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.