No reason why Mosley won’t lose by KO
ON May 8 (Manila Time), Manny Pacquiao is scheduled to climb the ring again.
But will he really fight that day?
I doubt it very much.
He’ll maul another sorry victim – that I’m sure of.
But that’s going ahead of the story.
The last time Pacquiao fought, in November 2010, he ended up with swollen knuckles. His hands ached.
First, because he had a bloated customer in Antonio Margarito.
Second, Margarito was not made of grains but of granite.
In that fight, the super-welterweight crown for 154-pounders was on the line.
But Pacquiao could only weigh 150 lb when the first bell rang. That was the heaviest Pacquiao could weigh, given that he’s barely 5-foot-6 and, basically, a natural lightweight (130-135 lb).
And because Margarito towered to almost six feet, he could easily go beyond 160 lb. In fact, he came in at 167, or 17 pounds heavier than Pacquiao.
That mattered.
So that the bout virtually pitted David against Goliath.
History repeating itself?
You bet.
Wasn’t Pacquiao the David when he slew his first Goliath in De La Hoya?
Wasn’t Pacquiao the David when he slew his second Goliath in Cotto?
Wasn’t Pacquiao the David when he slew his third Goliath in Clottey?
And then came Margarito.
You already know what happened to Margarito.
From being called “Mexican Tornado” before the fight, Pacquiao renamed Margarito to “Mexican Tomato” after the fight.
Pacquiao couldn’t floor Margarito as 17 pounds was just too much for his fists.
Still, Pacquiao’s fists feasted on the face all night that at fight’s end, Margarito’s face was so badly battered, it became as red as Mexican tomato. Bizarrely, it also resembled much of a smashed watermelon in summer.
Why the referee in that fight didn’t halt the carnage as early as the 10th shocked the world that it would quickly supplant the mystique of the sorrowful mystery.
Pacquiao’s unanimous 12-round points victory over Margarito merely validated the fact that, to the ring legend, both height and weight matter not.
Thus, even as Pacquiao would again be fighting a foe taller and heftier than him in Mosley, he’d still prevail. Easily again, I must insist.
Mosley is boasting of holding three world crowns, of having beaten such greats like De La Hoya, Vargas and even Margarito.
But all that is history now and, at 39 years of age, he is also history already.
In fact, Mosley’s remaining link to greatness – that of not having been knocked out in his 46-6-1, win-loss-draw career with 39 KOs – will be finally shattered by Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs) on Sunday.
If Mosley will survive Pacquiao and he loses merely on points to the 32-year-old Pacman, it would be by dint of luck.
Pacquiao’s conqueror has yet to be born.
Source: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/
But will he really fight that day?
I doubt it very much.
He’ll maul another sorry victim – that I’m sure of.
But that’s going ahead of the story.
The last time Pacquiao fought, in November 2010, he ended up with swollen knuckles. His hands ached.
First, because he had a bloated customer in Antonio Margarito.
Second, Margarito was not made of grains but of granite.
In that fight, the super-welterweight crown for 154-pounders was on the line.
But Pacquiao could only weigh 150 lb when the first bell rang. That was the heaviest Pacquiao could weigh, given that he’s barely 5-foot-6 and, basically, a natural lightweight (130-135 lb).
And because Margarito towered to almost six feet, he could easily go beyond 160 lb. In fact, he came in at 167, or 17 pounds heavier than Pacquiao.
That mattered.
So that the bout virtually pitted David against Goliath.
History repeating itself?
You bet.
Wasn’t Pacquiao the David when he slew his first Goliath in De La Hoya?
Wasn’t Pacquiao the David when he slew his second Goliath in Cotto?
Wasn’t Pacquiao the David when he slew his third Goliath in Clottey?
And then came Margarito.
You already know what happened to Margarito.
From being called “Mexican Tornado” before the fight, Pacquiao renamed Margarito to “Mexican Tomato” after the fight.
Pacquiao couldn’t floor Margarito as 17 pounds was just too much for his fists.
Still, Pacquiao’s fists feasted on the face all night that at fight’s end, Margarito’s face was so badly battered, it became as red as Mexican tomato. Bizarrely, it also resembled much of a smashed watermelon in summer.
Why the referee in that fight didn’t halt the carnage as early as the 10th shocked the world that it would quickly supplant the mystique of the sorrowful mystery.
Pacquiao’s unanimous 12-round points victory over Margarito merely validated the fact that, to the ring legend, both height and weight matter not.
Thus, even as Pacquiao would again be fighting a foe taller and heftier than him in Mosley, he’d still prevail. Easily again, I must insist.
Mosley is boasting of holding three world crowns, of having beaten such greats like De La Hoya, Vargas and even Margarito.
But all that is history now and, at 39 years of age, he is also history already.
In fact, Mosley’s remaining link to greatness – that of not having been knocked out in his 46-6-1, win-loss-draw career with 39 KOs – will be finally shattered by Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs) on Sunday.
If Mosley will survive Pacquiao and he loses merely on points to the 32-year-old Pacman, it would be by dint of luck.
Pacquiao’s conqueror has yet to be born.
Source: http://www.manilastandardtoday.com/
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