Blight of the century

Once upon a time a Fight of the Century was Muhammad Ali in one corner and Joe Frazier in the other, wrecking one another for 15 rounds. It was Jack Dempsey vs. Gene Tunney. It was Tony Zale vs. Rocky Graziano, Sugar Ray Robinson vs. Jake LaMotta, Sugar Ray Leonard vs. Roberto Duran or Marvin Hagler or the Hitman, Thomas Hearns.

Now it's a woman-beating punk named Floyd Mayweather vs. some guy from the internet.

OK, so Internet Guy is actually named Logan Paul, and he's famous for being YouTube star. This is no mean accomplishment, because not just anyone can be a YouTube star. That's because pretty much everyone can be.

So tonight it's Mayweather, once the greatest pound-for-pound boxer in the world when he wasn't beating up women, against YouTube Dude. It's a guy who long ago gave up professional boxing to do vaudeville acts with over-hyped MMA guys (Conor McGregor), taking on whatever the hell a Logan Paul is.

Remember that one time when Danny Bonaduce from "The Patridge Family" fought Donny Osmond?

That was less a Blight of the Century than this likely will be.

Vegas being Vegas, the odds prohibitively favoring Mayweather have undergone an "adjustment," which means enough people have now bet on Paul that more suckers, er, bettors will be induced to drop some coin on this farce. Or at least that's the theory.

Me?

I say if you want to throw your money away that badly, hell, just give it to me. I'll make sure you'll get a chunky return on your investment.

OK. So you won't.

But I'll enjoy the pizza and beer.