Why The Greatest Circus Show In Modern Boxing Wasn’t Bad At All

Last August, the world was treated to a spectacle, which many boxing fans were anxious to see. It pitted the P4P king of this generation, the unbeaten Floyd Mayweather Jr. against MMA’s biggest star, Connor McGregor. A crossover of this magnitude had never been done before, and of course, people were skeptical.

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Obviously, it was all about the money. The promotion leading up to the fight was comparable to over-the-top pro wrestling segments with both fighters trying to give each other the best insults they can. 

The fight, however, was something else entirely. Everyone expected the undefeated Mayweather to finish McGregor early, but it wasn’t the case. To everyone’s surprise, the Notorious One put up a spirited effort and even won a few early rounds. UFC and McGregor fans were ecstatic at some of the points McGregor earned.

Although it was easy to see how Mayweather, a 20-year veteran of the sport, outclassed the MMA superstar in the later rounds, it wasn’t nearly the one-sided thrashing experts predicted. Toward the end though, McGregor lost steam and was TKO’d. 

The entire fight saved the whole circus from becoming just that – a circus. Although some casual observers claim Mayweather simply carried McGregor into the later rounds, a lot of replays would show McGregor getting clean shots off. 

Probably not a classic, and definitely not a fight for the ages, but because the fight surpassed people’s expectations in highly entertaining fashion, the entire thing wasn’t bad at all.

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