The Boxing Finale

I'm not really going to break this fight down or even make a prediction (though I do have a bet placed). I would just like to point out this will be the last gasp for Boxing before the sport of MMA puts the final nail in its coffin. Don't get me wrong, there will always be boxing, and boxing and MMA can co-exist in the world, but the luster, interest, and dominance of boxing will be over. After the PPV, when the record shattering numbers begin to come in, everyone will claim boxing is back, and they will try to ride the success on to other fights. However, momentum will quickly be lost, and the interest will fade to the die hard fans who will watch boxing no matter what. Stars will come along every now and again, but with the excitement and skill of MMA, it will get overshadowed and never reach this high pinnacle again.

Who is left for boxing? A bunch of Russian champions for the American audience to get behind? Bernard Hopkins coming out of retirement (as all boxers do)? A once glorious Roy Jones Jr. fighting nobodies? James Toney and Ray Mercer showing how fat you can be and still box? No, the days of wine and roses will pass as the corrupt sport continues to dip in numbers, as MMA surpasses it and doesn't look back. I say good, because boxing did it to itself with all the corruption (I'm looking at you Don King, though not only at him).

So MMA fans, pay attention because Dana White and UFC fighter Sean Sherk will be ringside calling on Floyd Mayweather to back up his words about MMA being crap and bla bla bla he could beat any UFC fighter, but he probably won't even respond to them except perhaps, from a safe distance in the press. And congratulate Oscar De La Hoya for doing his best to save boxing, never ducking opponents, and always being a class act hall of famer. Oh yeah, the fight itself will be pretty good too.