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I've just been perusing people's complaints here and in other sites. For the most part, the hype for this fight is pretty big and 24/7 hasn't even started yet. I think it will do huge business despite the cry baby 'boycott' brigade. It's just funny the reasoning (I use that word lightly) they use to justify their complaints.
1) "I won't support this fight, buying it is supporting a cheater and Pacquiao is fighting another catchweight championship fight. I am a REAL boxing fan. I will stream it"
Translation: I'm either broke or I never pay for PPVs.
How are you 'boycotting' the fight if you will be begging people for streams on fight night? That'd be the equivalent of Blacks in the '60s boycotting the public transportation system but hitching a ride on the outside of a bus to get to work. Never mind that catchweights are common place in boxing history and present (see Williams-Martinez II). If you want to direct your anger towards the proper place, write a letter to the Texas commission, the WBC, how is Margarito at fault for doing his job, fighting, when the two aforementioned sanctioning bodies gave him the green light? REAL boxing fans would support mega fights like this and help the revival of the sport in the mainstream. But the clowns complaining about the integrity of the fight and 'boycotting' it by watching illegal streams are not only hypocrites, they come off as complete idiots.
2) "Margarito is a cheater and doesn't deserve this fight"
Where were you when Shane Mosley got a career payday to fight Mayweather only months after he admitted on video he took PEDs in the past? Where were the boycotters then? Oh right, putting money into an admitted and proven cheater's pockets by ordering the fight... or probably streaming it haha.
3) "Manny wants to be the best but he doesn't want to fight anybody but washed up old names". (Direct Quote from a Floyd fan)
Pacquiao's last 5 opponents:
Joshua Clottey (32 years old)
Miguel Cotto (29 years old)
Ricky Hatton (30 years old)
Oscar De La Hoya (35 years old)
David Diaz (32 years old)
*Margarito is 32*
Average age of Opponents: 31.6 years old
Mayweather's last 5 opponents:
Shane Mosley (38 years old, inactive for almost a year and 1/2, looked HORRIBLE in his last fight against a reality TV fighter)
Juan Manuel Marquez (37 years old, blown up lightweight, Floyd came in overweight in a catchweight fight)
Ricky Hatton (29 years old)
Oscar De La Hoya (34 years old, fought only once in 3 years since being KO'ed by Hopkins)
Carlos Baldomir (35 years old)
Average Age of Opponents: 34.6 years old
So basically, with the exception of DLH none of Pacquiao's last 5-6 opponents have been 'washed up old names'. In Floyd's case, his last 5 have been old, washed up, blown up, inactive with the exception of the 140-lb champion Hatton (age-wise only). Not only that, Pacquiao is about to step into the ring with a guy who dwarfs him (5'11" to 5'6") after taking on much bigger, stronger fighters the past few years in their weight divisions and knocking their belts right off of them. Meanwhile Floyd is blowing up smaller fighters and taking on guys who are pushing 40.
You do the math
1) "I won't support this fight, buying it is supporting a cheater and Pacquiao is fighting another catchweight championship fight. I am a REAL boxing fan. I will stream it"
Translation: I'm either broke or I never pay for PPVs.
How are you 'boycotting' the fight if you will be begging people for streams on fight night? That'd be the equivalent of Blacks in the '60s boycotting the public transportation system but hitching a ride on the outside of a bus to get to work. Never mind that catchweights are common place in boxing history and present (see Williams-Martinez II). If you want to direct your anger towards the proper place, write a letter to the Texas commission, the WBC, how is Margarito at fault for doing his job, fighting, when the two aforementioned sanctioning bodies gave him the green light? REAL boxing fans would support mega fights like this and help the revival of the sport in the mainstream. But the clowns complaining about the integrity of the fight and 'boycotting' it by watching illegal streams are not only hypocrites, they come off as complete idiots.
2) "Margarito is a cheater and doesn't deserve this fight"
Where were you when Shane Mosley got a career payday to fight Mayweather only months after he admitted on video he took PEDs in the past? Where were the boycotters then? Oh right, putting money into an admitted and proven cheater's pockets by ordering the fight... or probably streaming it haha.
3) "Manny wants to be the best but he doesn't want to fight anybody but washed up old names". (Direct Quote from a Floyd fan)
Pacquiao's last 5 opponents:
Joshua Clottey (32 years old)
Miguel Cotto (29 years old)
Ricky Hatton (30 years old)
Oscar De La Hoya (35 years old)
David Diaz (32 years old)
*Margarito is 32*
Average age of Opponents: 31.6 years old
Mayweather's last 5 opponents:
Shane Mosley (38 years old, inactive for almost a year and 1/2, looked HORRIBLE in his last fight against a reality TV fighter)
Juan Manuel Marquez (37 years old, blown up lightweight, Floyd came in overweight in a catchweight fight)
Ricky Hatton (29 years old)
Oscar De La Hoya (34 years old, fought only once in 3 years since being KO'ed by Hopkins)
Carlos Baldomir (35 years old)
Average Age of Opponents: 34.6 years old
So basically, with the exception of DLH none of Pacquiao's last 5-6 opponents have been 'washed up old names'. In Floyd's case, his last 5 have been old, washed up, blown up, inactive with the exception of the 140-lb champion Hatton (age-wise only). Not only that, Pacquiao is about to step into the ring with a guy who dwarfs him (5'11" to 5'6") after taking on much bigger, stronger fighters the past few years in their weight divisions and knocking their belts right off of them. Meanwhile Floyd is blowing up smaller fighters and taking on guys who are pushing 40.
You do the math
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