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By Cliff Rold - It might be a good fight; maybe even the best of their three. While it hasn’t been officially announced, it’s floating out there in the water pretty heavy. Many expect it to be announced Friday.
The thought of it has gathered a collective expression of “huh?”
Manny Pacquiao appeared to win about eight or nine rounds in his first fight with Timothy Bradley in 2012. He got the wrong end of a bad decision. Their second fight was better. Pacquiao still won about eight or nine rounds.
Case closed.
There’s really no unfinished business here.
We know who the better man is head to head.
By the time he fights again, Manny Pacquiao will be 37. Maybe they could bill this rubber match as ‘Keep going until Manny is too old to win eight or nine rounds.” Would that fit on a poster?
At 37, it’s not going to have much lasting impact on Pacquiao’s legacy either way. While he fell short against Floyd Mayweather, his career accomplishments and highlight reel will insure him a rocket ride to the Hall of Fame and a place with the immortals. He was one of the great ones.
Again, case closed.
That doesn’t mean his encore has to generate enthusiasm. Even if it’s not Bradley, if the boxing gods smile and we get something like Pacquiao-Terrence Crawford, that’s Pacquiao looking down a class for suitable opposition. This is the price of boxing politics. Most of the best of the welterweight division does business on the Al Haymon side of the street. Unless Mayweather comes out of retirement and says ‘rematch,’ it’s unlikely Pacquiao will be doing business there.
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The thought of it has gathered a collective expression of “huh?”
Manny Pacquiao appeared to win about eight or nine rounds in his first fight with Timothy Bradley in 2012. He got the wrong end of a bad decision. Their second fight was better. Pacquiao still won about eight or nine rounds.
Case closed.
There’s really no unfinished business here.
We know who the better man is head to head.
By the time he fights again, Manny Pacquiao will be 37. Maybe they could bill this rubber match as ‘Keep going until Manny is too old to win eight or nine rounds.” Would that fit on a poster?
At 37, it’s not going to have much lasting impact on Pacquiao’s legacy either way. While he fell short against Floyd Mayweather, his career accomplishments and highlight reel will insure him a rocket ride to the Hall of Fame and a place with the immortals. He was one of the great ones.
Again, case closed.
That doesn’t mean his encore has to generate enthusiasm. Even if it’s not Bradley, if the boxing gods smile and we get something like Pacquiao-Terrence Crawford, that’s Pacquiao looking down a class for suitable opposition. This is the price of boxing politics. Most of the best of the welterweight division does business on the Al Haymon side of the street. Unless Mayweather comes out of retirement and says ‘rematch,’ it’s unlikely Pacquiao will be doing business there.
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