Comments Thread For: Feel free to hate Mayweather-McGregor, but for the right reasons

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By Lyle Fitzsimmons - OK, let's face some facts. Rightly or wrongly, we all know what we'll be doing on Aug. 26. And though no offense is intended to the fighters or the executives with whom they've aligned, we all know it has precisely nothing to do with Miguel Cotto, Yoshihiro Kamegai or the Network of Champions. Some think that's a shame. Others call it an outrage...
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[daveydmx]

if McGregor hears the final bell . . . it will be a HUGE BLACK EYE for Professional Boxing

[ConRaffery]

if McGregor hears the final bell . . . it will be a HUGE BLACK EYE for Professional Boxing

I doubt he goes the distance but who cares if he does.

Everyone will forget about it in like 2 weeks except a handful of trolls and genuine boxing fans will have alvarez golovkin just around the corner to look forward to.

Everyone is getting wayyyyy too worked up over this fight.

[Teetotaler]

I didnt know The Tribe and/or Kigali wrote for this site

[kushking]

Another shît flômo fluff piece by Lyle Fitzsimmons. This clown is a pathetic flômo of epic proportions, trying to do everything in his power to make this abomination seem at all interesting. I expect another dozen of these shîtpieces where he will try anything to convince everyone that were just haters & supposedly will watch this donkey show. It's pathetic that this clown is trying to make it seem like Cottos fight is less interesting than gimpweathers Ultimate Flômo Championship,& trying to compare canelo fighting smith a champ or jr a guy with a 50-2 record to flômo gimpweather starring in a leprechaun midget snuff film. Enjoy watching floydie rape a leprechaun flômos,Ill be watching an actual fight. Fitzsimmons you flômo clown how much is gimpyweather paying you?

[kushking]

I didnt know The Tribe and/or Kigali wrote for this site

These Flômos like Fitzsimmons are getting desperate now that everyone whos not a complete flômo/mma ****** are calling this fight the circus that it is. Expect this site ran by flômos to make tons of articles about how dlh is to blame,& how this fight is actually interesting in some way. These same ass holes are now using canelos fights as an excuse for gimpweather chickenshît. They claimed/claim canelo vs jr was a disgrace,then write these shîtpieces on why the Ultimate Flômo Championship isnt. These gimps are literally grasping at straws & im enjoying LMAO at these hypocrit ,& kigali is among the worst of them,but theres tons like Jason SHAW etc. Who are equally hypocrit shîttalkers. Never have I seen black people worship someone to the point of ******ation they remind me of white Trump supporters or black obamanoids like jamie foxx who called him jesus.

[Nlz]

The big issue here is not that the fight might intrigue a bunch of casual fans. The issue isn't about de la hoya being inconsequent. the issue is not even the fact that the fight is taking away the limelight of a real great fight. the issue isn't about that this fight could be 'bad for boxing'. the issue here is the fight itself.

The big issue here is that the NSAC is allowing this (official) fight from happening - while it is a total mismatch. I remember two years a go, the reasons NSAC had for not allowing the fight between Ward and Murdoc to happen was exactly that: mismatch (note: Murdoc had a record of 18-1-0 at that time). But somehow those rules dont apply for #maycon. When Floyd is at 49-0-0 and McGregor is at 0-0-0. wtf!

I get it from Connor's side. He has little to lose. In fact, he got a lot to win. He has been carrying the ufc for quite some time, yet has never been truly rewarded for being the face of the UFC. That organisation is apparently worth $4B however that money has unfortunately not been flowing to the real stars of the game. So he gets an opportunity to get financially rewarded in an exhibition fight, with little damage. Of course he takes it.

I however do not get it from the self proclaimed "TBE". If you want to leave a legacy, you do not end your career like this. The definition of "leaving a legacy" is anything but this. Yes I get it. It's again an easy fight to take. Great money. But that record don't mean siht if you achieved it by going at it against a rookie. I would not have a problem with this fight on an exhibition level - although I still would not watch it.

Remember Ali against Inoki. It was a exhibition fight. The result? The fight was poorly received. The crowd threw rubbish into the ring and chanted "Money back! Money back!". Apparently it took the janitorial people of the Arena almost a full day to clean up the garbage that was hurled at the two 'combatants' as the result of their lousy performance. Similar will happen come August 26.

[A-Wolf]

I'm unable to buy into it or get excited if I know it'll be non competitive. Boxing is all about competition - competing - competitiveness - ect. It doesn't work without that. Not for me at least.

[A-Wolf]

if McGregor hears the final bell . . . it will be a HUGE BLACK EYE for Professional Boxing

I'm more worried about alien attack then I am that happening.

[Bronx2245]

Glad to see Fitzsimmons point out Oscar's hypocrisy! In December Oscar said the only fight that makes sense was Canelo vs. McGregor @ 160. Six months later, suddenly this fight is a disgrace to boxing! What Chavez Jr. did was very disgraceful, and it cost me $70!