When I heard that Manny lost the fight (wasn't able to see it, I was at work) I felt sad for him and thought that it's really time for him to think about retirement. I thought that Bradley being the younger and hungrier fighter outboxed Manny all throughout the fight. Thats it, the curtain has fallen. Manny has grown older and could not pull the trigger anymore.
Then I saw the comments from the sports analysts all over the world Dan Raphael (espn), kevin lole (yahoo sports), harold lederman (hbo boxing analyst), floyd mayweather sr., larry merchant, max kellerman, jim lampley and even the manager of tim bradley all saying that Manny won the bout then I started thinking of what really happened in that fight. Mind you these are the same group of people who said that Marquez won his last bout against Pacquiao. What Im saying is that Its not always about the boxer, wirehead, especially if the people who are talking have been in the sports business all their lives. Filipinos love boxing no doubt about that, many of us also felt that Marquez won the the last fight against Pacquiao.
If Bradley knocked down Pacquiao and the judges ruled that Pacquiao won the fight then most of us boxing fanatics (Pinoy or otherwise) would shout LUTOOOOOO!!!!! Believe it or not.
When I heard that Manny lost the fight (wasn't able to see it, I was at work) I felt sad for him and thought that it's really time for him to think about retirement. I thought that Bradley being the younger and hungrier fighter outboxed Manny all throughout the fight. Thats it, the curtain has fallen. Manny has grown older and could not pull the trigger anymore.
Then I saw the comments from the sports analysts all over the world Dan Raphael (espn), kevin lole (yahoo sports), harold lederman (hbo boxing analyst), floyd mayweather sr., larry merchant, max kellerman, jim lampley and even the manager of tim bradley all saying that Manny won the bout then I started thinking of what really happened in that fight. Mind you these are the same group of people who said that Marquez won his last bout against Pacquiao. What Im saying is that Its not always about the boxer, wirehead, especially if the people who are talking have been in the sports business all their lives. Filipinos love boxing no doubt about that, many of us also felt that Marquez won the the last fight against Pacquiao.
If Bradley knocked down Pacquiao and the judges ruled that Pacquiao won the fight then most of us boxing fanatics (Pinoy or otherwise) would shout LUTOOOOOO!!!!! Believe it or not.