Does Anybody Really Care About This? Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather's stupidity proves why this really is a freak show that the public is to blame for. Ewan Mackenna, The...

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather's stupidity proves why this really is a freak show that the public is to blame for.

Ewan Mackenna, The Independent23, August 2017

The exchange went as follows. In front of a baying Toronto crowd of easily entertained adults, the sort that'd get giddy and aroused by verbal sparring in a chip shop at 3am, Floyd Mayweather grabbed an Irish f**g and wrapped it around his shoulders. Chest out as always, on what lazily encompassed part two of a world tour of just three stops, Conor McGregor predictably got on the microphone and resorted to what he's becoming better known for than even his truly impressive MMA ability.

“If you do something with that f**g I'll f*** you up,” he said like a thuggish teen. He then took a backpack belonging to his opponent, pulled wads of cash from it and laughed, “That's it? That's it? There's about five grand in here. F*** me.” At this point arguably the finest boxer ever squatted down and pretended to go to the toilet as the Irishman again roared with the conviction of a WWE star, “You do something with that f**g I'm going to f*** you up on this stage”.

Just consider that lot for a moment before we move on.

The figures around Saturday's fight are startling. While both will make a number with eight zeroes at the end, there'll be plenty left over for everyone else involved to divvy up. In fact as a contest, revenue is said to top the $600m mark, with sponsorship estimated at $22m, ticket sales at $77.1m via an average seat coming close to $4,000, and pay per view smashing the sweet science's high at a projected $455m. But think for a second as to why people are buying into this in such numbers as it's certainly not for the bout itself as even pigeon-holing this as sport is awkward.

In one corner is a guy that the influential website Boxrec.com rates as the best pound-for-pound pugilist of them all, ahead of Carlos Monzon and Rocky Marciano, Marvin Hagler and Tommy Hearns, Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali. In the other will be a guy that was so limited when it came to boxing that he left it behind after taking a beating in the early stages of the Irish amateur intermediate championships many years ago. Yet even that reality is lost to the hype and hyperbole that McGregor induces, when his talent in his own sphere means he shouldn't need exaggeration and outright lies. As one former Irish Olympian puts it when remembering his quality, “In boxing he couldn't and wouldn't beat eggs. But joking aside, he wasn't at the standard of even that. Today he wouldn't even win an Irish title at his weight. That's the level.”

At best, while their respective arts have some similarities, it would be like putting Farah and Bolt against each other in a 10k race as they are both track stars. At worst it brings to mind the Dougal line in Father Ted. “Sampras, like Pete Sampras. You know, rabbits, tennis, you know that whole connection there.” In that sense it's farce packaged as fierce and, if there's nothing untoward in an oft-shady game, even in a sport where one punch can change the world, it's already a forgone conclusion.

There is of course previous in what reminds of 19th-century vaudeville. In 1976 even Muhammad Ali was tempted to the pay-out as he entered into a contest with pro-wrestler Antonio Inoki. After 14 seconds the Japanese got onto the canvas in a crab position, Ali didn't throw a punch until the seventh round as a result, threw a total of six across the full 15 rounds as he roared “coward” at the man crawling around in front of him, and by the end so little action had occurred it was a draw. We should learn from that history as while it won't be that bad, there's nothing to suggest it will be a whole lot better. So if it's not the competition or quality, why are people in the UK forking out £19.95 and in Ireland €24.95 and in the United States up to $99.99 to watch it in their living rooms?

patron1

Irish?.....I thought McGregor was Scottish.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

patron1 wrote:

Irish?.....I thought McGregor was Scottish.

Nope, he's Irish.

Liberty Tree

slatten49 wrote:

Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather's stupidity proves why this really is a freak show that the public is to blame for.

Ewan Mackenna, The Independent23, August 2017

The exchange went as follows. In front of a baying Toronto crowd of easily entertained adults, the sort that'd get giddy and aroused by verbal sparring in a chip shop at 3am, Floyd Mayweather grabbed an Irish f**g and wrapped it around his shoulders. Chest out as always, on what lazily encompassed part two of a world tour of just three stops, Conor McGregor predictably got on the microphone and resorted to what he's becoming better known for than even his truly impressive MMA ability.

“If you do something with that f**g I'll f*** you up,” he said like a thuggish teen. He then took a backpack belonging to his opponent, pulled wads of cash from it and laughed, “That's it? That's it? There's about five grand in here. F*** me.” At this point arguably the finest boxer ever squatted down and pretended to go to the toilet as the Irishman again roared with the conviction of a WWE star, “You do something with that f**g I'm going to f*** you up on this stage”.

Just consider that lot for a moment before we move on.

The figures around Saturday's fight are startling. While both will make a number with eight zeroes at the end, there'll be plenty left over for everyone else involved to divvy up. In fact as a contest, revenue is said to top the $600m mark, with sponsorship estimated at $22m, ticket sales at $77.1m via an average seat coming close to $4,000, and pay per view smashing the sweet science's high at a projected $455m. But think for a second as to why people are buying into this in such numbers as it's certainly not for the bout itself as even pigeon-holing this as sport is awkward.

In one corner is a guy that the influential website Boxrec.com rates as the best pound-for-pound pugilist of them all, ahead of Carlos Monzon and Rocky Marciano, Marvin Hagler and Tommy Hearns, Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali. In the other will be a guy that was so limited when it came to boxing that he left it behind after taking a beating in the early stages of the Irish amateur intermediate championships many years ago. Yet even that reality is lost to the hype and hyperbole that McGregor induces, when his talent in his own sphere means he shouldn't need exaggeration and outright lies. As one former Irish Olympian puts it when remembering his quality, “In boxing he couldn't and wouldn't beat eggs. But joking aside, he wasn't at the standard of even that. Today he wouldn't even win an Irish title at his weight. That's the level.”

At best, while their respective arts have some similarities, it would be like putting Farah and Bolt against each other in a 10k race as they are both track stars. At worst it brings to mind the Dougal line in Father Ted. “Sampras, like Pete Sampras. You know, rabbits, tennis, you know that whole connection there.” In that sense it's farce packaged as fierce and, if there's nothing untoward in an oft-shady game, even in a sport where one punch can change the world, it's already a forgone conclusion.

There is of course previous in what reminds of 19th-century vaudeville. In 1976 even Muhammad Ali was tempted to the pay-out as he entered into a contest with pro-wrestler Antonio Inoki. After 14 seconds the Japanese got onto the canvas in a crab position, Ali didn't throw a punch until the seventh round as a result, threw a total of six across the full 15 rounds as he roared “coward” at the man crawling around in front of him, and by the end so little action had occurred it was a draw. We should learn from that history as while it won't be that bad, there's nothing to suggest it will be a whole lot better. So if it's not the competition or quality, why are people in the UK forking out £19.95 and in Ireland €24.95 and in the United States up to $99.99 to watch it in their living rooms?

Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather's stupidity pr... (show quote)

They are smarter than those who pay to watch it.

slatten49 Loc: Lake Whitney, Texas

Liberty Tree wrote:

They are smarter than those who pay to watch it.

That is the absolute t***h, L-T.

Docadhoc Loc: Elsewhere

slatten49 wrote:

Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather's stupidity proves why this really is a freak show that the public is to blame for.

Ewan Mackenna, The Independent23, August 2017

The exchange went as follows. In front of a baying Toronto crowd of easily entertained adults, the sort that'd get giddy and aroused by verbal sparring in a chip shop at 3am, Floyd Mayweather grabbed an Irish f**g and wrapped it around his shoulders. Chest out as always, on what lazily encompassed part two of a world tour of just three stops, Conor McGregor predictably got on the microphone and resorted to what he's becoming better known for than even his truly impressive MMA ability.

“If you do something with that f**g I'll f*** you up,” he said like a thuggish teen. He then took a backpack belonging to his opponent, pulled wads of cash from it and laughed, “That's it? That's it? There's about five grand in here. F*** me.” At this point arguably the finest boxer ever squatted down and pretended to go to the toilet as the Irishman again roared with the conviction of a WWE star, “You do something with that f**g I'm going to f*** you up on this stage”.

Just consider that lot for a moment before we move on.

The figures around Saturday's fight are startling. While both will make a number with eight zeroes at the end, there'll be plenty left over for everyone else involved to divvy up. In fact as a contest, revenue is said to top the $600m mark, with sponsorship estimated at $22m, ticket sales at $77.1m via an average seat coming close to $4,000, and pay per view smashing the sweet science's high at a projected $455m. But think for a second as to why people are buying into this in such numbers as it's certainly not for the bout itself as even pigeon-holing this as sport is awkward.

In one corner is a guy that the influential website Boxrec.com rates as the best pound-for-pound pugilist of them all, ahead of Carlos Monzon and Rocky Marciano, Marvin Hagler and Tommy Hearns, Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali. In the other will be a guy that was so limited when it came to boxing that he left it behind after taking a beating in the early stages of the Irish amateur intermediate championships many years ago. Yet even that reality is lost to the hype and hyperbole that McGregor induces, when his talent in his own sphere means he shouldn't need exaggeration and outright lies. As one former Irish Olympian puts it when remembering his quality, “In boxing he couldn't and wouldn't beat eggs. But joking aside, he wasn't at the standard of even that. Today he wouldn't even win an Irish title at his weight. That's the level.”

At best, while their respective arts have some similarities, it would be like putting Farah and Bolt against each other in a 10k race as they are both track stars. At worst it brings to mind the Dougal line in Father Ted. “Sampras, like Pete Sampras. You know, rabbits, tennis, you know that whole connection there.” In that sense it's farce packaged as fierce and, if there's nothing untoward in an oft-shady game, even in a sport where one punch can change the world, it's already a forgone conclusion.

There is of course previous in what reminds of 19th-century vaudeville. In 1976 even Muhammad Ali was tempted to the pay-out as he entered into a contest with pro-wrestler Antonio Inoki. After 14 seconds the Japanese got onto the canvas in a crab position, Ali didn't throw a punch until the seventh round as a result, threw a total of six across the full 15 rounds as he roared “coward” at the man crawling around in front of him, and by the end so little action had occurred it was a draw. We should learn from that history as while it won't be that bad, there's nothing to suggest it will be a whole lot better. So if it's not the competition or quality, why are people in the UK forking out £19.95 and in Ireland €24.95 and in the United States up to $99.99 to watch it in their living rooms?

Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather's stupidity pr... (show quote)

Why? Because some people have more money than cents.

The answer to the thread header is no.

saltwind 78 Loc: Murrells Inlet, South Carolina

patron, It's probably just a plot to sell more tickets to the fight. I wouldn't take it too seriously!

patron1 wrote:

Irish?.....I thought McGregor was Scottish.

badbobby Loc: texas

slatten49 wrote:

Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather's stupidity proves why this really is a freak show that the public is to blame for.

Ewan Mackenna, The Independent23, August 2017

The exchange went as follows. In front of a baying Toronto crowd of easily entertained adults, the sort that'd get giddy and aroused by verbal sparring in a chip shop at 3am, Floyd Mayweather grabbed an Irish f**g and wrapped it around his shoulders. Chest out as always, on what lazily encompassed part two of a world tour of just three stops, Conor McGregor predictably got on the microphone and resorted to what he's becoming better known for than even his truly impressive MMA ability.

“If you do something with that f**g I'll f*** you up,” he said like a thuggish teen. He then took a backpack belonging to his opponent, pulled wads of cash from it and laughed, “That's it? That's it? There's about five grand in here. F*** me.” At this point arguably the finest boxer ever squatted down and pretended to go to the toilet as the Irishman again roared with the conviction of a WWE star, “You do something with that f**g I'm going to f*** you up on this stage”.

Just consider that lot for a moment before we move on.

The figures around Saturday's fight are startling. While both will make a number with eight zeroes at the end, there'll be plenty left over for everyone else involved to divvy up. In fact as a contest, revenue is said to top the $600m mark, with sponsorship estimated at $22m, ticket sales at $77.1m via an average seat coming close to $4,000, and pay per view smashing the sweet science's high at a projected $455m. But think for a second as to why people are buying into this in such numbers as it's certainly not for the bout itself as even pigeon-holing this as sport is awkward.

In one corner is a guy that the influential website Boxrec.com rates as the best pound-for-pound pugilist of them all, ahead of Carlos Monzon and Rocky Marciano, Marvin Hagler and Tommy Hearns, Sugar Ray Robinson and Muhammad Ali. In the other will be a guy that was so limited when it came to boxing that he left it behind after taking a beating in the early stages of the Irish amateur intermediate championships many years ago. Yet even that reality is lost to the hype and hyperbole that McGregor induces, when his talent in his own sphere means he shouldn't need exaggeration and outright lies. As one former Irish Olympian puts it when remembering his quality, “In boxing he couldn't and wouldn't beat eggs. But joking aside, he wasn't at the standard of even that. Today he wouldn't even win an Irish title at his weight. That's the level.”

At best, while their respective arts have some similarities, it would be like putting Farah and Bolt against each other in a 10k race as they are both track stars. At worst it brings to mind the Dougal line in Father Ted. “Sampras, like Pete Sampras. You know, rabbits, tennis, you know that whole connection there.” In that sense it's farce packaged as fierce and, if there's nothing untoward in an oft-shady game, even in a sport where one punch can change the world, it's already a forgone conclusion.

There is of course previous in what reminds of 19th-century vaudeville. In 1976 even Muhammad Ali was tempted to the pay-out as he entered into a contest with pro-wrestler Antonio Inoki. After 14 seconds the Japanese got onto the canvas in a crab position, Ali didn't throw a punch until the seventh round as a result, threw a total of six across the full 15 rounds as he roared “coward” at the man crawling around in front of him, and by the end so little action had occurred it was a draw. We should learn from that history as while it won't be that bad, there's nothing to suggest it will be a whole lot better. So if it's not the competition or quality, why are people in the UK forking out £19.95 and in Ireland €24.95 and in the United States up to $99.99 to watch it in their living rooms?

Conor McGregor and Floyd Mayweather's stupidity pr... (show quote)

I for one wouldn't fork out 99 cents
It is absolutely amazing how people can be duped