going. We need a young rising star. Manny Pacquiao only has a few fights left in him. After that we need a boxer to step up, to entertain and wow the crowds. Guys like Mosley and Hopkins need to call it a day. EM-They will call it a day when the young ‘uns force them out, violently. Mora didn’t do that. Can Pascal?
5) Anony: I don’t know if people notice it but the only thing impressive about Hopkins is the way he grabs and hold his opponents. So I’m not willing to pay to watch him massage Pascal all night long. Sorry but Hopkins should not be asking money from us. It is time he pay us for watch him fight. EM-The man is beyond frugal. My guess is he will not sending you a check.
4) Brownsugar: Shane always sets high (and sometimes unreasonable) expectations for himself. Otherwise why would he pick a fighter who’s 10 years younger and naturally 10-15 pounds larger than himself? Mora’s not anything like the cement- footed Margarito who places a “throw your punches here” sign on his chin before every bout. Mora’ got legs, lots of ’em. Our continuous family b-day celebration nearly came to a screeching halt when the two combatants entered the ring because one of them didn’t want to engage. The pineapple juice in my perfectly blended pina colada began to seperate from the coconut and rose to room temperature before I would sip from the cup again. The chorus of boos sounded like chin music being played to a broken romance. Shane reminded me more of Jake Lamotta than “Sugar” as he shoe-shined Mora’s body along the ropes. I give Shane an “E” for effort for digging down deep to prevent another loss on his record, but Mora could have won outright had he not been so tentative. Shane will continue to get major fights in the waning years of his career, but only as a highly decorated stepping stone like his spiritual blood-brother Holyfield. Telling himself over and over in the deep recesses of his mind, in a place that dwells next door to denial….. “I can do it!”
3) The Saint Blame the folks who paid to watch Hopkins vs Jones 2. If that PPV was a flop, it wasn’t a big enough flop to stop this fiasco. Hopkins vs Pascal involves at least one live fighter not on life support, and there’s always the intrigue of Hopkins dismantling a much younger foe, or Father Time catching up with Hopkins. That should make it 10x more interesting than Hopkins-Jones II. However, people should boycott this PPV. Dawson has been calling out Hopkins for a couple of years and fans have been begging Hopkins to step up to the challenge to no avail. Then Hopkins sees in his estimation a more beatable style in Pascal and jumps on the opportunity. I hope things backfire on Hopkins in a major way.
2) Howard Cosell: This outcome is another farce! The most boring fight since Randall “Tex” Cobb’s fiasco against Larry Holmes. Boring, boring, boring. Mora did not press any action so how could any judge give the fight to him? Pure highway robbery, and what about the political aspects of the nature of this bout’s outcome. Mosley is a supposed Executive at GPB, Mora is just a recent signee, how in the devil does Mora receive the same clout as Mosley who is a future hall of famer? GBP shot themselves in the foot by matching up Mosley vs Mora; their greed is inexcusable. They picked up a mediocre payday in exchange for a huge payday by wasting Mosley in an ill-advised match against a slick boxer who’s style made Mosley look bad….The whole promotion was utterly disgusting!…I always tell it like it is! EM-And here I thought Mr Cosell had passed in 1995.
1) Fe’Roz: Shane is finished as the elite fighter we once knew. Nothing he does is even remotely close to how he fought in his glory years. He was exhausted half way through last night’s fight; the gym rat in him still going through the motions to the very end. His hand speed is gone. His reflects all but shot. He is taking far too many shots. The man has dedicated his life to entertaining us in the ring. But this is a young man’s game. There is only one Bernard Hopkins and even he has hit the wall. Shane has been training and fighting since before we knew him. I think I speak for all of us here when I say that I both respect and love this elegant warrior. He won that fight last night. Nevertheless, I do not want to see him fight again…and be further diminished. I wish he would stop. I know he won’t. I don’t think he knows how. For that, I am sorry.
