To casual boxing fans:

Just wanted too address a few reactions to MayMac. This was a novelty/exhibition fight at best. Trumpeting Floyd for getting his 50th win against an MMA fighter is a joke. I’ve personally watched a who’s who of the UFC get beaten at boxing by amatuer boxers over the years at Wild Card in Hollywood, CA. It isn’t at all surprising and it’s only a $5 guest fee at Wild Card.

Trumpeting the fact Conor went “10 whole rounds” with Mayweather like it’s an accoplishment?! Did you stop and ask when’s the last time Floyd knocked anyone out? If you count Victor Ortiz (I don’t) go back 6 years. If you go to his last real knock out, it was Ricky Hatton 10 years ago! Floyd was never known as a powerful puncher but over the last decade has not hurt anyone. McGregor is a UFC fighter, did anyone not think he could take a punch?

This "fight" went exactly to script. It was the most shameless cash grab I’ve ever seen. Floyd got 50, Conor took no real punishment, Floyd got enough to stave off the IRS for now, Conor quadrupled his net worth, and everyone who paid got played watching a WWE caliber match.

You didn’t watch a great fight. You watched a Mayweather Production. We live in a reality show. As long as it sells we can’t honestly expect anything else. This fight unequivocally sucked but Mayweather McGregor actually was the perfect fight for 2017. No substance, all hype, and incredibly stupid.

There is truly no one better at dodging top fighters and marketing lesser fights than Floyd Mayweather, TBE hands down. McGregor, who remarkably is almost as universally unlikeable as Floyd, played the heel and the PPV audience played the fool.

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Simon Peter de Veer
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