“The One” and the political factors surrounding the showdown

[East Side Boxing]

Boxing is a sports-based show business and the sporting element very often gets sandbagged by mercurial agendas. Boxing like any other sport is an instrument of politics and as such it has its own internal politics as well. Those who know the ropes earn decently win or lose. Other very talented people who are stuck with the wrong management can waste their best years outside “the mix”. This is not the case with Floyd Mayweather and Saul Alvarez who have achieved iconic political status and have been spared from the adverse effects of stringent judging in some instances. “The One” will probably be elected by the judges unless they score it as a draw in which case there will be “The Two” with an ensuing second fight. This is an amusing scenario but it is very unlikely and boring. Draws in boxing have always perplexed me as an unnatural outcome which declares two individual performances based on different sets of skill absolutely identical. I’d gladly accept a draw in the event of a double KO, but this happens very rarely and at much lower level. Unless Mayweather “gets old overnight” the fight is going to the score cards. He shouldn’t […]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=yIl2AUoC8zA http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?i=mBSee7cyzRI:aEFFbnOi2Ho:D7DqB2pKExk http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/eastsideboxing/egEo?d=qj6IDK7rITs

 

 

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