Why Cant Everybody Quit Pretending?

[AKATheMack]

Apologies in advance, slightly off topic, but the whole moral issue brought up in this intriguing thread makes me want to post this here because it's a good discussion so far...

So I'm at a point where Saturday night is almost here and I'm debating with myself whether to watch Margarito vs. Garcia or not. Sounds like it might be a good fight, curious to see what Tony has left, but then of course there's the whole scandal.

I'm not even talking about paying for a PPV. Is watching it on a stream still "supporting" Margarito/Illegal handwraps? Can you say he is a disgrace to boxing, but still tune in?


I guess I know the answers already. Just curious what others think.

Im watching it, but in this case I wouldnt care too severely if Margarito is knocked completely unconscious. Matter of fact I hope he gets knocked unconscious and falls through the ropes and breaks his leg. Drawing a line in what is acceptable for fighters to do and still get support is hard. Joe Louis was a cokehead, SRR beat his wife, SRL was a cokehead, Mayweather has been accused of beating women etc. etc.. If I try too hard to separate fighters I wont watch based on moral issues boxing becomes much less entertaining

I haven't read it, but basically didn't the TS say "**** it, let them take drugs and beat each other up"?

Not my exact feelings. My thought are anyone who watches boxing puts their own entertainment above the fighters health, so the only legitimate reason for actually caring about PED testing is for the fairness of the competition. If I didnt care about testing and only cared about my entertainment how is that ******? Im only doing what everyone else is doing apart from the fact I dont feel the need to sugar coat it. Im against fighters using PEDs because its illegal and unfair, Im not going to pretend that these fighters health is my first concern when Im already expecting them to put their body and minds on the line for my entertainment.

[maguirre]

We all watch a sport where we expect 2 grown men to enter a ring and repeatedly punch their opponent as hard as they can in the face and body. Can yall not get off your moral high horse and admit we dont really care about these fighters health? So do we draw the line at we dont care if these fighters get brain damage or worse as long as the fighter who did it wasnt on steroids?

And to think that they don't give a rat's ass about other fighters other than Mayweather.