Friday, September 24, 2010

In Boxing, Controversy Sells (But Who's Buying?)

One of the refrains of those who back Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito is, paraphrased, that you moral types who don't like Margarito because of the loaded-gloves incident can ban the fight if you want, but it's still going to sell because people love the controversy. On a similar note, Yahoo's Kevin Iole recently penned a piece about how even if Floyd Mayweather goes to jail over allegedly beating up his baby momma, he'll sell more tickets than he did before once he gets out.

They're right.

But.

At what cost?

Mirko Cro Cop Rashad Evans Frankie Edgar Georges St-Pierre

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