Mayweather broke rumour

[redgunamo]

I don't really see how anyone thinks that putting someone who isn't a boxer in against a guy who is widely regarded as the best fighter of his generation (albeit that he's a bit old) is a good idea or likely to make for a good spectacle.

I doubt they're doing it for the purists, to be honest.

[Burney]

I doubt they're doing it for the purists, to be honest.

I'm just curious who's going to pay 90 dollars to watch such a thing on Pay Per View. You'd have to be mental.

[redgunamo]

I'm just curious who's going to pay 90 dollars to watch such a thing on Pay Per View. You'd have to be mental.

Well, lots of companies will pay for the advertising certainly. And that's how it goes nowadays; it's not really about the public, the punters, anymore; businesses just sell stuff to other businesses. Much easier for them.