Of Delta Rae and Mayweather-McGregor

Tonight I enjoyed two very different entertainments.

The first was the Delta Rae concert at the Lincoln Theatre.  I love this band, so I always expect a good show, but this performance went way past that:  it was the very best Delta Rae show I've ever seen, and I've seen several.  Their sound was tight, their energy high, and joy practically poured off the stage.  If you have a chance to see Delta Rae live, take it.  They are amazing.

I raced back from the show to catch the Floyd Mayweather-Conor McGregor fight, which fortunately had not started yet.  The bout went largely as I expected, with McGregor starting strong early and then Mayweather winning on points, but in the tenth round Mayweather landed enough shots on McGregor to reel him, and eventually the ref stepped in and stopped the fight.  So, Mayweather delivered on his prediction and stopped McGregor.  McGregor, though, acquitted himself reasonably in an entertaining fight, and in fact did better than most folks had predicted.

An interesting Saturday night.

My thoughts on the Mayweather - McGregor fight

If you don't follow MMA or boxing, skip this entry.

If you do, you know that Saturday night an undefeated boxing legend, 49-0 Floyd Mayweather, will step into a boxing ring against a UFC champion, Conor McGregor, who has never fought a professional boxing match.  McGregor turned great MMA skills and even greater self-promotional skills into a fight that will probably earn him $70 million.  Mayweather will make more like $100 million.

All the odds favor Mayweather, though the margin moves up and down rather considerably.  Boxing is Mayweather's sport, he is amazing at it, and he is undefeated for good reasons.  McGregor hits hard and so has a puncher's chance, particularly because Mayweather encouraged the use of eight-ounce gloves, which buffer punches less than the traditional 16-ounce boxing gloves.

Simply because it would be an amazing story, I'd love to see McGregor win.

Instead, I expect Mayweather to play it smart and conservative, be very defensive, and out-point McGregor for 12 rounds.

I'll be watching, though, foolish spender that I am, on the off chance that it goes McGregor's way.