Are you going to pay for Mayweather Vs McGregor?

[Madison Boxing]

no i wont pay for it and i wont watch it live. not getting up at 4am to watch that ****e, its not a real fight to me.

[A.K]

I know a bar that's gonna order it I'll just go there

[Lester Tutor]

It will be free here

[Scipio2009]

Hell no. Most likely going to a buddies place that is buying it. But me personally, not paying for a fight that won't be competitive, whatsoever. Honestly wouldn't even care if I missed it, and caught the replay a week later or something.

If your buddy is paying for the fight, and you head over to his place with drinks or some food, you're helping to pay for the event.

[Scipio2009]

... in my country they air it for free...

Free-to-air is different from free; the rights are sold to whomever is broadcasting the fight, and it's my guess that said broadcaster will sell advertisements between the rounds (that you contribute to by watching).

[Scipio2009]

Heading to the bar for the PPV ($20 plus drinks), and will likely be out the whole night

[Richard Hamilton]

Obviously not

[MDPopescu]

Free-to-air is different from free; the rights are sold to whomever is broadcasting the fight, and it's my guess that said broadcaster will sell advertisements between the rounds (that you contribute to by watching).

... that's exactly the case... but is there any more "free" manner of airing?

[TheBigLug]

Not sure, but then again it's much cheaper here in the UK than in USA so it depends on my plans that day. I'd probably save more money staying in and watching it than going out doing whatever on a Saturday night.

If i had to pay $100 for it, i'm not sure i would. If you make a night of it with friends though and all chip in, then why not.

[Combat Talk Radio]

You know, I thought about this. Not only will I not pay for it, I won't even watch it. Yes, I'm a Floyd fan AND a McGregor fan at least at the basic level. But here's the problem with this fight. It's a lose-lose all around; there's no upside whatsoever.

1. If Mayweather goes the distance with McGregor and beats him, people will accuse Floyd of carrying Conor and purposely not showing up.
2. If McGregor gets a decision over 12 people will blame Floyd's age.
3. If Mayweather knocks McGregor out people will say, "well of course, he's an MMA fighter, boxing is a different sport, he's never had a fight/Conor has a glass jaw"
4. If McGregor knocks out Mayweather people will say "well of course, we told you Floyd is too small and Conor's too big"
5. If it goes to a draw or a no contest, people will accuse either judges or Floyd of rigging the fight to trigger fans into demanding a rematch (despite no rematch clause) to get paid more money
6. If the ref stops McGregor people will whine about early stoppage and not letting Conor get a chance to recover, or worse, unpunished fouls from Floyd
7. If the ref stops Floyd they'll accuse Floyd of throwing the fight to get a rematch and get paid more money
8. If McGregor quits including his corner stopping it or staying down after a KD ala Victor Ortiz, they'll accuse Conor of essentially getting paid to throw the fight ala Charles Martin (the most likely scenario and my prediction)

Floyd won't get credit for winning even if he does show up in Gatti form. McGregor might or might not get credit for winning. Neither will come out superior all said and done. Which is why I felt Conor should have faced someone like Chris Algieri first to help sell the story.

There's simply no upside. There will be some sort of excuse or complaint no matter WHO wins or how they win.