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Originally Posted by Igottago
The fight is going to rake in the money, no doubt. But the press conferences have been embarrassing lowest common denominator trash. Its like a spectacle of idiocy. I'm still going to watch the fight so I guess they accomplished their goal, but my overall respect level for each sport is pretty much non existent at this point. Its pretty much Jerry Springer level marketing.
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The question isn't in this case are people going to watch the fight, but are they willing to
pay for the fight? It really is the silliest way of selling the fight but promoters don't care about the effect on their sport. They're making a killing and laughing about it.