afcpaul wrote:dalcumly wrote:In this weeks Boxing News editorial Matt Christie expresses his feelings on the Mayweather/McGregor 'world tour' and the forthcoming 'fight'.
In my opinion it sums up exactly how I feel about this absolute joke of a boxing contest. Perhaps my age, and being a traditionalist has a lot to do with it, but how can any boxing fan treat this seriously. A few people, I accept, are going to make an awful lot of money, but I'm stunned and extremely disappointed that ANY boxing sanctioning organisation should authorise this event. Furthermore , how can a recognised referee and judges agree to take part. All it does as far as these officials are concerned, is prove that their love of money is greater than their respect for the sport.
If Matt Christie believes that by covering the fight will sell more magazines then he's obliged to report on it and the build up but if not he should leave well alone.
This is equivalent of letting McGregor play centre half for Real Madrid in the Champions league final. Mayweather will box him senseless for a few rounds and then he'll let rip until the referee steps in with MCGregor's face looking like a 'pound of mince'.
The whole event sums up the lack of integrity among those in Las Vegas who control boxing. Money is king.
I agree with you. I can understand why its happening (money). I understand its official and why (money). Whist Im not buying this I have a few question -
Where is it taking place ?.
What channel has the ppv ?.
How much ?. I've see £90 quoted on websites ?.
IMO this takes it to a new level of stupidity.
Can anyone advise ?.
Probably somewhere in Vegas.
In the UK not yet decided but probably Sky Box Office.
Almost certainly the same price bracket as Joshua Klitschko and Mayweather Pacquaio. The prices quoted mentioning £90/£120 seem to be people on Facebook who haven't worked out that they've been discussing American price models.
Again, there are bigger surprises which could happen every week in boxing than McGregor winning this fight. There has been a farcical amount of overstating this as a mismatch, (and believe me, I think it's a mismatch), which seems to have been missed. Honestly, if some of the people on here think a McGregor win is a bigger upset than Leicester winning the league they should genuinely and without hesitation be remortgaging homes, withdrawing full bank balances and borrowing as much as possible to get everything they can on a Mayweather win.
To put it into context, you can get 1/6 on Mayweather winning, yet those who believe him
not winning would be a bigger shock than Leicester winning the league are suggesting his realistic odds that the bookies should be offering would be somewhere in the region of 1/15,000, those being the odds that would be needed to produce an overround in a three-horse race where one selection is 5,000/1.
