Boxing has been in a dearth of compelling match-ups for quite some time. While Pacquiao and Mayweather did eventually face each other in the ring, it was roughly five years too late and the exposing of Pacquiao by Juan Manuel Marquez and Tim Bradley diluted Mayweather's chance to be the first to kill the hype...
While UFC fighters are quite possibly the most conditioned, well-rounded athletes in all of sports, the UFC is first and foremost a business and in that regard operates with quarterly profits in mind. The long game is fools gold in the fight business
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