While the wait goes on for Mike Tyson to either save boxing from itself or send it into even further disrepair, a couple of featherweights have a chance, a very good chance, at proving there is more to the battered game than a lot of heavy hype.
Together, Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez weigh 252 pounds, or about as much as one of today’s heavyweights.
But it’s what they figure to do in the ring Saturday that might tip the sport back in favor of fans for a little while, anyway.
The well-worn clich? about a fight fan’s fight is too easily marketed in today’s shrill promotions, but this time it applies.
