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C_U_L8R

(44,897 posts)
1. For me, HiDef TV made boxing almost too realistic to bear
Mon Aug 21, 2017, 11:37 PM
Aug 2017

I was an avid fan up until the early 2000's.
Maybe the quality of fighters have changed but I
gotta say, once I got hi-def boxing got too realistic.
Too bloody, snotty, bruisy, etc. it seems a lot harder
to enjoy. Plus it seems HBO / Showtime aren't putting
nearly as much effort into their fight programming.

brush

(53,475 posts)
2. And don't forget all the heavyweights back then either. Mayweather will win going away.
Mon Aug 21, 2017, 11:49 PM
Aug 2017

McGregor would win in an MMA match but this is a boxing match.

Iggo

(47,489 posts)
3. Almost zero interest.
Tue Aug 22, 2017, 12:00 PM
Aug 2017

Incessant chatter of the talking heads on ESPN and the guys in my office make it a blip on my radar, but that's about it.

I'd rather watch that swimmer guy race a fish.

a kennedy

(29,467 posts)
6. Me really either.........
Tue Aug 22, 2017, 08:23 PM
Aug 2017

wanted the Irish guy to be a cool dude.....he's not, he's a dick, so don't care at all

H2O Man

(73,333 posts)
10. Right.
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 02:23 PM
Aug 2017

When all the income is added up -- they get paid for more than the fight -- Floyd will get between $300 -350 million; Conor will get over $100 million, possibly up to $200 million.

My cousin is getting the fight, and the boys and I will watch it there. My younger son is going to try to get my house-bound brother (brain damaged from boxing) to come with us. It's curious: the part of his brain that contains boxing knowledge remains, though he sometimes gets the dates wrong for fights that happened before 1970. But even age could cause that.

One of my best buddies said that millions will buy it, secure in knowing that "they'll see one of these assholes get beat up." I do understand why people dislike each of them. I respect both men. And I've talked to Floyd in person, away from the cameras, and found him to have be a totally different man than the one people see. I suppose both are aspects of him. And Conor? Shoot, I grew up in an Irish family of fighters. I "know" him without having ever met him.

a kennedy

(29,467 posts)
11. Read someplace that Conor dislikes tRump......so that's something.
Sat Aug 26, 2017, 04:00 PM
Aug 2017
and glad he's Irish as well.......but really don't care, as I said before who wins. Hope you and your family enjoy it.

TroubleMan

(4,859 posts)
12. Can't believe how well McGregor did.
Sun Aug 27, 2017, 01:23 AM
Aug 2017

There's no way he should have been that competitive with Mayweather, but he made it a fight. It was a fun fight to watch.

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