AS usual, I get the same question all the time: Will the Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather 2 push through?
And, as usual, too, I say, ?It will push through.?
Many say it will again transform from a fight to a fake when the bell rings. Much the same way as when the two first met on May 2, 2015?
That forgettable night in Las Vegas, Mayweather simply toyed with Pacquiao to win all 12 rounds in ?The Fake of The Century.?
When the rematch finally gets going in December, hopefully in Las Vegas again, the only difference could be that Pacquiao might be 100-percent healthy.
In 2015 Pacquiao fought Mayweather concealing an injured shoulder?a crucial point that the Pacman revealed only after the fight.
When they meet again, that?d be a thing of the past.
Boxing is the most forgetful of all sports.
Pacquiao is turning 40 on December 17. Mayweather is 41.
In boxing, age is immaterial.
If we get to watch senior citizens banging each other up atop the ring, fine. No one?s going to enjoy an undue advantage.
It?d be an entirely different thing altogether if one of them is much younger than the other.
An utter mismatch is downright avoided if we pit Pacquiao and Mayweather.
With them fighting, boxing has shown respect for balance.
Both have shown signs of slowing down in their recent fights. Fine. That equalizes matters?their narrow age gaps a bit of a redeeming factor.
While admittedly, Mayweather might be a bit faster than Pacquiao, that is just a minor margin. Pacquiao can counter that liability easily with punches more telling than Mayweather?s.
Pacquiao has the world title but staking it matters not much.
They will fight chiefly for the money. That?s all there is to it.
Now, in the event Pacquiao upsets Mayweather?that isn?t far-fetched if you ask the Vegas oddsmakers?that?d make it even-steven for both at 1-1.
Would that not set up a third fight? A trilogy all over again?
Never mind if the crowd would be dominated by the wheelchair-bound, the hearing impaired and the PWDs as a whole.
This is boxing. Where money talks all the time, all of the time.
