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Is it
me or was that match underwhelming?
Yes, I
am talking about the sequel of the Manny
Pacquiao / Shane Mosley series.
I hope
they won’t do a third instalment... ever.
Regardless
of what Bob Arum, Freddie Roach,
that unpatriotic guy who works in your office that just wants to say that Manny Pacquiao is about to lose a
match, or hell... even what Manny Pacquiao says, no one believed that Shane
Mosley would win over the Pacman.
I
think this was the first match where I had the avenues to watch the fight but I
was so bored that after the third round, I switched channels. Watching Mosley
get floored was enough to tell myself that Manny will own the bout. This was
Mosley first knockdown since feeling the fists of Vernon Forrest. But you have to hand it to Mosley for being so
durable especially when Manny unleashed that extremely sick jawbreaker that
knocked Mosley off his feet. A weaker fighter would have yielded from that
punch. Sure, I missed a couple of rounds due to channel surfing but I felt I
didn’t miss much.
But
luckily I returned for Round 10 where Kenny
Bayless scored a knockdown in favor of Mosley because of that... err...
punch. Fact is that phantom punch angered MP and it proved costly for Mosley as
he became the unfortunate recipient of his devastating blows. The onslaught
stopped in Round 12 when the fighters chose to hug it out... although Manny
would set free a bunch of merciless straights and jabs.
Pacquiao
won via unanimous decision and I am beginning to wonder if the match will send
shockwaves to the boxing community that there is nothing left to watch in
boxing.
Sure,
the best match to catapult boxing back to the top is Pacquiao versus Floyd Mayweather but unless Manny
fights Mayweather (hell, even Juan
Manuel Marquez since the guy has Manny’s number) or beats up another
certified welterweight, you can’t really expect a lot from these Pacman fights.
But
still, why blame Pacman for this?
Blame
his insane skills for retiring the careers of so many men and the wimping up of
many others!
Congratulations
Manny Pacquiao!
Hopefully
you’ll have more quality fights... and win them all!
GAME
OVER!
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