The Superfight That May Never Be.

So I have been tivo-ing and watching ESPN's 30 for 30 films and I must say, they are fantastic. My most recent installment was the Muhammad and Larry documentary which told the story of the the 1980 bout between Muhammad Ali and Larry Holmes. Watching this short film made me realize that superfights pitting two evenly matched boxers against one another at the height of their short careers, are few and far between. The Holmes-Ali fight was not one of these, it was a travesty wherein fans witnessed a once great man who had lost a significant amount of brain capacity get pummeled by a power punching heavyweight in the prime of his career. Sadly, unwatchable fights such as this are often the case in boxing. Even if it isn't an on over-the-hill fighter getting punished in the ring, it is often a superstar fighter outclassing an up and coming average boxer for yet another easy paycheck.

All this made me even more frustrated with the fact that Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiau have not come to an agreement in order to set up one of those elusive superfights we all crave. Instead we get to look forward to Mayweather-Mosley and Pacquiau-Clottey. Two nice fights for those that know boxing, but neither has a shot at conjuring up images of Ali-Frazier or Hagler-Hearns. Mayweather-Pacquiau has that shot and if either waits too long and catches a loss before they can meet in the ring much of the luster that could make that fight great is lost.

Get it done! Get this fight going so that a sport in danger of losing even more headlines to MMA brawlers can regain some of what made it great. I cannot understand what could honestly be coming between these two that would prevent them from raking by far the biggest paydays of their careers. Forget all the headlines and the possiblity of going down in history, the money alone should brush any obstacles clear out of the way and there should have been a date set for this fight months ago. It will be one of the biggest fights in the past decade and the longer both camps wait to get it agreed upon the more chance of it losing it's luster there is. Let's just hope Money May and PacMan can come to their senses and see this fight for the once in a lifetime opportunity that it is.