March 15 2008 
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Why I Am Calling For Mister Pacquiao To Immediately Retire From Boxing Ring!!
Michael Marley
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I know this will be a long, hard fight. I know that few, if any, will rally to my cause. I understand that I may be a lone wolf, or a lone white gorilla if you prefer, taking this unpopular stand.
But you know the old saw that says if you don’t stand for anything, you will fall for everything. So I am taking the plunge and I will let the chips and the chumps fall where they may…
I am calling for Pacquiao’s retirement. That’s right, I, Michael Marley, hereby call for Pacquiao’s retirement from boxing. It’s time, really past time, for Pacquiao to leave this most dangerous occupation.
It’s time to pack it in as far as boxing goes.
Before you summon the men in the white coats and call for me to be immediately instutionalized for a real check-up from the neck up, let me clarify my clarion call.
I’m talking about and calling for Bobby “Sniper” Pacquiao, not Megamanny, to hang up the boxing gloves.
Bobpac fights this Friday night at the Morongo Hotel & Casino in SoCal and his opponent is Fernando Trejo, a pretty good 30-12-4 fighter who has 18 KOs. I asked around and several matchmakers told me they will be very surprised if the “Sniper” will be an accurate enough marksman to take down Trejo.
But, for the 26-year-old Bobpac who owns a pro record of 27-13-3 with 12 knockouts, it’s not whether he wins or loses this particular fight. No, I am saying that Bobby should curtail his pro career because it may be a distraction for his superstar brother.
The obvious comparison is between superstar Muhammad Ali and his less than awesome fighting brother, first Rudolph Clay and then Rahman Ali. More on the lesser of the two Clay/Ali brothers in a minute.
Where is Bobby Pac headed in his career? Be realistic, because he is never going to be a world champion. That was underlined this Saturday night as rugged Mexican Humberto Soto was handed a boxing lesson by likely Manny foe Joan Guzman. That was the same Soto who pounded Bobby all over the ring when they fought.
When Bobby gets slapped around, don't you think that, relatively speaking, Manny feels the pain? Manny is his brother's keeper just like Muhammad was Rahman's keeper.
Why do I say Bobby’s career can distract older brother? This week’s Pacquaio schedule shows why. On Thursday, Pacman is sitting down to eat some turkey and talk turkey with promoter Bob Arum at the Top Rank honcho’s palatial Las Vegas home. At some point during the holiday repast, Manny is supposed to inform Uncle Bob of whether he wants Juan Manuel Marquez or WBC lightweight champ David Diaz as his March 15 opponent.
So Thursday’s foray to the Arum household is not strictly a pleasure trip for Pacman. Yet I am hearing that Manny will zip from Vegas over to Morongo to watch Bobby fight the next evening.
If Bobby retired, if he became part of his brother’s entourage, wouldn’t that be one less thing for Manny to be worried about in the prime of his own lucrative career? It says here it would be and Bobby should recognize that he is merely a journeyman pro who is taking his lumps and is not destined for any world title belt.
Bobby should sacrifice his waning career for the greater good of the Pacquiao family.
Now let me tell you about Rahaman. He finished up a less than stellar heavyweight career with a 14-3-1, seven KOs mark. Most of his victories were over cadavers, Whenever he stepped up a notch, Rahaman got beat.
I was there in Lewiston, Me., at St. Dominic’s Arena in 1965 when Muhammad iced Sonny Liston in one round in their rematch. I also saw Rahman score a KO 2 that evening against someone possibly named “Buster Reed.” Reed, if that was his true name, was unbeaten before Rahaman beat him. Unbeaten because that night in Maine was his first ever, pro or amateur bout.
Rahaman was fed more tomato cans than a yard full of goats. The two bouts before mediocre Brit Danny McAlinden beat him on the Ali-Frazier I show at Madison Square Garden, Rahaman beat an another 0-0-0 guy and a 1-12-1 foe. In four bouts in Trinidad, Rahaman’s opposition came in with records of 0-3-0, 15-25-1 and 18-9-1.
I was Ali’s guest at the first Frazier bout and he gave me a ringside ticket. I recall seeing Ali and Willie “The Worm” Monroe standing in a runway with their boxing robes on watchin Rahaman lose to McAlinden. Now that’s a distraction for sure even though I’m sure it was no factor in Muhammad’s dramatic loss to Joe that wonderful night.
Rahaman put his gloves away after back-to-back losses to Roy “Cookie” Wallace and Irish Jack O’Halloran (who later appeared in the “Superman” movies). It was an ignominous end for the brother of “The Greatest.”
You might say Rudolph Valentino Clay Jr. a/k/a Rahaman Ali was in the twilight of a mediocre career but Muhammad put him on his payroll immediately. For the rest of his brother’s glorious career, Rahman was like a professional echo, yelling, “That’s right, champ!” over and over again.
Someone asked Ali once what Rahaman’s defined role was in the Ali entourage.
“I pay him $50,000 a year,” Muhammad said, “and that ain’t bad for driving and jiving.”
Bobby Pac, please take note. And please retire.
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I know this will be a long, hard fight. I know that few, if any, will rally to my cause. I understand that I may be a lone wolf, or a lone white gorilla if you prefer, taking this unpopular stand.
But you know the old saw that says if you don’t stand for anything, you will fall for everything. So I am taking the plunge and I will let the chips and the chumps fall where they may…
I am calling for Pacquiao’s retirement. That’s right, I, Michael Marley, hereby call for Pacquiao’s retirement from boxing. It’s time, really past time, for Pacquiao to leave this most dangerous occupation.
It’s time to pack it in as far as boxing goes.
Before you summon the men in the white coats and call for me to be immediately instutionalized for a real check-up from the neck up, let me clarify my clarion call.
I’m talking about and calling for Bobby “Sniper” Pacquiao, not Megamanny, to hang up the boxing gloves.
Bobpac fights this Friday night at the Morongo Hotel & Casino in SoCal and his opponent is Fernando Trejo, a pretty good 30-12-4 fighter who has 18 KOs. I asked around and several matchmakers told me they will be very surprised if the “Sniper” will be an accurate enough marksman to take down Trejo.
But, for the 26-year-old Bobpac who owns a pro record of 27-13-3 with 12 knockouts, it’s not whether he wins or loses this particular fight. No, I am saying that Bobby should curtail his pro career because it may be a distraction for his superstar brother.
The obvious comparison is between superstar Muhammad Ali and his less than awesome fighting brother, first Rudolph Clay and then Rahman Ali. More on the lesser of the two Clay/Ali brothers in a minute.
Where is Bobby Pac headed in his career? Be realistic, because he is never going to be a world champion. That was underlined this Saturday night as rugged Mexican Humberto Soto was handed a boxing lesson by likely Manny foe Joan Guzman. That was the same Soto who pounded Bobby all over the ring when they fought.
When Bobby gets slapped around, don't you think that, relatively speaking, Manny feels the pain? Manny is his brother's keeper just like Muhammad was Rahman's keeper.
Why do I say Bobby’s career can distract older brother? This week’s Pacquaio schedule shows why. On Thursday, Pacman is sitting down to eat some turkey and talk turkey with promoter Bob Arum at the Top Rank honcho’s palatial Las Vegas home. At some point during the holiday repast, Manny is supposed to inform Uncle Bob of whether he wants Juan Manuel Marquez or WBC lightweight champ David Diaz as his March 15 opponent.
So Thursday’s foray to the Arum household is not strictly a pleasure trip for Pacman. Yet I am hearing that Manny will zip from Vegas over to Morongo to watch Bobby fight the next evening.
If Bobby retired, if he became part of his brother’s entourage, wouldn’t that be one less thing for Manny to be worried about in the prime of his own lucrative career? It says here it would be and Bobby should recognize that he is merely a journeyman pro who is taking his lumps and is not destined for any world title belt.
Bobby should sacrifice his waning career for the greater good of the Pacquiao family.
Now let me tell you about Rahaman. He finished up a less than stellar heavyweight career with a 14-3-1, seven KOs mark. Most of his victories were over cadavers, Whenever he stepped up a notch, Rahaman got beat.
I was there in Lewiston, Me., at St. Dominic’s Arena in 1965 when Muhammad iced Sonny Liston in one round in their rematch. I also saw Rahman score a KO 2 that evening against someone possibly named “Buster Reed.” Reed, if that was his true name, was unbeaten before Rahaman beat him. Unbeaten because that night in Maine was his first ever, pro or amateur bout.
Rahaman was fed more tomato cans than a yard full of goats. The two bouts before mediocre Brit Danny McAlinden beat him on the Ali-Frazier I show at Madison Square Garden, Rahaman beat an another 0-0-0 guy and a 1-12-1 foe. In four bouts in Trinidad, Rahaman’s opposition came in with records of 0-3-0, 15-25-1 and 18-9-1.
I was Ali’s guest at the first Frazier bout and he gave me a ringside ticket. I recall seeing Ali and Willie “The Worm” Monroe standing in a runway with their boxing robes on watchin Rahaman lose to McAlinden. Now that’s a distraction for sure even though I’m sure it was no factor in Muhammad’s dramatic loss to Joe that wonderful night.
Rahaman put his gloves away after back-to-back losses to Roy “Cookie” Wallace and Irish Jack O’Halloran (who later appeared in the “Superman” movies). It was an ignominous end for the brother of “The Greatest.”
You might say Rudolph Valentino Clay Jr. a/k/a Rahaman Ali was in the twilight of a mediocre career but Muhammad put him on his payroll immediately. For the rest of his brother’s glorious career, Rahman was like a professional echo, yelling, “That’s right, champ!” over and over again.
Someone asked Ali once what Rahaman’s defined role was in the Ali entourage.
“I pay him $50,000 a year,” Muhammad said, “and that ain’t bad for driving and jiving.”
Bobby Pac, please take note. And please retire.
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