June 11, 2012
The Shine Also Rises, The Sun Always Sets
Manny Pacquiao apparently pummelled his opponent senseless the other night, and lost on a split decision. The "winner" exited in a wheelchair. Now the sports world is up in arms about the supposed skullduggery in the boxing world, that most noble of sports. Fixing a fight? The horror. Lookit: boxing hasn't been honest since the Marquess of Queensbury was blowing Jem Mace through a tavern loo gloryhole in the Liberties of the Savoy back in the day.
It's quite simple, really. Affirmative action. Bradley was spotted 10 melanin points prior to the fight. Pacquiao was additionally deducted 3 points for being a damned Papist.
It's not good old follow-the-money boxing corruption anymore. It's new politically-correct boxing corruption. Please try to keep up.
And: Pacquiao will have to literally execute Bradley and Mayweather in his next two fights to win even split decisions.
I haven't watche a prize fight in 30 or more years. Anyone care to guess why?
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Posted by: James Old Guy at June 12, 2012 6:28 PMPolitically correct boxing corruption? I can't even keep up with regular everyday politically correct corruption! So where do gay boxers figure in the overall heirarchy?
Posted by: PeggyU at June 13, 2012 3:57 AMThey had it right in the bad old days. A championship fight ended when somebody quit.
Posted by: james wilson at June 13, 2012 1:04 PMI watched a replay of the fight this last Saturday evening. It wasn't so obvious to me that Pacquiao should have won. The fight was pretty close with Pacquiao doing a lot more flurrying than hitting in the last minute of most rounds.
All in all, it would have been a much more entertaining fight if they had beat each other up a bit more.
Posted by: arcs at June 18, 2012 9:39 AM