Beyond being a billion-dollar fight, it won’t be important enough to inspire a lasting legacy. So why am I so sure that Mayweather-McGregor won’t rebound into a moment in time that disrupts boxing and MMA? As difficult as it was to picture McGregor upending Mayweather, the same is true trying to imagine a meaningful effect of what they did together. Almost all of the media about the fight wasn’t about the fight, which is a clear indication of what this was. Mayweather-McGregor had little to do with styles, or the precedent established by those styles.

Source: The Guardian August 30, 2017 09:00 UTC