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so i take it Mayweather won..n/t chillfactor May 2015 #1
you just going to lob a turd of a post Backwoodsrider May 2015 #2
Mayweather back peddeled the entire fight FreakinDJ May 2015 #5
the type was probably to get you to pay to watch JI7 May 2015 #7
I do respect Mayweather's ability to make money FreakinDJ May 2015 #9
but why are others so into it that they pay so much to watch it ? JI7 May 2015 #15
My wife is Filippino - it comes with the territory FreakinDJ May 2015 #16
yeah they both are pretty smart Backwoodsrider May 2015 #44
I totally called it this afternoon. You can notice the time stamp on my post :) Electric Monk May 2015 #21
Mayweather is a counter puncher Travis_0004 May 2015 #24
He tired manny out by the seventh or eighth Jesus Malverde May 2015 #35
Stragety is usually spelt with a 'd'. pscot May 2015 #84
You're apparently a Pac fan because your sour grapes are showing brush May 2015 #30
Yet Floyd threw more punches, landed more punches, and ... 11 Bravo May 2015 #41
the audience wasn't forced to watch JI7 May 2015 #3
People love to watch gratuitous violence, for some reason. ronnie624 May 2015 #23
People have always loved to watch BreakfastClub May 2015 #42
Whenever a Manny's involved MannyGoldstein May 2015 #4
+1.. :) Hoyt May 2015 #10
DUZY.., Jesus Malverde May 2015 #36
You ain't kidding edhopper May 2015 #47
+100 nt okaawhatever May 2015 #58
Pretty much did same after Robert "No Mas" Duran fight. But the Ali, Fraser and Forman fights Hoyt May 2015 #6
I don't think most of the audience even remember those fights FreakinDJ May 2015 #13
Yep.. I'm old. Let me tell you about Jack Johnson. Hoyt May 2015 #18
When a boxer outboxes a puncher who hasn't figured out how to reach him it looks like that. stevenleser May 2015 #7
SPOILER ALERT alcibiades_mystery May 2015 #11
Mayweather was visably scared of Manny's speed FreakinDJ May 2015 #14
That's some consolation prize for Manny, who won perhaps 2 rounds of 12 alcibiades_mystery May 2015 #17
Mayweather couldn't knock him out so he took the Coward's Way Out FreakinDJ May 2015 #71
Manny couldn't knock Mayweather out either. He kept swinging and missing alcibiades_mystery May 2015 #82
It doesnt matter who is taller and who has more reach Travis_0004 May 2015 #25
Joe Frazier had a one foot reach disadvantage against Muhammad Ali and still managed to... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #53
I basically live-blogged it on FB and had it scored the same as two of the judges, 116-112 stevenleser May 2015 #20
A street fight would go down more like MMA. joshcryer May 2015 #31
No doubt alcibiades_mystery May 2015 #49
Oh please Dwayne Hicks May 2015 #34
There's no doubt MMA benefits from people wanting to see street fights rather than boxing alcibiades_mystery May 2015 #51
Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, and Sugar Ray Robinson.... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #55
My brother did that to me in our pillow fights. christx30 May 2015 #93
I think you made a few very good points. Inkfreak May 2015 #39
People got hit,and people watched the hitting of the people, right? To nolabear May 2015 #12
Apparently, that includes a fair amount of women... demmiblue May 2015 #22
He did make about 5 million a minute Travis_0004 May 2015 #26
This was the first fight Jamaal510 May 2015 #19
Mayweather has abused a lot of women onecaliberal May 2015 #27
that's why keith olbermann said to boycott it JI7 May 2015 #28
That's Mr POS to you, Jesus Malverde May 2015 #37
And by "hope to do as well", ronnie624 May 2015 #57
^^^That^^^ onecaliberal May 2015 #59
He's undefeated. Jesus Malverde May 2015 #64
In my discussions with others about this fight, ronnie624 May 2015 #66
Back at ya Jesus Malverde May 2015 #67
Pacquiao is a dangerous POS, too PeaceNikki May 2015 #43
+1 demmiblue May 2015 #45
It was a really good fight Jesus Malverde May 2015 #29
What were you smoking FreakinDJ May 2015 #69
A fat Cuban.. Jesus Malverde May 2015 #72
12.5 k winner Go Vols May 2015 #32
Brain damage. merrily May 2015 #33
Sad but true. Jesus Malverde May 2015 #38
i watched it. I dont think there was solid hit the whole match.. DCBob May 2015 #40
Yep - very disapointing fight FreakinDJ May 2015 #46
Nobody will pay $100 to see that again alcibiades_mystery May 2015 #48
Manny did good. His shoulder injury made him depend almost entirely on the left hand. Vattel May 2015 #50
Manny didn't embarrass himself... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #56
sour grapes H2O Man May 2015 #52
Mayweather reminds me of Ali a bit in the ring DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #54
Anybody who follows boxing knows that Blue_Tires May 2015 #60
This is what happens when non-fans watch an "event" DefenseLawyer May 2015 #61
BULLSHIT - Its what happens when Mayweather looses All Respect FreakinDJ May 2015 #68
Have you ever seen Floyd Mayweather fight before? DefenseLawyer May 2015 #75
Wait! You thought professional wrestling was real? Hassin Bin Sober May 2015 #77
The three criterion ... DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #78
I disagree. Mayweather did what he does and he's good at it. But Pacquiao might as well have stayed Guy Whitey Corngood May 2015 #86
I don't disagree DefenseLawyer May 2015 #87
I guess I used the wrong term. Especially after reading your other post right after I replied. I Guy Whitey Corngood May 2015 #92
Worst fight I've ever seen Kurska May 2015 #62
If you paid money hoping to see MMA DefenseLawyer May 2015 #63
Luckily I wasn't the one who paid for it. Kurska May 2015 #65
You're an amateur boxer? DefenseLawyer May 2015 #73
I never said he was a bad fighter Kurska May 2015 #81
MMA is about 1000 times more interesting. nt Logical May 2015 #88
One of Howard Cossell's last bits of activism... Archae May 2015 #70
It was as the experts said LittleBlue May 2015 #74
So how many will pay to watch the rematch? NoJusticeNoPeace May 2015 #76
This message was self-deleted by its author Skittles May 2015 #79
It was a fight between a greedhead, women beater and a fundamentalist christian betterdemsonly May 2015 #80
I do not like boxing and I am glad that I didnot pay for this fight Gothmog May 2015 #83
Mayweather has never been a very dramatic fighter. True Blue Door May 2015 #85
He's a safety first fighter but he's good at his craft. DemocratSinceBirth May 2015 #89
Yup. A consummate professional. True Blue Door May 2015 #90
Football. .baseball. .soccer....no matter.. trumad May 2015 #91
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