The furor over Manny pacquiao’s ridiculous loss to Timothy Bradley will not die down that easy.I was elsewhere reading a foreign daily and one page was devoted to the story entitled: Was Manny robbed?
The social media is still abuzz too. Twitter, for example, exploded with twits including those from professional athletes and celebrities.
Here are some:
Former Coyotes center Kyle Turris (@KyleTurris): “Wow, watched the first 6 rounds and went to bed, thought Pacquiao won all 6. What happened in the second half?”
Cardinals receiver Larry Fitzgerald (@LarryFitzgerald): “Saw a robbery by the Nevada (athletic) commission 2night @ the MGM. Big ups 2 Manny 4 being a class act regardless of the circumstances.”
Aaron Brooks, Suns guard who played in China last season (@thirty2zero): “I hope the (Philippines) don’t have weapons of mass destruction.”
Cardinals defensive tackle Darnell Dockett (@DDockett) : “PAC got robbed without a gun!!! I’m seriously (ticked). First my Celtics crumble in the 4th then PAC got robbed and Bradley know he didn’t win.”
Phoenix Suns swingman Jared Dudley (@JaredDudley619) was really riffing:
“They’re cheating in Vegas!!!! OMG!!!! Wow!!!!! Biggest cheat EVER!!!!”
“This is crazy. Those judges in Vegas need to be fired ASAP! I never felt so cheated of my money in my life!!!!”
“I can’t get over that PAC MAN fight! You know how the Gov got involved with steroid use in baseball, it’s now time for boxing.”
Cardinals running back Alfonso Smith (@FonzoAZ46): “#RipBoxing.”
Yeah, rip it. This boxing boo-boo will never die down that easy even if Manny himself has walked away from talking about it.
But the question in my mind, to be very honest about it is whether or not Bob Arum is sincere.
Arum, he of the brilliant mind in boxing, says he wants an investigation first before accepting a rematch. Did you suspect anything here? Ju honestly believe Bob Arum really sincere?
Before this fight, I had thought Manny is going the way of Marco Antonio Barrera. Life is but a cycle. Even in boxing. Fame and greatness is like a wheel of fortune. It goes around.
Barrera was an ageing legend when a young Manny Pacquiao was tossed in the ring with him. Unlike Bradley though, Manny won via by a vicious TKO. When Manny was said to be taking a young Bradley as his next foe, I thought honestly in my humble, untrained boxing mind, that there will be a changing of the guards in boxing. Floyd is in jail. Manny is already gobbled up by politics and let’s face it, Manny is beginning to lose his mojo. In his last two fights, Manny is as flat as a day old beer. Nothing of the kick of the strong beer he endorses.
In short, boxing needs a resident champion. A new blood. New excitement.
Bob Arum, to keep his outfit Top Rank, had to get him a new star to bank on. Remember it should have been Amir Khan but he lost to Lamont Peterson. Then it could have been Chavez Jr. but the kid just doesn’t have the charisma of a Pacquiao or a Dela Hoya.
The search goes on for Bob’s new star. He knows, pretty soon, Manny’s days will be over.
By the law of gravity or by the law of averages.
