By Rusty Rubin
Erik Morales and Manny Pacquiao face off on Saturday at the Thomas and Mack Center on the campus of UNLV, on Saturday evening.
Don’t be shocked if an all out war breaks out. Morales coming off a disappointing loss to Zahir Raheem feels he has a lot to prove, and Pac Man, who looks like he doesn’t have an ounce of body fat on him, and is more than just hungry for Erik will be toe to toe throughout.
As Pay Per Views go, this one appears to be well worth the cost.
Because Morales is more natural at 130, he figures to carry the bigger punch, and gets the nod here, by a very close decision in a great fight.
Agree or disagree, we’d like to hear from you. (Rngsportsr@aol.com).
Glove2Glove:
A prayer for the soul of the wife of former top rated heavyweight Thad Spencer, who passed away this week.
Let’s say a prayer for the father of Eva Futch, a great friend, and the widow of legendary trainer Eddie, who passed away in 2001. Eva’s father’s cancer has returned and needs all the support we can give him, and please pray that Eva has the strength to cope with this difficult challenge she faces at so close to her having lost her esteemed husband.
Prayers needed for Elise Brown, grand daughter of Ringside Products head honcho and good boxing guy John Brown. Young Elise has heart problems.
Prayers have also helped but continue to be needed for Dennis Wilcox, brother of boxing scribe David Wilcox, who is in an Oregon hospital suffering from Leukemia. The family and everyone at Glove2Glove ask for your prayers for his total recovery.
Prayers for the return to health of Audrey Talmo, wife of Ed, a long-time boxing fan who cares about our sport.
Prayers needed for the return to health of Alfonso Luna, father of our outstanding photographer Ray Luna, who has taken ill in Southern California.
Please say prayers for the return to health of Helen Wambolt, wife of our East Coast World Boxing Hall of Fame writer Danny Wambolt. Cards will also be most welcome.***
Please say prayers for the return to health of Orazio Esposito, father of our photographer Richard Esposito.***
Prayers for the return to health of Don Donelson, father of writer Tom, and Gene Sebastian, brother of former middleweight champ Billy Soose. Both are suffering from congestive heart disease.
Please say prayers for Phill Grazide of Santa Rosa, CA. a big supporter of amateur boxing, who is suffering the crippling effects of rheumatoid arthritis.***
Needless to say we need prayers for the return to health of both former champs Greg Page and Gerald McClellan, both confined to wheelchairs.***
Glove2Glove is a non-denominational group set up to aide those boxing folks and their relatives in need of prayers and cards. We accept no money and only contact our members when someone is in need. It’s free to join. Simply send us your e-mail address. And even if you’re not a member, feel free to contact us if you are aware of some boxing person in need.***
Touching on politics briefly: I must tell you that I’m amazed, although not shocked at the outpouring of support in the Muslim world for those who were injured in the bombing in Northern Pakistan, a bombing that may have wiped out a number of top Al Qaeda leaders.
If they (Al Qaeda) indeed were at the meeting in this village, then there were no ‘innocent’ casualties. Anyone who protects a terrorist deserves the same fate, even if they don’t directly belong to that sub-human organization.
Apologize? For what? Did any of these villagers apologize for the World Trade Center disaster on 9/11? Far from it, I’ll take bets that those who even heard about it, applauded the work of the brainwashed losers who flew the planes into the Twin Towers on Sept. 11, 2001.
Yes, there could have been some innocent victims in the bombing, who didn’t know and wasn’t involved with protecting the killers, but sadly that’s part of a war. If you happen to be at the wrong place at the wrong time, it happens. Remember it happened to 9/11, and America weren’t involved in any ‘war’ at the time. So who were the real innocent victims?***
Another pressing issue is Iran, who seems determined to risk war by starting up its nuclear power plants. And as bad as that is, the guy in charge was put there by the radical Mullahs, who are also close to taking power in Iraq.
Both Iraq and Iran have huge supplies of oil to blackmail the free world. And we’re looking at high oil prices when the prices are usually near the year’s lowest.
The world is a very scary place folks.
Agree or disagree, I’d like to hear from you. I respect everyone’s opinion.