F--- boxing

If that had happened in Philly both guys would have been jabbing

 

The Senior Boxing League, propped up by Snoop and others, will likely turn into a thing soon.

But it will be dangerous, and likely deadly, judging by how bad Nate Robinson was throttled.

 

Rafael reports that Tyson-Jones did over 1M PPV buys. It was a perfectly entertaining bout. They put hands on each other and were definitely giving a real, legitimate effort. And thankfully no one got hurt and I don't think anyone who watched it felt like they either guy half assed it. So credit to them for creating something that got people interested in and didn't feel fleeced afterward.

And not surprisingly after hearing those PPV numbers and considering both guys made some significant cash Holyfield and Buster Douglas called out Tyson for future fights.

 

lot of excuses there, sure you got them all? what about Pac was great at 122 and Floyd didn't want to cut weight to fight him then.

 

For no reason at all, I'll take the counterpoint here.

Watching two old men spar is like watching your grandmother climb a stepladder - there isn't much art to it, and nothing competitive, and you're mostly worried someone is going to get hurt.

But I'm no fan of exhibitions generally.

My concern is that because there's good money in them, they've begun to encroach on the real thing. Mayweather-McGregor is the most obvious case. Like Ali - Inoki, it was an exhibition, not a real fight.

Floyd remains 49 - 0.

 

There's money in them because stars of the sport are involved. If it's just two 50 year-old preliminary fighters trying to pull it off no one is going to give a shit. Mike Tyson remains a huge name in the lexicon of sports fans, both die-hard and casual. I knew the minute it was announced that it would sell as long as they got it off the ground. Mike Tyson has incredible drawing power because of the aura and fascination around him.

A lot of boxing is exhibition, whether it's sanctioned or not. Go take a gander at Saul Alvarez's first 20 fights and you might find four real boxers in there and 16 guys that took a few dollars to get beat up in front of a small crowd in Mexico. In that sense Conor McGregor was no less worthy of a sanctioned fight, even though he clearly isn't at a level of any trained professional boxer.

 

Spence-Garcia was a ho-hum PPV main event last night (I watched it on YouTube this morning). Garcia had some good moments over the second half but he was fighting off his back foot from the opening bell. Spence dictated the fight with his jab and straight left. Neither guy hurt, in another time this would have been a Saturday afternoon network fight.

 

Spence looked pretty good. He was a little tired in the final few rounds, but did what he needed to do. Garcia is a tough opponent with some good credentials, especially for a guy coming off of a life-threatening car accident that forced him out of the ring for a while.

 

Agreed, Spence looked really strong early just sticking to the basics: good, stiff jab and straight left, he never really let Garcia get on track.

 

Spence vs Garcia was rigged. Haymon controls both and Spence is the one with the bigger potential to draw numbers. Garcia is a fading b side pawn at this point. Haymon set up a rigged sparring session. Of course Spence is still ducking Terence Crawford. Haymon will not let his last meal ticket hope lose. He will only face opponents Haymon controls via PBC - or he will take the cash out payday to lose to Canelo at 160 which will not hurt his leverage at 147.

 

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