Now that tennis mythomaniacs can breathe easy after the retirement of Rafael Nadal, one of the greatest in the history of this sport and of sport in general, who seemed obsessed with fighting against time and tarnishing his extraordinary legend, it turns out that Netflix and all that streaming business makes a complete demolition of Mike Tyson, who at 58 years old put on the gloves again to make a fool of himself.
It is true that the boxer from Brownsville, a dangerous neighborhood in Brooklyn, is the imperfect idol, the guy who bites and tears off a piece of a rival’s ear, but he was the last great one, the one who connected with Muhammad Ali and the golden age of boxing. The parody of combat against Jake Paul, a professional influencer, was theater of the worst absurdity and a painful aberration. “An oasis of horror in the middle of a desert of boredom,” poetized Charles Baudelaire.
It is the same perception that could be obtained on the streets of the Big Apple a couple of weeks before. In Iowa, on a recent trip through rural America, a funnyman appeared doing one of his jokes: “I just read that in New York someone is stabbed every 52 seconds, poor man.” Watching the latest edition of the most overrated athletic event on the planet, a version of that phrase emerged: 55,000 stabs at the New York Marathon.
What a feeling of discomfort was experienced when following the race of the five as a spectator. boroughs . It is no longer a personal challenge, it is a circus. Organizers boasted that 55,000 people were running. This figure of global success is the nails in the coffin.
The decline perhaps began in the 2012 edition. Hurricane Sandy devastated the city and, although it was seen that the marathon was impossible, Mayor Michael Bloomberg did not announce its cancellation until just 36 hours before the start so as not to harm the commercial benefit. (hotels, restaurants, shops). Many athletes spent their money to attend a non-existent event.
That business spirit has prevailed, reinforced by the “I, my, me, with me” of the networks. How pathetic to see them running with their cell phones to take photos. You don’t run, you walk for Instagram. And those posters of encouragement to the athletes have become provocative phrases to gain more likes . Justine Huang, 26, has made headlines. She ran the marathon drunk and said that “I will do it again.”
Requiem for the New York Marathon. Real fans have other cities left.
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