# Why was the Pacquiao-Mayweather question closed? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 12, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469 "2015-04-12T03:07:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Terminus\_Est](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/terminus_est/32/3087_2.png) [@Terminus\_Est](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terminus_Est)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 3:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469/1 "2015-04-12T03:07:09Z")
> **[Mayweather-Paquiano Fight](https://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=754245)** > > I don’t really follow fights or boxing or ufc but you have to be living under a rock not to notice the incredible hype over the upcoming Mayweather-Paquiano fight. What’s the big deal about this fight? Anyone wants to bring me up to speed on it and... Over in GQ, there was an apparently legitimate question about the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight. Why was it closed outright rather than being simply moved to the Game Room? ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 3:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469/2 "2015-04-12T03:43:48Z")
The mods felt bad about **LSLGuy** ’s Gaudere moment. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469/3 "2015-04-12T04:08:05Z")
> [@Terminus\_Est](#): > > [Mayweather-Paquiano Fight - Factual Questions - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=754245) > > Over in GQ, there was an apparently legitimate question about the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight. Why was it closed outright rather than being simply moved to the Game Room? The answer is right that in the mod’s post. They are trying to train the guy to use the right forums. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469/4 "2015-04-12T04:13:59Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > The answer is right that in the mod’s post. They are trying to train the guy to use the right forums. Which was posted about three minutes ago. ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 4:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469/5 "2015-04-12T04:16:10Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Which was posted about three minutes ago. So it was originally closed without comment? ---
**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 4:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469/6 "2015-04-12T04:27:46Z")
It looks like **Colibri** got interrupted in between closing the thread and posting the reason for it. Real life has a way of doing stuff like that to us sometimes. No biggie. ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 2:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469/7 "2015-04-12T14:44:53Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > It looks like **Colibri** got interrupted in between closing the thread and posting the reason for it. > > Real life has a way of doing stuff like that to us sometimes. No biggie. Yes, I had just closed the thread and started to compose the reason for it when someone came to the door. It took me a while to get back to it. Sorry for any confusion. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469/8 "2015-04-12T16:00:17Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Yes, I had just closed the thread and started to compose the reason for it when someone came to the door. It took me a while to get back to it. Sorry for any confusion. “Chinese food!” ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469/9 "2015-04-12T16:34:44Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > Yes, I had just closed the thread and started to compose the reason for it when someone came to the door. It took me a while to get back to it. Sorry for any confusion. It happened to Coleridge too. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![jimbuff314](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c57346/32.png) [@jimbuff314](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jimbuff314)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469/10 "2015-04-12T18:25:01Z")
Porlockian sumbitches. (Though personally, I don’t buy STC’s story.) ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 8:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469/11 "2015-04-12T20:53:29Z")
> [@samclem](#): > > It happened to Coleridge too. 😉 Yeah, and when I got back I found I was fresh out of opium. ---
**Author:** ![LSLGuy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lslguy/32/5813_2.png) [@LSLGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LSLGuy)\ **Post date:** [April 12, 2015, 9:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469/12 "2015-04-12T21:08:27Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > The mods felt bad about **LSLGuy** ’s Gaudere moment. Crap. :smack: :o ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469/13 "2015-04-13T00:22:04Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > “Chinese food!” Or an encyclopedia salesman cleverly disguised as a burglar? ---
**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 1:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469/14 "2015-04-13T01:14:23Z")
When you got back to bed had someone taken your place? ---
**Author:** ![Colibri](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/colibri/32/1841_2.png) [@Colibri](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Colibri)\ **Post date:** [April 13, 2015, 2:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/why-was-the-pacquiao-mayweather-question-closed/717469/15 "2015-04-13T02:24:44Z")
> [@kopek](#): > > Or an encyclopedia salesman cleverly disguised as a burglar? Actually, it was a [Land Shark,](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Land_Shark_%28Saturday_Night_Live%29) but I outsmarted him.