Jim Rome weighed in on the controversial fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr and Victor Ortiz. You can listen to the podcast here, but this is the part I wanted to point out. Transcript thanks to Zach Arnold of FightOpinion, who saved me the time of typing, which is a real bum part of blogging:
“Mayweather, meanwhile, not only wasn?t apologizing for how he won, he actually thought it was good for business. As long as you?re looking at him and talking about him, he?s happy.
?Hey man, I?m good. Controversy is okay. Nothing wrong with some controversy to get people talking. It?s all good.?
“Yeah, it?s all good? for you. Now go ask the million-plus who dropped crazy jack for that PPV if they think it?s all good because I?m guessing a good chunk of them don?t. They wanted to see a clean, natural ending to that fight, not you clocking a guy while he was still apologizing and not prepared to defend himself. Again, it may have been legal, but it wasn?t clean and fight fans got jammed yet again and they?re bent and I can see why. I mean, when was the last time you threw for a PPV card and actually felt like you got your money?s worth?
“As far as the fight that would be worth your money, Mayweather insists that he doesn?t need Pacquiao.”
I, too, was incredibly bent about getting jammed after dropping crazy jack for that PPV. I threw for this PPV, and here I am, all upset. Business as usual!
Who the hell talks like this?
Anyway, Rome probably speaks for a good portion of the audience, but I don’t know that it’s the portion of the audience he believes it is.
As for his last question, “Whe was the last time you threw for (God…) a PPV card and actually felt like you got your money’s worth?” I can only say this: I cannot remember the last time a majority of the paying audience was happy about a major pay-per-view. I can answer Rome’s question for myself very quickly by saying “the Maidana vs Morales show in April,” but Jim Rome didn’t care about that and to be entirely fair to him, apparently boxing fans didn’t either since about 16 people dropped crazy jack on it. I can say that I don’t remember anyone feeling as though they got jammed after throwing for that one, however.
