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Isnt Shrek a drug cheat?
Also (from reading wiki - was a bit confused how a guy who is listed at 155 lbs can fight for the lightweight title (lightweight being 135 lbs)) - but it seems they use the same weight classes with different weights, which just pisses me off.
I mean, if MMA want to set their own weight classes, thats fine and they should do - but why use the same names as boxing does and change the weights? Just in such self-conscious public excercise of being "different"?
But *IF* I was an MMA fan, I'd be excited about the idea (although he wont do it) of PBF taking on the best MMA guy who can get down to 140.
I dont see the fight happening simply because I dont think MMA can pay more than a Cotto fight or a Hatton rematch (which is mute from a sporting point of view because PBF proved he was a different class, but would pay him $10M easily to do it in Manchester)... but PBF had nothing else to prove as a boxer... yes there are fights out there, but he is already the best of his generation... if MMA can give him a big pay out - he might do it.
It would be huge with the MMA fans wanting to see a great boxer get beat, and if he does lose it wont hurt his legacy as a boxer anyway... because boxing fans will see it as a joke. I wouldnt bet against him though. For all that I say about MMA being less skilled, and having elements that are unmanly, it is a huge difference to how he has always fought - but PBF is a master and he might not be favourite in a wrestling match against a seasoned wrestler/MMA champ, but he is so quick, so skillful...
What they should do is a double match, boxing and MMA... PBF would beat anyone in a boxing ring, and he'd have a shot at the MMA match and striking a massive blow for boxing against MMA, and the MMA fighter would have a chance at "equality" with the sweet science... I think if it was sold that way it could bring boxing fans in to, and for once PBF would have some popular support behind him; God knows if he could act with half the class he fights with he would be the best loved boxer out there.
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