this fight has such a tremendous hype because it pits two of the greatest fighters of this era. i can't help but think that the amount of pay-per-view buys added by mayweather's antics is marginal. most sports fans are into this because of the caliber of the fighters. that Mayweather has millions of dollars and is totally set for life is one more reason why his antics were in poor taste; he sold some of his dignity and class for the sake of getting another 1/2 million or million in his pocket? perhaps there is a contradiction here as well in that Mayweather conveys to us that what are large sums of money for all of us regular people are chicken feed for him. lastly, to be honest, while i try not to judge people, i'm skeptical that Mayweather could remain classy in anything but short spurts even if he wanted to.