April 30, 2015
Mayweather-Pacquiao can't save boxing
Boxing is experiencing a revival of sorts in America. No one knows exactly why or for how long. In the past year it has crept back on to network TV, broadening its exposure. But greed rules this game, and the more popular boxing becomes, the more likely public access will be limited by pay per view. That's proved deadly for the sport the past forty years. More ominously for boxing, history has turned against it. Too violent, too damaging. So it might seem a little surprising that the sport is about to have its biggest payday ever.
Mayweather-Pacquiao is undeniably the fight of the century, though it’s occurring in the wrong decade. These men are old athletes now (38 and 36), both past their primes. A writer said about undefeated Floyd Mayweather, who once floated effortlessly around the ring, that today he’s almost stationary, and “when he moves, he does so with the delicate deliberation of a dog hunting...(Read Full Post)