PACQUIAO?S CHANCE TO RELAX A BIT IN MOSLEY
By Maloney L. Samaco
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 26 Dec 2010
This is it! This is the fight which I posted in PhilBoxing last November 21, 2010, calling it a boring fight. The world?s top fighter in all divisions, facing a boxer way past his prime, come May 7, 2011.
Manny has been facing opponents much bigger than him, with the likes of Oscar de la Hoya, Miguel Angel Cotto, Joshua Clottey, and lately the most gigantic of them all, Antonio Margarito.
Pacquiao has fought these foes against all odds. He brawled against the Golden Boy whom many believed as a tough opponent due to his size and experience. He dominated de la Hoya and showed humanity that a fighting Filipino is worthy to be on top of the world.
Pacquiao also stopped Cotto by a TKO which satisfied his fans all over the world. But the fight with Cotto was not a feast day for Pacman as Cotto proved to be a warrior by heart and was not an easy foe to deal with.
All Clottey had to do was to protect his face and his body from the blows of Pacquiao and the African fought not to win but not to loss by KO. It was one lesser opponent and a tune up for the next tougher rival in Margarito.
The Mexican warrior is a combatant by heart and by deeds. His size and strength proved to be a superior weapon against the Pacman arsenal. Though winning by a unanimous decision, Pacquiao failed to knock the Tijuana Tornado down, and the Mexican finished twelve rounds with face badly swollen.
Through Bob Arum?s stroke, Mosley was given the chance to face the pound-for-pound king, even at the dusk of his boxing career at 39. Yes, it will be a boring fight and Mosley has nothing to lose and every million dollar to gain. The fight was all for the help of Mosley, allegedly in a tight financial fix.
But it could also serve as a tune up fight for the next bigger encounters and the subsequent tougher opponents, against Juan Manuel Marquez, Andre Berto, or if he finally comes out of his shell, Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
Pacquiao has no pressure fighting Mosley and could gain millions of dollars against the popular African-American who could still be a box-office hit despite his age.
The fighting congressman has so many duties to do and so many responsibilities to look into after missing sessions due to his training for Margarito. Being a national legislator is not an easy task and he will be even further pressured if he has to face immediately a big name opponent after a tough fight.
Pacquiao has to relax a bit in facing a slower Mosley as a training or practice fight for a bigger payday against more established rivals ? Marquez, Berto or Mayweather.
Even a man of steel needs to calm down.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to all!
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