Randall "Tex" Cobb: You Paid For A 'Technical, Brilliant Fight'
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) --- Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao. Everyone from Bradley Cooper, to Robert De Niro, to Tom Brady, to Jay Z and Beyoncé were in Vegas for the "fight of the century."
Except, it wasn't. 864 total punches throws, just 229 landed, and millions of angry people who felt they wasted $100 on the pay per view event.
"You've got to understand, anytime you're dealing with somebody of the caliber of Mayweather---you know going in he's a defensive genius," former heavyweight boxer Randall "Tex" Cobb told Angelo Cataldi and the 94WIP Morning Show on Monday. "What does that mean? Well, that means you're not going to hit him with a handful of rice.
Listen: Randall "Tex" Cobb on the 94WIP Morning Show
"If you want a slugfest, you could go down to half a dozen gyms in this city and see some guys get down, nose to nose and raise the ruckus," Cobb continued. "But if you're interested in a technical, brilliant fight, well that's what you paid. You didn't pay for a slugfest."
