Comments Thread For: Exhibition or Not, Paul Beating Mayweather Would Leave a Mark on Boxing

[Boxviewer]

I don't get it why some folks are achting so emotional. It's just an EXHIBITION folks! It has nothing to do with the sport. Even if Paul accidently ko's Floyd it will be nothing but a great comedy. And it won't take anything away from Floyd Mayweather's legacy. Only Floyd's haters will like to see it deferently.

[HandsofIron]

Alright, check it out, this fight is going to leave a bad mark regardless because this thing is ****** and r e t a r d e d.

If boxing wants to leave a good mark, then May and Pac should cancel their dumb fights right now and fight each other again.

May-Pac 2 will do huge numbers.

That way we can finally get that long awaited Spence-Crawford showdown.

[Rapscallion]

Did you even watch this exhibition? Ali clowned and toyed with Alzado who did absolutely nothing to Ali. There was nothing sad about it. Ali obviously wasn't trying to "win" or hurt Alzado. That's why it's called an exhibition. I don't even think you ever watched it judging by your comments.

You don't have a clue. I watched it back in '79, and I've watched it repeatedly since then. Ali was virtually helpless, and if Alzado hadn't decided to keep it an exhibition, he could have battered Ali as did Fury batter Wilder. Ali could no longer box, so his skills would not have saved him for Alzado's amateur boxing backed by an extra 70 pounds of muscle. It's Ali lovers/morons such as you that cost Ali his health back in the latter part of his career. They refused to assess his ring fitness and sent him out again and again so they could continue to live off him. So I now ask the question that you posed to me: Did you even watch this exhibition? And if so, did you watch it with your head up your a$$? Are you aware that long before this exhibition that the president of Madison Square Gardens told Ali that he would not box there again? Did you not see Ali's fights against Holmes and Berbick? The two fights that came after the July '79 Alzado exhibition? And if you did are you going to tell me that Ali still had it for those two fights as well?

[joseph5620]

You don't have a clue. I watched it back in '79, and I've watched it repeatedly since then. Ali was virtually helpless, and if Alzado hadn't decided to keep it an exhibition, he could have battered Ali as did Fury batter Wilder. Ali could no longer box, so his skills would not have saved him for Alzado's amateur boxing backed by an extra 70 pounds of muscle. It's Ali lovers/morons such as you that cost Ali his health back in the latter part of his career. They refused to assess his ring fitness and sent him out again and again so they could continue to live off him. So I now ask the question that you posed to me: Did you even watch this exhibition? And if so, did you watch it with your head up your a$$? Are you aware that long before this exhibition that the president of Madison Square Gardens told Ali that he would not box there again? Did you not see Ali's fights against Holmes and Berbick? The two fights that came after the July '79 Alzado exhibition? And if you did are you going to tell me that Ali still had it for those two fights as well?

Stopped reading after that. You are dumber than a brick if you believe Alzado was the one holding back when it was clearly Ali holding back. Alzado even said that All's playful punches hurt and he knew Ali didn't want to hurt him. Alzado wasn't a boxer or anything close to one. You're just another one of these dumb, moronic, fans that don't know the difference between an exhibition and a real boxing match.

[GhostofDempsey]

If Logan should land the luckiest of all luckiest punches, it would be an embarrassment of epic proportions. But, Logan is awful. Throws punches with his face wide open, chin up in the air, and leans right into counter punches. He's going to take a worse more humiliating beating than Josie Harris.

[BeLikeWater]

This fight made sense on paper but I’m sure show time realizes now that they are gonna lose a lot of money.

[Straightener]

Stop peddling this garbage

[NC Uppercut]

Logan Paul has about the same luck of me hitting a 300 million power ball

[Bronx2245]

I was never a fan of these exhibition bouts. Retired boxers getting back in the ring.

At first, with Tyson vs Jones, it was a joke and that’s fine, but it’s caught too much traction. Now, everyone wants a piece of that. The problem is that now, these boxing bouts, that mean absolutely nothing I might add, are more mainstream and more important, than real bouts with top tier boxers.

This is the new era of boxing and it’s scary. We are in an era where most people hear about “boxing” and they think of this. This is what our sport is to the mainstream viewer. Shows on Triller with 90% filler. ****** live music, ****** commentary, ****** WWE type fluff, with about 10% real boxing.

The Spence, Crawford, Timo Lopez, Tyson Fury, Josh Taylor, the top echelon guys who make boxing play second fiddle to the meaningless exhibition bouts of has beens and never weres.

Honestly, boxing has itself to blame. All the different promotional outfits, the “build up” bouts, the “protected” stars, the failed negotiations and top stars who don’t fight each other. All of that has reached a point where all the compelling bouts that we have called for never happened or they happened too late.

Instead of the sport evolving to force top tier boxers into highly competitive and compelling bouts, it has evolved to an irrelevant Mayweather vs a YouTube star, and that’s the best we can get.

I really thought FOX and ESPN would make a significant difference in exposing the public to the sport again! However, thus far, I don't see a difference, and things are getting worse! Today, I asked 2 male Filipino active duty sailors in their early 30s, if they saw the "Filipino Flash" on Saturday! One never heard of him, and the other thought he was retired! That's what we're up against! Showtime gave us a treat, and it's only our little secret! SHAME!

[champion4ever]

Money May has to go hard on this one because Logan's aim is to definitely stiff him and rough him up. He has nothing to lose and everything to prove. So this will not be an exhibition bout trust me. It's going to be a real fight.