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Supporters of boxing and horse racing, two pursuits that dominated the sporting landscape of last century, like to point at a weekend like we just had as proof that their sports can be refurbished.
A dismal fight between Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao probably drew more than 4 million pay-per-view buys at $100 a piece. The Kentucky Derby, with a field said to be one of the strongest of the last several decades, lured a record crowd of 170,513 to Churchill Downs and was watched by 16 million others on TV.