On March 15th 1963, Archie Moore "The Mongoose" an utmost pugilist of the ages, fought his final bout. It was a victorious swan-song, ended in round three of a scheduled 10 whenst Ref. Dick Moll stepped in and ended it. The professional wrestler Mike DiBiase, had enough. He also had a nasty cut 'round his eye. Took a helluva shellacking. Moore went out on lop-sided cross-genre'd mismatch top.
There ain't nothing new under the sun except of course for fidget spinners.
It's impossible to tell the tale of how McGregor might win. His "keys to victory" are both too many and none. The brain then wanders to thoughts of a conspiracy, as if selling this to the public ain't 'nuff of one already. (Although buys are somewhat lower than they'd hoped -- it's OK -- Money's money is of the guaranteed varietal.)
But what if Mayweather bets a wad on himself, then dives? He's a gambler. A gambler who gave himself the nom de ring "Money," not "Zero" or "Undefeated" or "Honest," "The Reader," etc. Then a rematch is a natch... Or what of a pre-planned injury stoppage? Same rematch deal. Heck, maybe the bet too. I mean it's not a mutually exclusive scenario necessarily.
Or, what if McGregor catches him with a... a... something that no one has caught him with before. No one, writ large and including several notable professional pugilists with records deeper than the Irishman's 0-0-0. So, it's a battle of the undefeateds, you say? Here's my credit card! Schmuck. Maybe there's a chance Mayweather aged like Jordan in a Wizards uniform.
Then what of Money toppling Marciano's record of 49-0? This, simply: remember a bit ago when Giancarlo "Don't call me Mike" Stanton mentioned the home run record of Roger Maris being his goal. 61, not 73. Time does that. And look, they even put Selig in the Hall. The bum that let all the juice get juiced. I digress.
So watch the dang thing, gentlepersons. There'll be a free stream somewheres. Not that I condone that. Live a little. Maybe it'll become bigger than the event itself; as that's the magic of sports. My son getting a game ball after we sat through a 20-inning A-Ball show-down and then July 5th fireworks. It'll be that time when history repeated itself and Archie Moore smiled sadly/knowingly from the great purplish aboves. Then you remember? -- that was also the time you ordered yer OFFICIAL KAPLOWITZ TSHIRT.
