Tweet
Michael Marley
It doesn’t take Julia Child or Paul Bocuse to deliver the Perfect Recipe for Disaster for Manny Pacquiao.
Megamanny can put this terrible concoction together almost by himself.
If cooked properly, this can guarantee a victory over himself by dangerous Miguel Cotto on Nov. 14.
Herewith the ingredients:
1. Overconfidence based on his soaring victories over de la Hoya and Hatton.
2. Fully buying into the theory that Cotto is so diminished as a result of Margarito whipping.
3. Listening to Michael Koncz, furtive agent from Flin Flon, Manitoba, on matters of boxing. Koncz knows as much about boxing as I do about astrophysics.
4. Permit Koncz and or lawyer Jeng Gacal to undercut esteemed trainer Freddie Roach privately, and much worse, publicly.
5. Lollygagging on hard training while Cotto has already begun tuning his body.
6. Check Manny’s hat size. TV sitcoms, movies, all that Pinoy celebrity froth could go to anyone’s head. Manny must give himself a mental check and note that boxing is the driving force, that all the show biz elements only come behind his principal occupation.
7. Political concerns. How many hours are there in a day for Manny to run, train and then be discussing what’s happening with and to the electorate in Sarrangani? Put that political playbook in the closet Manny.
8. Thinking he’s bulletproof because Oscar and Ricky never laid a glove on him. One was depleted by age and inactivity plus weight loss drain, the other simply fought like a tackling dummy. Cotto brings more, lots more, to the table.
9. Not realizing that Bob Arum keeps going on his merry, moneymaking way if Cotto smashes him to the canvas. Top Rank would really hate having a refurbished Puerto Rican megastar, right?
10. Revisiting #3 and #4 in a different way, Manny should show some extra love, respect for Coach Roach as he mourns loss of brother Joseph, who keeled over and died at 47. Pacman must realize how these kind of shocks can hit a loving brother. After this shocker, this is not going to be just another Pacman training camp filled with blood, sweat and laughter. Maybe Manny can dedicate his effort to Joseph Roach, a symbolic touch which might boost his trainer’s spirits. Manny’s condolence call to Coach Roach would be a good start to cleaning up Manny's own house.
It doesn’t take Julia Child or Paul Bocuse to deliver the Perfect Recipe for Disaster for Manny Pacquiao.
Megamanny can put this terrible concoction together almost by himself.
If cooked properly, this can guarantee a victory over himself by dangerous Miguel Cotto on Nov. 14.
Herewith the ingredients:
1. Overconfidence based on his soaring victories over de la Hoya and Hatton.
2. Fully buying into the theory that Cotto is so diminished as a result of Margarito whipping.
3. Listening to Michael Koncz, furtive agent from Flin Flon, Manitoba, on matters of boxing. Koncz knows as much about boxing as I do about astrophysics.
4. Permit Koncz and or lawyer Jeng Gacal to undercut esteemed trainer Freddie Roach privately, and much worse, publicly.
5. Lollygagging on hard training while Cotto has already begun tuning his body.
6. Check Manny’s hat size. TV sitcoms, movies, all that Pinoy celebrity froth could go to anyone’s head. Manny must give himself a mental check and note that boxing is the driving force, that all the show biz elements only come behind his principal occupation.
7. Political concerns. How many hours are there in a day for Manny to run, train and then be discussing what’s happening with and to the electorate in Sarrangani? Put that political playbook in the closet Manny.
8. Thinking he’s bulletproof because Oscar and Ricky never laid a glove on him. One was depleted by age and inactivity plus weight loss drain, the other simply fought like a tackling dummy. Cotto brings more, lots more, to the table.
9. Not realizing that Bob Arum keeps going on his merry, moneymaking way if Cotto smashes him to the canvas. Top Rank would really hate having a refurbished Puerto Rican megastar, right?
10. Revisiting #3 and #4 in a different way, Manny should show some extra love, respect for Coach Roach as he mourns loss of brother Joseph, who keeled over and died at 47. Pacman must realize how these kind of shocks can hit a loving brother. After this shocker, this is not going to be just another Pacman training camp filled with blood, sweat and laughter. Maybe Manny can dedicate his effort to Joseph Roach, a symbolic touch which might boost his trainer’s spirits. Manny’s condolence call to Coach Roach would be a good start to cleaning up Manny's own house.