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By the amount of press it receives, it’s clear that dysfunctional family behavior qualifies as light entertainment to many people. Just last week, former Canadian middleweight champion Alex Hilton, very much out of his mind on one substance or another, wandered into a convenience store in Montreal, Quebec, accompanied by a baseball bat. He wasn’t there to ask for directions.
But from such local tabloid tear-aways as the “Fighting Hilton’s,” we turn our attentions to another dysfunctional family much more relevant in today’s game.
The estranged relationships in the Mayweather clan have engulfed the Internet boxing media of late. Conspiracy theories and debates over personal ethics in the matter of Floyd Mayweather, Sr. training Oscar de la Hoya to pulverize Mayweather, Jr. have overshadowed the fact that this fight is perhaps the most lucrative, and therefore one of the most important events in boxing history.
The notion of the father versus the son made an interesting side note at first. But as the seriousness of the situation became apparent, the more tasteless and unsettling it seemed. The Internet media devoured statements from both sides, as Mayweather, Sr. issued warnings to Mayweather, Jr. not to stray onto his father’s territory. Mayweather, Jr. ignored the warnings and went on to discredit his father’s own fighting career. [details]
But from such local tabloid tear-aways as the “Fighting Hilton’s,” we turn our attentions to another dysfunctional family much more relevant in today’s game.
The estranged relationships in the Mayweather clan have engulfed the Internet boxing media of late. Conspiracy theories and debates over personal ethics in the matter of Floyd Mayweather, Sr. training Oscar de la Hoya to pulverize Mayweather, Jr. have overshadowed the fact that this fight is perhaps the most lucrative, and therefore one of the most important events in boxing history.
The notion of the father versus the son made an interesting side note at first. But as the seriousness of the situation became apparent, the more tasteless and unsettling it seemed. The Internet media devoured statements from both sides, as Mayweather, Sr. issued warnings to Mayweather, Jr. not to stray onto his father’s territory. Mayweather, Jr. ignored the warnings and went on to discredit his father’s own fighting career. [details]
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