One Of The Biggest Fight Of All Time ? Yeah Right

[denilson200]

The hype machine went into over drive on this one.

In the preview the boxing panel of Foreman, Lewis and Hopkins said that this was the third biggest fight ever behind

1) Joe Louis Vs Max Schemilling
2) Ali Vs Frazier

That now looks a disgraceful thing to say. This fight will be forgotten very quickly. Yeah sure, money wise it had the numbers. But this fight wont be talked about in 2 years time, never mind in 40 years time like the others have.

I wasn't as excited by this fight. I can think of a few fights that would excite more - Vlad Vs Wilder for one.

As for the fight. Mayweather did what he does - Win.

People may laugh when they hear Pac-Man thinking he won the fight or some others who have said that. Look - Pac-Man did not win the fight but I see were he's coming from because Pac-Man thinking "He never hurt me, had me in trouble, shaken me, had me down, cut me. I was forcing the fight, he kept tying me up on the inside. I've had harder sparring sessions" .......which is true.

But that statement is true of the majority of Mayweathers fights over the past 10 years.

They all could say that.

People forget, it's not what Mayweathers does to you, it's what Mayweather does not allow you to do to him, that wins him fights.

He doesn't allow his opponents to hurt him, nail him clean, gain momentum, he snuffs his opponent out. Thus because he does that. Mayweather doesn't have to do much in terms of being offensive to win fights. He does not have to beat the fighter down, he does not have to win rounds heavy, and get involved in big exchanges. He can just pop and stick and that's pretty much it, to win rounds, because he has not allowed the other fighter to do anything. I've always said the likes Erislandy Lara and Demitruis Andrade would be a nightmare for Mayweather. Stop thinking names. People say GGG. HE'LL STAND GGG ON HIS HEAD !!!! In fact I'll go as far to say that he'll beat GGG even if he came on the welterweight limit and GGG was a middleweight.

Is Mayweather TBE ? Defensively ? Yes. Offensively ? No.

Anyway are there are any other fights that excite you more than this ?

Can anyone think of others ? Nicholas Walters Vs Guillermo Rigondeaux is another one

[AdamGB]

Biggest? Probably
Best? No chance

[denilson200]

Biggest? Probably
Best? No chance

Time will tell

I don't think this fight wil be talked about in 30 or 40 years time.

The Avengers was the third biggest movie of all time in terms of the money the film made. But it wont be remembered in the 30 years time and it for sure would not make any all time great movie list, now or in the future. That's how I see this fight.

[Dark Lord Al]

The bigger counter puncher won , big deal , Marquez has always given Pac problems , Floyd is bigger and better so the result is no surprise.

[Master]

Most people do not watch Floyd for his boxing skills but for his dancing partner and the hope they beat him. Floyd is so defensive that he provides no value for money. Floyd is vastly overpaid for what entertainment he provides. Running and holding to avoid interaction is not boxing skills and entertainment.

Crawford is boxing skills in action.

[Syntax Error]

Nobody in the know thought this was anything remotely close to the biggest fight ever.

It might be the richest fight ever, but it's not even in the top 10 of the biggest ever.

Just imagine if Frazier/Ali 1 or Ali/Foreman could both be taken out of the 1970s & transplanted into 2015; imagine the numbers they'd generate?

It wouldn't surprise if a billion US dollars is generated.

[fan johnny]

Nobody in the know thought this was anything remotely close to the biggest fight ever.

It might be the richest fight ever, but it's not even in the top 10 of the biggest ever.

Just imagine if Frazier/Ali 1 or Ali/Foreman could both be taken out of the 1970s & transplanted into 2015; imagine the numbers they'd generate?

It wouldn't surprise if a billion US dollars is generated.

You should add a couple of zeros to that 10.