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FTW: Blame Pacquiao for terrible fight

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(USA TODAY Sports)

Perhaps you are one of the millions of people who forked over $100 in hopes of watching the fight of the century between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao. You bought into the hype and hysteria. Mayweather was risking his 47-0 record against a 36-year-old Pacquiao looking to resuscitate a flailing career. These, you told yourself, were the two best pound-for-pound fighters of this era.

How could this not be a great fight?

Mayweather’s fight was excellent. It was, and if you dispute that, you didn’t bother watching his 47 fights prior.