

Based on the content of the OP's original post, this is the character assassination thread. The baitingly shameless thread title disguised the intent.

[silvarios]

Apparently Bernard Hopkins called this one months back, Mayweather was going to figure out Manny by the 6th round (or so) and then out technique Pacquiao.

Judging purely from the after fight coverage as I didn't watch a second of the fight, Mayweather was magnanimous in victory congratulating his opponent for a worthy fight, and Pacquiao's comments were about an unrevealed injury and saying his opponent didn't no anything to win. Interesting juxtaposition.

[Onamuji]

modelamac wrote:
What goes on outside of the ring was not at stake in that fight.

Yes, it was.

Character is an important part of sport. Most sporting organizations have ignored it up until recently, allowing violent felons, drug abusers and misogynists to take the spotlight as role-models for fans and their kids.

The NFL and other sports organizations have been dragged into the 20th century (yes, I meant to write 20th) by boycotts and bad press. Boxing remains untouched by human decency.

The narrative of this event isn't about the title. It's about someone who habitually beats on women and gets to go free 'cause he's rich who just made at least $180 million beating up another guy in the ring last night on PPV.

That match should never have been allowed to happen. Putting that brutal insensible sub-human in the spotlight as a role model should not have been allowed to happen. What goes on outside of the ring was very much at stake last night.

[Speedy]

I was hoping they would both lose.

[space-time]

Speedy wrote:
I was hoping they would both lose.

those who watched lost:

http://ftw.usatoday.com/2015/05/mayweath...ead-payout

You can only fool people so long. By the third round, it was clear Mayweather was going to be successful in playing defense for nine more rounds. By the seventh, it was obvious Pacquiao wasn’t going to be able to get him down. The announcement that Mayweather was the victor was an inevitability. Pacquiao was the loser, but he had company. All of us were too. Most had watched the classic end to the Spurs-Clippers Game 7 before flipping over to the fight. It had action, unpredictability and “did you see that?!” moments. Basically it was the exact opposite of Mayweather-Pacquiao. Oh, and it didn’t cost $99.95.

[SteveG]

Doubly unimpressive when you realize
the other guy was standing right in front of them.

[pqrst]

One last tangent on the fight….. according to a friend in the UK, the fight was $35 on pay per view there. Interesting.