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If you are one of the people who watched the events of the WBO Welterweight Title Fight in Las Vegas unfold, you may be asking the same question.
Anybody with a twitter account and a few jock friends are tweeting out how stunned they are. Grantland's Bill Simmons has gone as far to allude that this fiasco will be a future 30 for 30. Manifest Destiny's Tyler Greever had gone as far as to express his disgust with tweets using the hashtag "MoneyTeam" and that he would "root for [Pacquiao] against Mayweather" as a result of this debacle.
Now let me back up a bit.
Manny Pacquiao fought Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand earlier tonight for the WBO Welterweight title. The vast majority of viewers and analysts would agree that Pacquiao won the fight after watching the twelve rounds.
Bradley won on a split decision.
The decision has caused an outcry in the sports world. The decision, in my eyes, appeared to be almost as obvious of a fix as the Montreal Screwjob. We can all say that boxing is dead and that is has been dead. However, there will most likely be a rematch.
We will all watch. We are all whores.
More will watch the next fight and we will all watch an impending Mayweather/Pacquiao fight in the unlikely event that it ever comes to fruition.
Boxing is not dead. If anything, you can argue that it took a chapter out of the NBA book. Controversial decisions and borderline robbery will make us all watch and make us all talk. We will buy merchandise and purchase pay-per-view events. Oh, we love boxing now.
Boxing is not dead. Boxing is no longer dying. The sport was resuscitated tonight by a bogus decision.
If you still do not agree with me, I want you to consider this entire day. The Belmont Stakes was ran today after I'll Have Another, the winner of Preakness and the Kentucky Derby, retired due to an injury. LeBron James and the Miami Heat won the Eastern Conference today and will take on Kevin Durant and the Thunder. The New Jersey Devils extended the Stanley Cup Finals. Interleague baseball was on all day. Maria Sharapova won the French Open to complete her career Grand Slam. The Death Group in Euro 2012 played today. Six pitchers combined to throw a no-hitter in the wee hours of last night.
...And we're talking about boxing.
Anybody with a twitter account and a few jock friends are tweeting out how stunned they are. Grantland's Bill Simmons has gone as far to allude that this fiasco will be a future 30 for 30. Manifest Destiny's Tyler Greever had gone as far as to express his disgust with tweets using the hashtag "MoneyTeam" and that he would "root for [Pacquiao] against Mayweather" as a result of this debacle.
Now let me back up a bit.
Manny Pacquiao fought Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand earlier tonight for the WBO Welterweight title. The vast majority of viewers and analysts would agree that Pacquiao won the fight after watching the twelve rounds.
Bradley won on a split decision.
The decision has caused an outcry in the sports world. The decision, in my eyes, appeared to be almost as obvious of a fix as the Montreal Screwjob. We can all say that boxing is dead and that is has been dead. However, there will most likely be a rematch.
We will all watch. We are all whores.
More will watch the next fight and we will all watch an impending Mayweather/Pacquiao fight in the unlikely event that it ever comes to fruition.
Boxing is not dead. If anything, you can argue that it took a chapter out of the NBA book. Controversial decisions and borderline robbery will make us all watch and make us all talk. We will buy merchandise and purchase pay-per-view events. Oh, we love boxing now.
Boxing is not dead. Boxing is no longer dying. The sport was resuscitated tonight by a bogus decision.
If you still do not agree with me, I want you to consider this entire day. The Belmont Stakes was ran today after I'll Have Another, the winner of Preakness and the Kentucky Derby, retired due to an injury. LeBron James and the Miami Heat won the Eastern Conference today and will take on Kevin Durant and the Thunder. The New Jersey Devils extended the Stanley Cup Finals. Interleague baseball was on all day. Maria Sharapova won the French Open to complete her career Grand Slam. The Death Group in Euro 2012 played today. Six pitchers combined to throw a no-hitter in the wee hours of last night.
...And we're talking about boxing.
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