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[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 88 points 3 weeks ago (3 children)

Can't believe a man with such a punchable face just volunteered for this

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

... its quite a profitable grift, to keep staging ludicrously mismatched clown fights.

He's just fine being the clown.

Like... he went for below the belt, takedown style grabs.

... In a boxing match.

He is a clown person.

EDIT:

Super/Regular Eyepatch Wolf has very good, more throrough explanations of what I mean here.

I guess its not as obvious to those who've not done competetive combat sports or martial arts of some kind.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 10 points 3 weeks ago

Most of boxing is a literal grift, he didn't beat Tyson, not even a 50 year old tyson, he would fucking flatten this clown id he wanted, but I am guessing they made a lot more money by tyson losing.

Betting scams all around

[–] captainlezbian@lemmy.world 4 points 3 weeks ago

I can't imagine being so mentally broken I'd take a broken jaw for attention in a fight I had no chance of winning

[–] zout@fedia.io 7 points 3 weeks ago

It's to keep an audience, he needs it for the next upcoming scam attempt.

[–] LodeMike@lemmy.today 2 points 3 weeks ago

That's probably why. He wants to make money.