It's a day after Pacman's controversial loss against Tim Bradley. For over eight hours, I had spent much of my waking hours devouring news on the internet about the fight that had set netizens in uproar. Well, I joined the fray by keeping updated of the latest buzz, tweets and critique of every boxing aficionado who cared to have their voices heard following the unbelievable outcome of the fight.
I went to sleep so late last night after subjecting my eyes and brain to torturous reading of comments and news. One thing is common though from all the articles on the net available to every interested and news-hungry boxing fan: The result was just unbelievable. Handing the welterweight title to someone who clearly lost was, according to sports analysts, "one of the worst decisions in the history of boxing." Cries of robbery, fixing, conspiracy, corruption, just rang from across the cyberspace, not to include outspoken media pundits harping on the seeming injustice done against the boxing champ. Well, you can't blame Bradley either for gladly wearing Pac's welterweight belt. It was handed to him by members of the "three blind mice" as Bob Arum described the judges. It was clear as a noonday sun though that he did not deserve to wear the same following obviously erroneous judging and the global reaction against it.
PAC on one hand, accepted his "defeat" graciously, magnanimous as he is both in victory and defeat. I would like to think though, that he is nonetheless as hungry as a lion to be back in the ring and seize his title back from Bradley. Even now, he’s crying for a rematch, even vowing that he would not allow the next fight to go the distance and give the "Desert Storm" the knockout of his lifetime. Whew, that's quite a statement. But with the rematch, Pacman certainly has nothing to lose, financially, that is. Wow, that would mean another haul of million bucks that would cement the champ's position among the world's richest athletes.
On the other hand, if I were Pac, I would hang up my gloves. There is nothing to prove now. He's the best, no doubt, even as he was robbed of the world title. In the hearts of his loyal fans and even of his critics and skeptics, he is still the champ. If anything his"loss" just even made him bigger than he already was prior to the fight.
Nope, he did not show signs of slowing down as a fighter. If any, he clearly proved he still got the power punches and speed which catapulted him to his pedestal in the crazy world of boxing. Hang up he must of his gloves, while he's still up there. He would surely be remembered as the greatest boxer of all time who refused to dance to the beat of greed and corruption lurking in the boxing business.
I went to sleep so late last night after subjecting my eyes and brain to torturous reading of comments and news. One thing is common though from all the articles on the net available to every interested and news-hungry boxing fan: The result was just unbelievable. Handing the welterweight title to someone who clearly lost was, according to sports analysts, "one of the worst decisions in the history of boxing." Cries of robbery, fixing, conspiracy, corruption, just rang from across the cyberspace, not to include outspoken media pundits harping on the seeming injustice done against the boxing champ. Well, you can't blame Bradley either for gladly wearing Pac's welterweight belt. It was handed to him by members of the "three blind mice" as Bob Arum described the judges. It was clear as a noonday sun though that he did not deserve to wear the same following obviously erroneous judging and the global reaction against it.
PAC on one hand, accepted his "defeat" graciously, magnanimous as he is both in victory and defeat. I would like to think though, that he is nonetheless as hungry as a lion to be back in the ring and seize his title back from Bradley. Even now, he’s crying for a rematch, even vowing that he would not allow the next fight to go the distance and give the "Desert Storm" the knockout of his lifetime. Whew, that's quite a statement. But with the rematch, Pacman certainly has nothing to lose, financially, that is. Wow, that would mean another haul of million bucks that would cement the champ's position among the world's richest athletes.
On the other hand, if I were Pac, I would hang up my gloves. There is nothing to prove now. He's the best, no doubt, even as he was robbed of the world title. In the hearts of his loyal fans and even of his critics and skeptics, he is still the champ. If anything his"loss" just even made him bigger than he already was prior to the fight.
Nope, he did not show signs of slowing down as a fighter. If any, he clearly proved he still got the power punches and speed which catapulted him to his pedestal in the crazy world of boxing. Hang up he must of his gloves, while he's still up there. He would surely be remembered as the greatest boxer of all time who refused to dance to the beat of greed and corruption lurking in the boxing business.
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