Written by Titan Frey
All right, I’m going to cover another sport right now other than the NBA. I’ll be discussing the exhibition pay-per-view fight between Floyd “Money” Mayweather vs Logan “The Maverick” Paul…
Wait, I can’t cover it. Do you want to know why? Because the $50 I paid for the subscription wasn’t good enough to have the damn Showtime app load up!
That’s right, I paid for this fight and I originally tried to get on the app at 9:30 or so, the main event started at 11… the entire time all I had was a black screen with the “loading” symbol.
Apparently, I wasn’t alone with this problem. On social media, various other subscribers voiced their frustration about their Showtime app not loading.
This is a disgrace. Anyone who paid to see it should have been able to watch. I mean, there are plenty of ways to watch it illegally, yet we decided to do the right thing, and we get punished.
It’s like the company (Showtime) wasn’t aware that there was going to be a fight. It’s like they didn’t believe many people would watch. You think they’d make sure everything technical was updated and ready to go.
This was a very disappointing situation. Do you want to know what else was very disappointing? The fight itself.
That’s right, for all you that were able to watch the fight, you got to see a hugging match between a retired fighter and a YouTuber.
Many fans were surprised that Logan Paul lasted the full 8 rounds (that’s right. There were no knockouts or know downs).
But considering that Paul is technically a heavyweight and Mayweather is not, it’s not all that surprising Paul didn’t get knocked out.
Plus, Mayweather has never been known as a knockout artist, especially during the second half of his career.
Either way, fans were disappointed in the fight, similar to the Tyson fight against Jones Jr.
Does this mean boxing isn’t really making a comeback? Or are these exhibition matches, plus the rise of these YouTube boxers, helping the sport compete with the UFC?
To me, I do believe boxing is making a comeback. I just hope the next “exhibition” we get has a lot more action.
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