Sorry for the NFL posting. Didn't know where else to put it.
Josh Q. Public:I’m rough like a freight train, smooth like ice. And yo Jeff, straight up, I think I can beat Mike Tyson. -The Fresh Prince and DJ Jazzy Jeff
Public Service Announcement: OK, here we go! My Celtics are done. My Bruins no fun. Too early to start my Red Sox are number one. So I turn to boxing. The sweet science. The sweetest taboo. With everybody’s panties in a bunch lately over fighting in sports, I bring you the sport of fighting. I watch Friday Night Fights. I watch World Class Championship Boxing. I watch Boxing After dark. I watch HBO World Championship Boxing. I watch Showtime Championship Boxing. I watch all of it. There’s Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweatherwith his gaudy record of 37 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws and 24KOs. A World Champion at four different weights. There’s Marco Antonio Barrera. Anyone who said that his career was finished was proven wrong. Proven wrong after sound beatings of Erik Morales and Rocky Juarez. There’s Washington DC’s own Winky Wright. Wright, completely outclassing Ike Quartey, the WBC and WBA Light Middleweight Champion. There’s WBO Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe, just dominating his division for about a decade. And then there’s Manny Pacquiao.
For my money, this Pac Man is the best pound for pound fighter in the world today. Always putting on a display. A warrior all the way. A hero from here to the Manila Bay. If you haven’t seen him, I implore you to do so. He is exciting. He is tenacious. Vivacious. Salacious. Vexatious. He is the reigning WBC International Super Featherweigt Champion. He is the former IBF Super Bantamweight Champion. He is the former WBC Flyweight Champion. He has a record of forty-three wins, three losses, and two draws. Thirty-four of those wins coming by way of knockout. But that doesn’t tell half the story. In the ring he is a monster. The Muammad Ali of the Phillippines. The Phillippine Phenom. Republica Enemy Number One. The Destroyer. Pac Man.
Pac Man gobbling up opponents. He gobbled up Erik Morales. El Terrible. Gobbled him up and spit him out. Gobbled him up and spit him out in the third and final fight of the trilogy. The third and final fight of the trilogy back in November. Everybody thought this rubber match would be the fight of the year. Everybody was wrong. Pac Man dished out an ever-loving beating. Left him eating Cream of Wheating. The fight started off much like the Tommy Hit Man Hearns/Marvelous Marvin Hagler fight of yore. Ended that way too. Both fighters coming out swinging. Both landing crushing blows. End of the second round. There’s a left by Manny. Down goes Morales! Down goes Morales! Down goes Morales! He got knocked down, but he he got up again. You’re never gonna keep him down. Yes you are. Third round. Manny relentless. Repentless. Beating El Terrible senseless. Thunderous right hook after thunderous hook. Over and over again. Tex Cobb. Down goes Morales! Down! Down! Stay down, Rock. Nope. Another left. Welcome to dreamland baby! The fight earned Republica Number One, Fighter of the Year honors. The fight established this two-handed punch machine as the greatest fighter today. The Destroyer’s planned April 14 showdown against world-rated Mexican Jorge Solis may be in jeopardy. He has hinted that he may decide to wait for a big money showdown against the winner of the March 16 battle between World Boxing Council Super Featherweight Champion Marco AntonioBarrera and Juan Manuel Marquez. I don’t care who he fights. I just want to watch it. I just want to watch the Destroyer. The sweetest scientist in the world.
Nice. I love Manny 'Pac-Man' Pacquiao. My other 'small' weight fighter that I like is Arturo Gatti. Past his prime, but this guy just likes to step to the middle of the ring and start swinging. All his bouts were exciting, win or lose. Thanks for mentioning Hit Man and Marvelous too.
Manny Pacquiao. I had not heard of him before reading your blog. I used to follow boxing all the time, but decided to abort it about 10 years ago (there abouts), when Tyson bit off Holyfield's ear.
I used to drive in to Weymouth on Rte. 3 everyday and get passed by MMH on the way. Sometimes he was alone, sometimes with a blonde-haired white woman. But, he would always wave. Never smiled, but always waved. he was, for me, the best pound-for-pound. I know we're talking different weight classes here, but I really thought MMH was the ####!
Great post, JQ.. I'll have to start reading you more often.
Last edited by RapidRoy on February 26th at 6:35 PM.
thanks rr,
hagler was the best. that last fight with sugar ray was fishy. something not right. he was better. i saw hagler fight another sugar ray. sugar ray shields at the old garden.
Hagler is my all-time best pound for pound also. Closely followed by Bernard "The Executioner" Hopkins. Both underrated. Both took it to anybody they every fought. I still think the Hagler/Leonard fight is one of the all-time travesties in boxing. NO WAY did Leonard win that fight. If you want to ride a bike, play with your kids!
nos,
i agree to a degree. no way you lose a title like that. no way. ray was the darling. having said that, hagler just wasn't hagler. had ray like twice in the ropes. never went for the kill. it still bothers me.
Yea, I'm still a little 'scarred' from it obviously. But..... we move on I guess. By the way how about some real thoughts on my own post. I do like the Jenny Finch comment and had to make a quick trip to the bathroom, but I'd like to hear who your favorites are.
Manny "The Bull" is the real deal. He has probably got the most offensive firepower for a man his size that I have ever seen.
He destroyed Marco-Antonio Barrera.
The first Morales fight was good but then he beat him down twice for his trouble after that.
Now the Marquez fight was good. I think Manny put him down 3 times in the first round, but after that Marquez handled him. Hell, if Manny hadn't won a 10-6 round in the first, he would have lost the fight.
If there's a chink in the armor it's that he can be had on defense. He justs keeps coming at a man. Stay away from his bombs and pepper him(easier said than done), and that's your only chance.
ya riv,
he's not pretty to watch. but man, he just never stops. the draw right? i thought manny actually got gypped in that fight. thought he won that round by enough to carry him. he's on top of his game right now. i don't see him losing
Last edited by JoshQPublic on February 26th at 7:57 PM.
Rivjo, great insight. Manny is all about pressure. Kind of like the Arkansas basketball team from '95. Put pressure on them and they will fold. 40 Minutes of Hell. Or in boxing be it 36 or 45 minutes of hell. Manny WILL bring it. I'd love to see that one again.
You know, it's just a thought, but do you think bloggers can bring boxing back to supremacy? I mean, like it was when Ali fought Frazier, Foreman, Norton, etc., or even Hearns and Leonard, or Leonard and Hagler. Thoughts?
i dunno. as much as i love boxing, the product just isn't what it used to be. how many people do you think know who the heavyweight champ is? not too many. i think all belts need to be unified for starters. but i'll try. how bout a fight of the week column?
I would love a fight-of-the week column! In fact, I'd even be willing to help you out in whatever capacity you want. Write ups, commentary, whatever. I am an English teacher for Christ's sake! ( No accounting for typos).
josh q. public. For the public, by The Public. Irreverent sports opinion from a Bostonian in New York. The one blog to read, when you’re reading more than one. Good to the last drop!
with his gaudy record of 37 wins, 0 losses, 0 draws and 24KOs. A World Champion at four different weights. There’s Marco Antonio Barrera. Anyone who said that his career was finished was proven wrong. Proven wrong after sound beatings of Erik Morales and Rocky Juarez. There’s Washington DC’s own Winky Wright. Wright, completely outclassing Ike Quartey, the WBC and WBA Light Middleweight Champion. There’s WBO Super Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe, just dominating his division for about a decade. And then there’s Manny Pacquiao.
today. Always putting on a display. A warrior all the way. A hero from here to the Manila Bay. If you haven’t seen him, I implore you to do so. He is exciting. He is tenacious. Vivacious. Salacious. Vexatious. He is the reigning WBC International Super Featherweigt Champion. He is the former IBF Super Bantamweight Champion. He is the former WBC Flyweight Champion. He has a record of forty-three wins, three losses, and two draws. Thirty-four of those wins coming by way of knockout. But that doesn’t tell half the story. In the ring he is a monster. The Muammad Ali of the Phillippines. The Phillippine Phenom. Republica Enemy Number One. The Destroyer. Pac Man.
Pac Man gobbling up opponents. He gobbled up Erik Morales. El Terrible. Gobbled him up and spit him out. Gobbled him up and spit him out in the third and final fight of the trilogy. The third and final fight of the trilogy back in November. Everybody thought this rubber match would be the fight of the year. Everybody was wrong. Pac Man dished out an ever-loving beating. Left him eating Cream of Wheating. The fight started off much like the Tommy Hit Man Hearns/Marvelous Marvin Hagler fight of yore. Ended that way too. Both fighters coming out swinging. Both landing crushing blows. End of the second round. There’s a left by Manny. Down goes Morales! Down goes Morales! Down goes Morales! He got knocked down, but he he got up again. You’re never gonna keep him down. Yes you are. Third round. Manny relentless. Repentless. Beating El Terrible senseless. Thunderous right hook after thunderous hook. Over and over again. Tex Cobb. Down goes Morales! Down! Down! Stay down, Rock. Nope. Another
left. Welcome to dreamland baby! The fight earned Republica Number One, Fighter of the Year honors. The fight established this two-handed punch machine as the greatest fighter today. The Destroyer’s planned April 14 showdown against world-rated Mexican Jorge Solis may be in jeopardy. He has hinted that he may decide to wait for a big money showdown against the winner of the March 16 battle between World Boxing Council Super Featherweight Champion Marco Antonio Barrera and Juan Manuel Marquez. I don’t care who he fights. I just want to watch it. I just want to watch the Destroyer. The sweetest scientist in the world.
