‘Boring’ Pacquiao-Mosley fight the best advertisement for the UFC
These days, the best advertisement for the UFC is a boxing fight. The bigger, the better. Only the biggest boxing…
These days, the best advertisement for the UFC is a boxing fight. The bigger, the better. Only the biggest boxing fights get our attention, and when a big one finally comes around — as it did Saturday when Manny Pacquiao fought Shane Mosley — we watch it or read about it. And we are reminded:
This is why the UFC is moving ahead of boxing.
If you watched Mosley run from Pacquiao for 12 rounds, you know what I’m talking about. If you didn’t, here you go. Those are the “highlights,” such as they are. It’s Pacquiao moving forward, and Mosley moving backward. It’s one fighter trying his best not to get knocked out, and to that end, Mosley succeeded. Pacquiao took the unanimous decision, sweeping every round on two of the three judges’ cards, but Mosley did what he wanted to do. He survived 12 rounds. In a sense, he won.
Boxing lost.
Boxing almost always loses on a night like this, because the fight rarely lives up to the hype. The best thing about a big boxing fight nowadays is the series of pre-fight specials leading up to it. You get to watch Pacquiao and Mosley train. Hear them talk. See who they are as people. It’s riveting TV
And then they fight. Revolting TV.