Floyd Mayweather Ultimate Fight Highlights
- 8 years ago
Ultimate Floyd Mayweather Highlights before the Andre Berto Fight. When Floyd Mayweather faced Manny Pacquiao in May, I filled my living room with folding chairs and a dozen people crowded around my television to see the fight of the century on pay-per-view, for which I had shelled out a hundred bucks. (My friends brought the pizza and beer, so it was a pretty good deal, considering how many meals I got out of those leftovers and the insane covers bars were charging to watch the bout.)
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Since then, Time Warner, my cable provider, has been sending incessant emails to convince me to purchase the next big fight, be it boxing or UFC. Then, when Mayweather’s match with Andre Berto was announced, Time Warner began steadily filling my inbox with promotional messages: “Mayweather puts his legacy on the line!... Order in advance so you don’t miss a second of the action.... Mayweather vs. Berto is coming!”
I don’t blame Time Warner. I’m a boxing fan, and I do occasionally purchase pay-per-view and attend fights. I write about boxing here and there. But I’m not going to buy the Mayweather-Berto match. If it's on in the bar I happen to be at on Saturday night, I’ll glance over, but I’m not feeling at all compelled to spend $75 on it. The same can be said of thousands of other casual boxing fans and probably many who follow the sport intensely.
The Berto fight is, at best, an easy win that won't stand out in Mayweather’s otherwise formidable career; at worst, it's a pathetic last gasp for the undefeated champion.
Mayweather claims it's his last fight, that he’ll retire at 49-0, and the majority of the boxing community is nodding and smiling as Mayweather drones on about how this is really—no, really—his last one. Like a broken record, Mayweather gave this spiel in 2006 when he “retired” after fighting Carlos Baldomir, and then he kind of retired again in 2008: “I don’t need boxing,” he said. “I’m rich. I’m happy.” Then he had 11 more fights. He’s now certainly richer, and presumably happier, and realistically he doesn’t need boxing to stay that way.
That said, even Stephen Espinoza, Showtime executive and boxing mastermind, doesn't seem entirely convinced:
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Since then, Time Warner, my cable provider, has been sending incessant emails to convince me to purchase the next big fight, be it boxing or UFC. Then, when Mayweather’s match with Andre Berto was announced, Time Warner began steadily filling my inbox with promotional messages: “Mayweather puts his legacy on the line!... Order in advance so you don’t miss a second of the action.... Mayweather vs. Berto is coming!”
I don’t blame Time Warner. I’m a boxing fan, and I do occasionally purchase pay-per-view and attend fights. I write about boxing here and there. But I’m not going to buy the Mayweather-Berto match. If it's on in the bar I happen to be at on Saturday night, I’ll glance over, but I’m not feeling at all compelled to spend $75 on it. The same can be said of thousands of other casual boxing fans and probably many who follow the sport intensely.
The Berto fight is, at best, an easy win that won't stand out in Mayweather’s otherwise formidable career; at worst, it's a pathetic last gasp for the undefeated champion.
Mayweather claims it's his last fight, that he’ll retire at 49-0, and the majority of the boxing community is nodding and smiling as Mayweather drones on about how this is really—no, really—his last one. Like a broken record, Mayweather gave this spiel in 2006 when he “retired” after fighting Carlos Baldomir, and then he kind of retired again in 2008: “I don’t need boxing,” he said. “I’m rich. I’m happy.” Then he had 11 more fights. He’s now certainly richer, and presumably happier, and realistically he doesn’t need boxing to stay that way.
That said, even Stephen Espinoza, Showtime executive and boxing mastermind, doesn't seem entirely convinced: