By Jake Donovan - Make no mistake about it- this weekend’s superfight between Shane Mosley and Floyd Mayweather is one that warrants attention, regardless of how it was made.
In that same vein, there was nothing wrong on paper with a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey.
Both fights offer matchups between legitimate Top Five welterweights. There exists a valid argument that this weekend’s battle should be for the division’s vacant lineal championship.
So what’s the problem?
Neither fight was first choice for the one event we truly coveted.
Sure, on the surface, everyone insists that they’ve moved on from the fact that Pacquiao-Mayweather was not happening. But all it takes is for one thing to go wrong before those old feelings once again surface.
It happened in March, when things went smoothly up until the opening bell rang and the fight began. Prior to that point, most of the discussion centered around the first major boxing event to take place at the revamped state-of-the-art Cowboys Stadium.
That people kept buying tickets (more than 51,000 in attendance), and that pay-per-view sales (700,000 buys) exceeded expectations suggested a success all the way around. [Click Here To Read More]
In that same vein, there was nothing wrong on paper with a fight between Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey.
Both fights offer matchups between legitimate Top Five welterweights. There exists a valid argument that this weekend’s battle should be for the division’s vacant lineal championship.
So what’s the problem?
Neither fight was first choice for the one event we truly coveted.
Sure, on the surface, everyone insists that they’ve moved on from the fact that Pacquiao-Mayweather was not happening. But all it takes is for one thing to go wrong before those old feelings once again surface.
It happened in March, when things went smoothly up until the opening bell rang and the fight began. Prior to that point, most of the discussion centered around the first major boxing event to take place at the revamped state-of-the-art Cowboys Stadium.
That people kept buying tickets (more than 51,000 in attendance), and that pay-per-view sales (700,000 buys) exceeded expectations suggested a success all the way around. [Click Here To Read More]
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