by Ron Robbins

Created on: April 19, 2008   Last Updated: October 31, 2008

Well, this spectacular ridiculous overhyped circus match has ended. Floyd "Money" Mayweather (39-0 (25 KOs)), a multi division world champion, and almost universally recognized as the number one Pound for Pound athlete in boxing enters his initial foray into the scripted Hollywood world of professional World Wrestling Entertainment by knocking out the proclaimed largest athlete in the world in 11 minutes and some odd seconds.

The entire spectacle was what you'd typically expect from the WWE. Big Show enters with a ridiculously cool entrance, and Floyd follows up by entering the ring to 50 Cent music with "20 Million Dollar Bills" falling from the sky. With twenty million dollars being the payday Floyd Mayweather was publicized to receive for the ordeal, this is typical Mayweather. Flaunting his money around and making a huge spectacle.

It started out tame, and you thought maybe there was some realism to it. Mayweather sticks Big Show several times in the face and ducks around him and Big Show can't even keep up with the speed Mayweather displays.

Then in a huge, embarrassingly scripted turn-around, Big Show starts beating up puny Floyd, stepping on his hands. Mayweather's handlers drag him out of the ring saying it's against the rules for Big Show to walk on him and stomp his hands, and it isn't - there is no rules.

So Big Show leaves the ring, blasts away at Mayweather's people, and then drags Floyd back into the ring to resume the butt kicking. Until, in another horribly scripted turnaround, one of Mayweather's handlers distracts Big Show just long enough for Floyd to grab the wrestler's choice weapon - The metal folding chair.

Big show gets slammed across the face about fifty million times, denting the chair in, and then Floyd Mayweather wins the fight with one impressive looking right hook with brass knuckles acquired from his fallen corner-man's necklace. Hurray for show business.

As a boxer myself, it really doesn't do much for me. But if it does for you... whatever floats your boat. I'd rather see Mayweather in the boxing ring displaying his talent against the opponents people like myself accuse him of ducking. Antonio Margarito, Miguel Cotto, Shane Mosley, Paul Williams - These could produce highlight moments for the legacy of Floyd Mayweather. Not this. I'm only glad Floyd Mayweather didn't totally embarrass the boxing world with this flamboyant ridiculous spectacle.

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