“Put that coffee down!
?Coffee is for closers only. You think I?m fucking with you, I am not fucking with you! I?m from downtown. I?m from Mitch & Murray?Fuck you, that?s my name!
You drove a Hyundai to get here tonight! I drove an $80,000 BMW, that?s my name!??ALEC BALDWIN?S CLASSIC RANT IN GLENGARRY GLEN ROSS
Manny Pacquiao wins a pedestrian 12-round decision over David Diaz.
Manny Pacquiao wins a close decision over David Diaz.
Manny Pacquiao looks flat but wins a points verdict over David Diaz.
Manny Pacquiao goes through David Diaz like a hot knife through butter, knocking Diaz out so violently that, when Diaz finally gets up, his clothes are out of style.
Maybe I?m being picayune. Maybe I?m being pedantic. But it?s high time for Pacman to render a performance which screams: I?m a real superstar! I deserve consideration as the mythical pound for pound king of the ring! I?m not just slipping past opponents, I am demolishing them!
That is why an ordinary victory against the WBC lightweight champion on June 28 will not advance Megamanny in the pound for pound pecking order. Bob Arum has served up a heaping helping of a mildly.-talented foe for Pacman to feast upon.
But will Pacman rise to the occasion? The easy thing is to take the easy way out. The easy way is for Pacman to peck and poke at the hard to miss Diaz, to be satisfied with certification of victory from the judges.
But what becomes an alleged superstar most? Not the easy way but the hard way. Not the decision route but instead delivering a stunning, smashing knockout thaty has fans all over the world talking in exclamation points.
Is Pacquiao just another entry in the talent-rich lightweight division or is what his people like to think he is, a cut above the rest of the pack?
I don?t have to tell Arum or smart guy Freddie Roach this. They know they?ve set the stage for PTP, Prime Time Pacquiao/
Diaz, who has plenty of courage, is merely a tool for Pacquiao. He is a tool for Megammany to proclaim, I AM THE MAN in the lightweight division. By wrecking Diaz, Pacman shouts from the rooftops, all roads in my new weight division lead to me.
The sun and the stars seem to be in proper alignment for such a boffo outing. We keep reading and hearing how Manny has become more of a dedicated family man, that he has put childish things such as pounding San Miggies with the boys and betting on cockfights aside.
Forget about who Manny fights next. One day, Arum mentions Humberto Soto, a rockhard Mexican who was given a boxing lesson by unbeaten Joan Guzman, and then the promoter turns around and tells someone, no it will be Edwin Valero in Macau..
The name of the next opponent is meaningless.
Against limited David Diaz, Pacquiao must be ruthless. He must be electrifying. He must deliver a brutal show of fistic force.
Pacman?s physical attack must show the verbal arrogance of Alec Baldwin in ?Glenngary Glen Ross.?
In this fight, against this opponent, Pacquiao must be like Baldwin, he must be the guy who beats David Diaz into total submission.
Manny Pacquiao must show a Mike Tyson like rage.
Pacquiao must echo Baldwin and look down at a prone David Diaz and sneer, ?Nice guy, I don?t give a shit.?
Nothing less will suffice.
Bad boy Baldwin said it takes “brass balls” to sell real estate.
It says here it takes the same equiptment to proclaim that I, Manny Pacquiao, own the lightweight division.
