Quote Originally Posted by Bilbo View Post
They have generated more publicity for boxing this weekend than the rest of the boxing world has in the last year.

I would insist they fight each other in the ring to settle it.
I agree I'd like to see them fight but this generated exactly zero publicity in the US. It didn't so much as crack the mainstream news. It got one sentence in a one-paragraph AP blurb that was buried in the New York Times, for instance.

Ali's birthday celebration on the same day was 10000x bigger of a story. Oscar's cross-dressing and partying was also much bigger. Even Mayweather's Jeremy Lin tweet got more coverage than this.

Was this actually a big story in the UK (aside from boxing-only outlets)?