Empty Promises: The Mayweather – Pacquiao saga

floyd11222By Ahsalim: Long before I ever imagined writing about the sport of boxing, I was merely a hardcore fan religiously following The Sweet Science.

However, from 2009 onwards, frustration, disappointment and anger followed by optimism and hope describe my day to day cycle of feelings towards what Dana White, the brains behind the multi-billion dollar enterprise, the UFC, describes as ‘a sport on life support’. In my humble opinion, the inability to stage the most lucrative boxing event in history for half a decade clearly demonstrates that prize fighters do not engage in their brutal battles solely to build an everlasting legacy.

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