BOXERS lead charmed lives. If you disagree, look no further than the recent signing up of ALA fighters AJ Banal, Rey Bautista and Donnie Nietes as products endorsers and showbiz denizens.
We can only be so happy for these young pugilists who are expanding their world beyond the squared circle and as a bonus, are obviously getting a financial windfall from such an endeavor.
Personally, I would like them to achieve so much more.
P-QUIAO. In fact, right now as I am trying to beat the deadline for this column, I am staring intently at my beer mug cum crystal ball and I like what I am seeing for our current crop of fighters.
It?s 2022 and President P-quiao has just announced his all-star cast for Cabinet and top-tier positions.
Eat your heart out.
Department of Defense?Gerry Pe?alosa
Good luck landing one cleanly with Gerry?s prescient knowledge of defense.
Chief of Staff, AFP?Rey ?Boom-Boom? Bautista
Left hooks for left-wing rebels and right hooks for right-wing extremists.
Chief, Presidential Security Group?AJ ?Bazooka? Banal
Don?t stare too hard at the President, or you might get blown away. Department of Justice?Mercedito ?No Mercy? Gesta
Look out, scalawags and hoodlums.
Department of Environment and Natural Resources?Donnie ?Ahas? Nietes
Go green and expect to share the sidewalk with pythons and vipers.
Department of Tourism?Denver ?The Excitement? Cuello
I doubt he?s really been to Colorado, but just his ring sobriquet alone should suffice.
Chief, Pagasa Weather Bureau?Milan ?Milenyo? Melindo
He?s named after a typhoon, silly.
Department of Trade and Industry?Bernabe ?The Real Deal? Concepcion
At least you know those wet market weighing scales are accurate.
Department of Health?Nonito ?The Filipino Flash? Donaire Jr. Medical treatment in a flash!
Department of Budget and Management?Malcolm ?Eagle-eye? Tu?acao Surreptitious insertions are a thing of the past.
Executive Secretary?Florante ?Little Pacquiao? Condes They don?t call him that for nothing.
Chairperson, Truth Commission?Brandon ?The Truth? Vera Why, of course!
SUPER 5. The last-minute entry of Glen Johnson to the ongoing Super-Six Super middleweight tournament might have saved it, but it just doesn?t cut it.
We all know Johnson is there just to complete the numbers, but super he?s not. Well, not anymore, anyway.
This journeyman fighter has wins over Roy Jones Jr. and Antonio Tarver and his all action-style will certainly be welcomed.
But the ?Road Warrior? last fought at super-middleweight 10 years ago against a guy named Toks Owoh!
I don?t expect him to win a single bout in this tournament.
LAST ROUND. It?s on my kumpare Eddie Basa who recently celebrated his birthday. Cheers!
