Manny Pacquiao loses to Erik Morales by unanimous decision 113-115.
Anyways, I had lunch with my dad today and we were listening to the game via DZMM (AM radio); and we could’ve sworn that Pacquiao would win by the way that blasted sportscaster was “describing” the fight. This guy [the commentator] was soooo into Pacquiao, that his blow-by-blow reporting was one sided. If his version was the truth, you wouldn’t be surprised if Pacquiao had accidentally killed Morales.
And yet, Morales won – which goes to show how awful that bit of commentator-ship was. It’s one thing to be rooting for your countrymen, but in professional sportscasting, it wouldn’t hurt to try not to be biased… especially if your listeners have nothing else to go with besides the words you’re spitting out. It’s not like watching an NBA game where it didn’t matter even if Charles Barkley himself would root for a particular team – because you can see for yourself how the two teams are doing. In radio, people don’t have a choice but to listen to you, so it would be nice that you relay your information as-is, without any biases.
If what that sportscaster was saying was the truth, I guess that would mean Manny wasn’t strong enough, he apparently dished out a whole lot more punches than Morales. That would mean Morales simply wasn’t hurt by them hehehehe.
Sarcasm aside. Pacquiao loses to Erik Morales by 2 points… I dunno how they score the fights, but 2 points seems pretty close to me. I’ve read that even the latinos/Mexicans (who comprise about 80% of the audience in these types of competitions) admire Pacquiao – that alone should be worth something right? He must be really good to gain the respect of the same crowd who’s backyard he’s invading.
And he wins either way – as far as money is concerned. I hear those boxing matches have a ridiculous amount of prize money wether you win or lose. I think he stands to win a couple of million pesos if he loses, and about 4 million dollars if he wins. But considering it’s an activity where you can end up being “mentally diminished” due to all those beatings – then I guess its reasonable to give such “benefits” to the fighters.
Anyways, just to fill up some space; to close, I’d like to re-state the definition of boxing I’ve grown to like:
Boxing is an activity in which each of two men, by delivering a series of repeated sharp blows to the head, attempts to render the other senseless – leaving him lying on the floor, unable to act rationally, defend himself, or even stand up.
If one of the two men is knocked down and beaten into an only partially blank and helpless mental state, the other is made to stand aside and the contest is halted momentarily while the damaged man regains just enough strength to stand up and have the beating continue… to the point where he is again lying on the floor – this time completely immobile and functionless.
Afterwards, the two men embrace in a display of good sportsmanship.
George Carlin