Quote Originally Posted by Beanflicker View Post
It goes to my point though that this fight is no longer about the common fan. This fight meant something to real boxing fans from 2008-2012 (before the JMM KO). Now it's a bunch of hoopla, they're conning everyone into believing that it's the fight of the century like it would have been 4/5 years ago, when in fact now it's two greats nearing the end of their careers trying to get that one last mega payday. I'm not paying a cent to either of those bums.
Boxing was never about the common man. Or it never started out with the common man in mind. It was always for toffs and the elites, gathered in the backroom of some pub, dressed in their finest, that came AND PAID MONEY to see the "fights".

If anything, boxing is getting back to it's roots with regard to the high-class and upper-class people attending in their finest. It was always a black tie affair.

I never was one for the jeans and t-shirt crowd at boxing events, especially in the front rows. It made the sport feel cheap and seedy.