Properly, in the event you paid to look at it, I certain hope you loved it. Floyd “Cash” Mayweather certain loved himself yesterday in Dubai as he made a idiot of grossly over-matched foe, You-Tuber Deji Olatunji. The 45 12 months outdated who completely loves these no threat, huge reward exhibition occasions, performed along with his “rival” for 5 rounds, even dancing, gyrating and spinning round in-between the “motion.”
Then, having taken not less than one shot (and credit score to Deji for managing to land something on the so-called TBE), Mayweather stepped it up and obtained Deji out of there in spherical six. Mayweather poured it on and referee Kenny Bayless dived in and stopped it. Straightforward work for Mayweather, simply the best way he likes it nowadays.
So what subsequent for Mayweather? There shall be extra exhibition bouts to return, little doubt about it. And, so long as the followers are prepared to pay to look at – this unfathomable to some throughout these powerful occasions the place cash is brief – Mayweather will maintain going to the financial institution with a giant smile on his face. Mayweather says he’s offering entertaining occasions, and for some followers he’s. However this entire previous weekend was for a lot of a stark advert for a way far the nice sport of has fallen. At a time when the large fights all of us need to see are failing to occur (see Fury-Joshua, Crawford-Spence, Davis-Garcia) two high-profile exhibition bouts obtained the lion’s share of consideration – Ricky Hatton in opposition to Marco Antonio Barrera being the weekend’s different exhibition providing.
With You-Tubers changing into boxers and with them producing huge numbers, larger numbers than precise fights between precise boxers, it’s no surprise the outdated timers are shaking their heads. It has been a disappointing previous few weeks for boxing, that’s for certain. There are nonetheless just a few weeks to go earlier than the top of the 12 months, and it’s to be hoped we get some good, sincere motion earlier than 2022 involves an finish.
Right here’s trying ahead to Roman Gonzalez-Juan Francisco Estrada III, Kazuto Ioka-Joshua Franco, and one or two different fights nonetheless to return. And right here’s to a much bigger, higher 2023.