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Feels that way. This has been the big thing casting a shadow over boxing for the last 5-6 years. No matter how many good fights we had and some exciting fighters coming through, this was always the thing everybody still talked about. It dominated this forum for years, a war of words between fans of both guys. Having to sift though pages and pages of topics about these guys to find other subjects within boxing.
Now it happened, it's over. Mayweather won easily, he has nothing to prove. Give him his dues, he's an all time great, up there with the best. When the news guys come through, we'll all be saying how they wouldn't have beaten Floyd, just like they do now with Leonard, Hearns et al. Pacquiao gave everyone a few special years too and should be remembered as a great who went through divisions in style. These guys will be gone very soon and i feel like a shadow has lifted off boxing, not saying they made it worse, just i think this needed to happen so we can let boxing breath again.
There's a lot of good exciting fighters out there like Golovkin, Kovalev, Thurman, Crawford, Lomachenko etc...and exiting times ahead. I think now this is over, it will breath new life into boxing in a way and the path is clear.
I don't think it will have made boxing any new fans, far from it. But for us who watch it week in-week out, i think it will become more enjoyable. It's been a trip though!
Now it happened, it's over. Mayweather won easily, he has nothing to prove. Give him his dues, he's an all time great, up there with the best. When the news guys come through, we'll all be saying how they wouldn't have beaten Floyd, just like they do now with Leonard, Hearns et al. Pacquiao gave everyone a few special years too and should be remembered as a great who went through divisions in style. These guys will be gone very soon and i feel like a shadow has lifted off boxing, not saying they made it worse, just i think this needed to happen so we can let boxing breath again.
There's a lot of good exciting fighters out there like Golovkin, Kovalev, Thurman, Crawford, Lomachenko etc...and exiting times ahead. I think now this is over, it will breath new life into boxing in a way and the path is clear.
I don't think it will have made boxing any new fans, far from it. But for us who watch it week in-week out, i think it will become more enjoyable. It's been a trip though!
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