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Today, I was watching First Take and they were (surprise, surprise) talking about Manny. Now that is not bad if they were analyzing his fight with Rios but they weren't. Instead, they were talking about how he might run for president and how this might affect a future fight with Floyd. These guys are not fighting in the near future. Get over it. Why not cover the great card that took place last saturday or the upcoming fights between Marquez v Bradley, Pacquiao v Rios, Mayweather v Canelo, or Matthysse v Garcia? They spend whole segments talking about some college quarterback's attitude, but can't have a boxing related story that does not revolve around Mayweather AND Pacquiao. These guys are not joined at the hip, if you mention one fighter without saying the other guy's name the world will not end.
Of course, the discussion soon became a Mayweather v Pacquiao arguement. Smith mocked Manny's KO and kept repeating how Mayweather is the p4p atg. While Skip kept saying that Manny bounced up from the KO and was playing chess 30min after the fight. No actual boxing was analyzed. And their discussion sounded more like something you can read on this forum, not something you would expect from "professionals".
How can one expect the general public to care about boxing when the "analyst" shows such a lack of understanding about boxing?
(I fully expect and somewhat deserve the
)
Rant Over.
Of course, the discussion soon became a Mayweather v Pacquiao arguement. Smith mocked Manny's KO and kept repeating how Mayweather is the p4p atg. While Skip kept saying that Manny bounced up from the KO and was playing chess 30min after the fight. No actual boxing was analyzed. And their discussion sounded more like something you can read on this forum, not something you would expect from "professionals".
How can one expect the general public to care about boxing when the "analyst" shows such a lack of understanding about boxing?
(I fully expect and somewhat deserve the
)Rant Over.
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