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Block UserBill Dwyre, a much-respected sports columnist of the Los Angeles Times, says in the April 30th issue of the country's premiere newspaper in the second-biggest media market that "Boxing is the world's only honestly dishonest sport. It is the University of Con Artists, the Academy of the Slick. It is the worm of organized athletics. Cut off a piece of it here, another there, and it still keeps wiggling."
To read Mr. Dwyre's front-page column in the Sports Section of the Los Angeles Times, please click on this hyperlink: DWYRE: Boxing is 'honestly dishonest'
Or copy and paste this URL to your browser: http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dwyre-pacquiao30-2009apr30,0,760075.column
Bill Dwyre has come up with a classic column on boxing. Excerpts of his instant column are reprinted at the end of this article.
In the meantime, reports say that there is not much excitement among Filipino Americans in buying the Pacquiao-Hatton bout's pay-per-view package of $49.95 per pop. One reason is that the handlers of both boxers have been saying that the bout will end in the second or third round. Not too-many folks will pay $49.95 for six-to-nine minutes of coverage when most television-news stations would already be re-broadcasting the bout's ending by the time home viewers would be finishing their second or third bottle of beer.
* Editor's Note: To read our report about the last Pacquiao bout, please click on this hyperlink:
Even in the much-heralded Pacquiao-De la Hoya fight, in spite of many pay-per-view buys from Filipino-American households, the total sales did not reach the projected 1.25-million customers.
H ere are predictions from Filipino-American boxing enthusiasts about the Pacquiao-Hatton bout:
* Perhaps L.A. Times columnist Bill Dwyre is right: The Pacquiao-Hatton fight tonight is simply "the free flow of fun and cash." As Mr. Dwyre wrote last Thursday, the "Paquiao-Hatton (and boxing as well) fight is a 'con job.'" My prediction? Hatton by KO in 4 rounds but if the fight goes the distance, it's Pacquiao by a split decision. The boxing gods will love a second fight for all the money it will generate for them and for Las Vegas. (As posted in the www.FoxSports.com at 8:33 p.m., May 2, 2009.)
* Here is fearless forecast of Bill Dwyre, Los Angeles Times sports columnist, as published in his column in today's (
Bill Dwyre- The fun, and cash, flows around Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton
QUOTE. Expect Hatton to charge out early and try to establish a barge-and-bully pace. Expect lots of quick flurries from him, followed by some grabbing and wrestling, followed by some punches out of breaks that he initiates before the referee can, making them legal.
And expect that, if that works, Pacquiao could be in trouble, even get caught and put down early, or at best have to fight a different kind of fight than his trainer, Freddie Roach, wants.
If it doesn't work, if Pacquiao scores well in the early rounds and is the one establishing the rhythm of the fight, as he did against De La Hoya, then look for a frustrated Hatton to eventually walk into a left hook and come to rest somewhere near the same turnbuckle where Mayweather Jr. left him.
Do not expect this one to be jab-and-dance, poke-and-run, let the judges decide. That could happen, but it would disappoint fans from opposite ends of the earth.
To read Mr. Dwyre's column in its entirety, please click on this link, http://www.latimes.com/sports/la-sp-dwyre-pacquiao-hatton2-2009may02,0,7145891.column
UNQUOTE.
Saturday, May 2, 2009) issue of the newspaper:
* "It will be Manny Pacquiao by KO or TKO--- 9th or 10th round." - Don Azarias of Chicago, Illinois
* "Pacquiao had problems with Juan Marquez and Hatton is 3 X stronger than Marquez. I guess if the Pacquiao who beat De la Hoya is the one who shows up and not the one who fought Marquez, then yeah Pacquiao might beat Hatton. With the probability of head butts because Hatton is a slugger I think it is Pacquiao who may get cut up. Anyway my prediction: Hatton by TKO 9th or 10th round." - Dido Miranda
* "Though I don't think it'll be an easy fight at all, I think Pacquiao is too fast and though he may not even really hurt Hatton, he'll get in enough punches to cut him up. Hatton talks a lot about how he's better defensively, but the only proof of that was Malignaggi who is a very-soft puncher. Fighting someone who is fast and a hard puncher will be a problem for him, not unlike the Mayweather fight, though admittedly, Mayweather is much bigger than Pacquiao naturally. I'm predicting Pacquiao wins by TKO on cuts in the 10th round." - Lando David
* Here are more details about Mr. Miranda's prediction: "I predict Hatton by TKO 9th or 10th round. I think he'd be able to back up Pacquiao and Manny cannot fight backing up. Look, if Pacquiao wins I will subscribe to the pound-for-pound best fighter in the world title they have bestowed upon him." - Dido Miranda
Yes, the De la Hoya-Pacquiao Fight Was a Farce. It Was Only About Money & Gullible Fans Paid for It