It’s become commonplace within the world of boxing for opposing fighters to engage in a healthy and entertaining “war of words” to promote an upcoming fight or match-up.
Whether or not the perceived animosity is genuine or exaggerated, the bout begins to take on a life of its own and quickly becomes a mainstream event as a result of the often comedic and heated verbal sparring sessions.
(Main image courtesy of Round by Round Boxing)
But if the conflict doesn’t ultimately reach it’s conclusion in the squared circle, and the drama created by the publicized banter isn’t fulfilled with a grand finale, fight fans are left with a sick, empty feeling of discontent.
Imagine someone ripping out the final pages of a gripping and suspense filled novel, into which you’ve invested several weeks of heartfelt emotion, and never finding out whether or not the hero was able to overcome the pain staking adversity that inescapably attracted your attention, or if the vile antagonist eventually received his well deserved comeuppance.
Unfortunately, this is the scenario that fight fans around the world have been forced to endure over the course of five grueling years.
Since 2009, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao have been virtually dangling the pugilistic carrot in front of our faces. But the harder and faster we collectively run towards the proverbial prize, the more it seems to escape reality. The two fighters have ostensibly taunted and teased the boxing faithful by way of Twitter, Instagram, and various other media outlets by continuously trading insults and comments ad nauseam.
To put it bluntly, the fight fans are absolutely sick to death of sifting through the various articles which publicize this atrocity.
