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Sun, 18 Jan 2009 20:41:00
Huff and Puff, Manny Won't Budge
By
Dennis Guillermo
Straight From D Source: Manny Knows What's Best For Him
"At the end of the day, the only person that really cares about you is you." Quote me on that, although I'm pretty sure you've heard that one before in some similar shape or form.
Didn't I say it was deja vu? So here we are again, torn by another revenue split. As Pacquiao and Hatton fans go back and forth arguing each point, a lot of these boxing experts have again willingly laid their criticisms on Pacquiao. It's pretty much the same tune over and over. You tend to hear all this negative publicity against Pacquiao before he fights then after he proves himself in the ring, all the backpedaling commences together with the half-baked praises and flattery. But then again there are those who strongly stand by Pacquiao who are often called Pac (attach some demeaning fanatical slang term here ex. nuts, huggers, freaks). It's amazing really, how one figure can reveal such polarizing characteristics of men.
Why do people devalue and underestimate Pacquiao so much? Well, I'll leave that to the forum people to argue about. I can assure you this though- Manny Pacquiao is smarter than most of us. True, he came from poverty and hardly had any education, but it's not like the guy lacked the intelligence, there were simply more pressing things for him to worry about at that time like finding the next meal than to get an A in social studies. Also, as smart people would say, not all knowledge can be found in books. Furthermore, coming from a hard life educates you and teaches you more than anything you can learn from a classroom. No dummy would come from so low and reach as high as Manny has reached. Believe that! Any lesser man would've wilted and quit a long time ago. Say all you want, hate all you can but just remember, you are doing it behind a computer monitor or a pen while Manny sits on top of the world as the pound for pound best fighter with stacks on deck, Patron on ice saying we can pop bottles all night baby you can have whatever you like. Manny is a shrewd businessman in his own right. Don’t be deceived by the million dollar smile and his generous ways. When it comes down to business, Manny can hang with the best of them.
And of all things these people ignore about Pacquiao is that the man has principles. Call him crazy all you want but it's that type of crazy that normal people can never grasp and what pushes greats like Pacquiao to be where they're at. Yea, people said Pacquiao was crazy for asking for a bigger piece of the pie against that what De la Hoya initially offered him, but after seeing that fight one could say the only piece of any pie De La Hoya deserved together with the people that called Pacquiao crazy was a piece of some humble pie. Okay, De la Hoya was that draw, but can you tell me why the crowd almost felt like a 50/50 crowd from the get go? And if you heard the crowd reactions from every Pacquiao straight, you could’ve sworn there were no De la Hoya fans in the MGM that night.
Huff and Puff, Manny Won't Budge
By
Dennis Guillermo
Straight From D Source: Manny Knows What's Best For Him
"At the end of the day, the only person that really cares about you is you." Quote me on that, although I'm pretty sure you've heard that one before in some similar shape or form.
Didn't I say it was deja vu? So here we are again, torn by another revenue split. As Pacquiao and Hatton fans go back and forth arguing each point, a lot of these boxing experts have again willingly laid their criticisms on Pacquiao. It's pretty much the same tune over and over. You tend to hear all this negative publicity against Pacquiao before he fights then after he proves himself in the ring, all the backpedaling commences together with the half-baked praises and flattery. But then again there are those who strongly stand by Pacquiao who are often called Pac (attach some demeaning fanatical slang term here ex. nuts, huggers, freaks). It's amazing really, how one figure can reveal such polarizing characteristics of men.
Why do people devalue and underestimate Pacquiao so much? Well, I'll leave that to the forum people to argue about. I can assure you this though- Manny Pacquiao is smarter than most of us. True, he came from poverty and hardly had any education, but it's not like the guy lacked the intelligence, there were simply more pressing things for him to worry about at that time like finding the next meal than to get an A in social studies. Also, as smart people would say, not all knowledge can be found in books. Furthermore, coming from a hard life educates you and teaches you more than anything you can learn from a classroom. No dummy would come from so low and reach as high as Manny has reached. Believe that! Any lesser man would've wilted and quit a long time ago. Say all you want, hate all you can but just remember, you are doing it behind a computer monitor or a pen while Manny sits on top of the world as the pound for pound best fighter with stacks on deck, Patron on ice saying we can pop bottles all night baby you can have whatever you like. Manny is a shrewd businessman in his own right. Don’t be deceived by the million dollar smile and his generous ways. When it comes down to business, Manny can hang with the best of them.
And of all things these people ignore about Pacquiao is that the man has principles. Call him crazy all you want but it's that type of crazy that normal people can never grasp and what pushes greats like Pacquiao to be where they're at. Yea, people said Pacquiao was crazy for asking for a bigger piece of the pie against that what De la Hoya initially offered him, but after seeing that fight one could say the only piece of any pie De La Hoya deserved together with the people that called Pacquiao crazy was a piece of some humble pie. Okay, De la Hoya was that draw, but can you tell me why the crowd almost felt like a 50/50 crowd from the get go? And if you heard the crowd reactions from every Pacquiao straight, you could’ve sworn there were no De la Hoya fans in the MGM that night.
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