Floyd Mayweather: ‘I wanted to go out with a bang’

One of the key points to take from the madness of Mayweather-McGregor is this: maybe the word ‘circus’ should not have such negative connotations when it comes to unnarmed combat.

After all, the circus is staged purely on entertainment. It involves people parting with their hard-earned cash and going out to a big top of an evening. In those few hours beneath the canvas, spectators should be treated to things they don’t see in their everyday life.

They should be entertained by whoever has honed their body for long enough to pull off something out of the ordinary.