The Trend of Celebrity Fights and Boxing Matches | Analysis
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00:02 - We're in a new world right now.
00:06 - Boxing used to be about names and big fights.
00:09 You just said it.
00:10 - Yeah, but that was the 70s, bro.
00:11 - You know, Pattler and Hearns.
00:13 Now we got Bums fighting.
00:15 Now we got MMA guys fighting boxing guys.
00:17 Now we got Mike Tyson fighting an influencer.
00:21 It's embarrassing.
00:22 - Yeah, but that's not boxing, bro.
00:24 That has nothing to do with boxing, right?
00:27 That's a circus.
00:28 That's not like the WBC.
00:31 It's not like the WBA.
00:32 It's not like some boxing federation going,
00:34 "Hey, you know what?
00:35 This is our best fight that we have."
00:36 No, it's a clown show.
00:38 You know, this goes back to,
00:40 and Larry Merchant, may he rest in peace, Scott.
00:42 This goes back to Larry Merchant.
00:43 Remember when Floyd Mayweather fought Conor McGregor?
00:46 I asked Larry Merchant before the fight.
00:48 I said to him, I'm on the show,
00:50 and I said, "Larry, what do you think?
00:52 Is this?"
00:52 'Cause you know, same thing.
00:54 This is a black eye for boxing, right?
00:56 This is a disgrace.
00:58 Floyd Mayweather should never be fighting someone
01:00 like Conor McGregor.
01:01 And I said, "Larry, what do you think about this?
01:03 Is it a black eye for boxing?"
01:05 He goes, "Gabe, a lot worse things have happened
01:06 in boxing than this," right?
01:09 And I thought it was a good line.
01:10 But what he said is, he said, "All these fights,"
01:13 basically he goes, "These sideshow type events,"
01:16 he goes, "They put a tent up."
01:18 He goes, "Nobody is putting a gun to your head
01:20 to go into that tent," right?
01:22 And that's what these events are like.
01:24 It's not for everybody, but I tell you what,
01:27 you know, obviously, obviously somebody is watching
01:31 and people care, otherwise they wouldn't be paying
01:34 the guy who had $10 million to show up tonight.
01:36 Joshua wouldn't be walking away with $15 million tonight.
01:39 Right, so there is an interest in this stuff.
01:42 But in America, I'm not gonna dispute it,
01:45 but I hate to break it to America.
01:47 There's a world outside the United States of America.
01:51 I hate to break it to people.
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