Manny Pacquiao's and Oscar De La Hoya's big fight has been receiving scathing comments from big boxing figures. The magic of Bob Arum once again proved amazing turning this near-impossible fight between two clearly mismatched opponents. He is feeding the media with comments in favor of Pacquiao to create an illusion of close competition between the two without which the fight would have been concluded trash even before the bell rings.
Perhaps, that is the very reason why no one is dreading what I am dreading. They all believe that Manny Pacquiao will be butchered by Dela Hoya. However, in the event that Arum, Roach, and Diaz are right that Pacquiao has a good chance to defy adversities and acquire legendary glory, this might mean future disaster for boxing.
Remember the early days of UFC when they were still underground? There were no class divisions and my what strange match-ups I saw! The most absurd of which is a fight between a heavy weight sumo wrestler and a skinny jiu-jitsu fighter. The skinny guy was thrown out of the octagon! Now however, UFC seemed to have learned keeping strict weight divisions.
With Manny though, they find it hard to match him up to someone worthy of his speed and power. No one keeps up with his fast pace. Marquez sure can match him but the excitement of exchange is not there nor the freezing knock-outs. So now they are forcing a fight, all proper of course, since Manny will move up and Dela Hoya will move down to him.
My prediction here is thus if Manny wins, boxing will go the reverse way UFC did. A Pacman victory, either by decision or by KO, might mean future fights between mismatched opponents. A brutal loss for Manny though will blare as a warning sign against future similar clashes. Take note, brutal; a decision loss will not do.
Perhaps, that is the very reason why no one is dreading what I am dreading. They all believe that Manny Pacquiao will be butchered by Dela Hoya. However, in the event that Arum, Roach, and Diaz are right that Pacquiao has a good chance to defy adversities and acquire legendary glory, this might mean future disaster for boxing.
Remember the early days of UFC when they were still underground? There were no class divisions and my what strange match-ups I saw! The most absurd of which is a fight between a heavy weight sumo wrestler and a skinny jiu-jitsu fighter. The skinny guy was thrown out of the octagon! Now however, UFC seemed to have learned keeping strict weight divisions.
With Manny though, they find it hard to match him up to someone worthy of his speed and power. No one keeps up with his fast pace. Marquez sure can match him but the excitement of exchange is not there nor the freezing knock-outs. So now they are forcing a fight, all proper of course, since Manny will move up and Dela Hoya will move down to him.
My prediction here is thus if Manny wins, boxing will go the reverse way UFC did. A Pacman victory, either by decision or by KO, might mean future fights between mismatched opponents. A brutal loss for Manny though will blare as a warning sign against future similar clashes. Take note, brutal; a decision loss will not do.
2 comments:
whoa... nanalo si pacman... wala na, iisipin na na "okay" lang ang mismatches... nakupow....
pacman better watch his step... this fight was a lucky one, if he goes against someone from a higher weight class again...he might not be so lucky.
Yes..They are now thinking of matching him up with Mayweather..
Mayweather is not like the Golden Boy, he certainly can "pull the trigger"..
Nevertheless, I think Pacquiao won that because Oscar did not take the match seriously. Edwin Valero, his spar mate squealed on the Golden Boy's training as bad. And, hey, win or lose, Dela Hoya's got more money than Pacquiao..
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