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De La Hoya - Mayweather

Elster88 May 05 2007 09:02 PM Edited 1 time(s), most recently on May 06 2007 12:48 AM

Since my friend is buying it I'm going to watch it. I haven't watched a fight since Holyfield-Tyson 2. Edit: Make that a boxing fight. I watch real fighting on PPV all the time. Edit2: Just to be clear, I was not referring to professional wrestling as "real fighting."

Willets Point May 05 2007 09:08 PM

Oddly that's the last fight I watched too, quite by accident. I went to a wedding that day and after the reception some folks gathered together at a sports bar and Holyfield-Tyson 2 was on the TV. So I saw the ear-biting live.

Nymr83 May 05 2007 10:03 PM

the CEO of De La Hoya's company is Robert Schaefer, good reason to root for him (that and Mayweather seems arrogant, even for a boxer)

SteveJRogers May 05 2007 11:37 PM Re: De La Hoya - Mayweather

Elster88 wrote: Since my friend is buying it I'm going to watch it. I haven't watched a fight since Holyfield-Tyson 2. Edit: Make that a boxing fight. I watch real fighting on PPV all the time. FWIW I prefer the "sport" the guy in your avatar performed in. At least you know it's not on the level, and that they aren't going out to try and kill each other.

Nymr83 May 05 2007 11:54 PM

i like REAL wrestling, the acting kind is LAME though.

Yancy Street Gang May 06 2007 08:41 AM

I can't remember the last boxing match I watched. I wouldn't be surprised if it involved Muhammed Ali.

Frayed Knot May 06 2007 11:19 PM

And if you had said that your last fight was one involving Cassius Clay then it really would have been a while. I don't get why - aside from hype from insiders who had a vested interest in selling it - this bout was considered such a big deal. Speaking of which, the PPV was handled by an arm of HBO which has the same corporate ownership as Sports Illustrated who "decided" this fight was worthy of a cover story this past week. I'm guessing that's not a coincidence. Anyway, they're both good fighters and all (and big 'names') but it was also at a made-up, compromise weight-class, is taking place about 4 years after it would have been really meaningful, and wasn't going to lead to the next step no matter who won. It's not like it's a playoff game where the winner advances to the next surviving contestant. It was a one-shot deal which only existed because it could rake in boatloads of money. That's good for all involved of course but, given the above circumstances, I wouldn't have paid $4.95 to see it, much less the $54.95 they were charging.