Just like a “Mother Hen” worried about her flock, my concern for “David” Manny “PacMan” Pacquiao was for naught since the Pacquiao Camp distractions including Political obligations, a sore left heel, and Manny’s refusal to ingest healthy legal muscle building energy drinks to bulk up in weight, was only a very astute “smoke screen”, because not only did Manny Pacquiao defeated Antonio Margarito, he humiliated, pummeled, battered, and almost knocked out the “Tiajuana Zephyr” Margarito, for 12 full rounds with not a let up, just like he battered and retired, Oscar De La Hoya, and knocked out Ricky Hatton, and also Miguel Cotto.
No one but Manny Pacquiao “knew” how to prepare to defeat Margarito, especially, not sacrificing speed for bulk reducing his punching power. Pacquiao just like Albert Einstein in the laboratory, had the perfect formula to beat Margarito in the ring.
With so much panic about Pacquiao weighing only a mere 144.6 pounds compared to Margarito’s 150 pounds the contracted catch-weight agreement which generated into a 17 pound weight advantage by Margarito at fight time when he bulked up to 165 pounds as opposed to Pacquiao’s 148 pounds, it was believed that this would be the factor to deflate the Pacquiao mystique of ring invinsibility, and prove him only “human”.
But Pacquiao was “super-human”, indeed, since from round one fighting for the vacant W.B.C. Super-Welterweight title, at the Dallas CowBoys Texas Stadium, Arlington, Texas, Saturday, November 13, 2010, starting with his jab hit Margarito almost at will, head and body with unanswered punches from his arsenal closing his right eye and cutting his right cheek. Margarito smiled at Pacquiao but he soon realized that he was in for a long night of punishment by a faster harder punching Pacquiao who was relentless in moving in and out from side to side while continuing to severely batter Margarito. In fact, a hard left punch to Margarito’s body in the 2nd. round, left him gasping for air draining his stamina.
By the 8th. round his left eye also started to close as his corner panic stricken, was desperately begging him to move forward and punch more, but Margarito was so confused that he just kept asking which round was next, while refusing to quit, and by all rights this fight should’ve been stopped then, especially by his corner. As Margarito stumbled through the next dangerous painful rounds, he just became a human punching bag for the PacMan who by the 11th. round, was looking towards the referee Lawrence Cole to stop the onslaught, but the fight went to the end proving that sometimes a good littleman could indeed beat a good big man.
Antonio Margarito certainly earned his $6 million dollar purse, and after the fight stated that he didn’t realize how fast Pacquiao really was and how hard he could hit for an underweight little guy. Also at the post fight ring interview Pacquiao did admit to Max Kellerman that he was hurt early around round 6, and that yes, he took pity on Margarito and that is why he had “let up” a little in the last rounds so as not to continue hurting him, and hoping that Referee Cole would take the hint and stop it. Freddy Roach his trainer told him to just “be smart and be careful” towards the end of the fight. Maybe this was Manny Pacquiao’s revenge with Margarito for viciously mocking Freddy Roach and his Parkinson Disease illness, before the fight, and Robert Garcia, Margarito’s trainer demanding that Pacquiao’s hand be re-taped. There was a lot “gamesmanship” in that locker room also by Roach demanding to have Margarito be tested for Ephedra, an illegal stimulant. When everybody quieted down the fight was allowed to take place.
This was a fight that you actually did not need judges since the outcome was obvious not only to the surprisingly low Cowboys Stadium audience-41,734, the world-wide pay-per-view buyers, but, especially to Margarito and his Camp making him realize that he was no match for Pacquiao. He didnot redeem himself, and he certainly is going back to “Palooka-Ville”. The obvious vote of the Judges was, Jurgen Langos–120-108, Glen Crocker–118-110, and Oren Schellenburger–119-108 which agreed with my vote since I gave Margarito only round 6 when he staggered Pacquiao on the ropes with a right hand and seemed to be gaining control of the fight but it was short-lived when Pacquiao fought back bravely battering Margarito during the remaining 30 seconds of the round.
As for Congressman Pacquiao, his political life is intact and he certainly will be able to fight again but, with whom?
I am certain that Floyd Mayweather, Jr., his only mega opponent, upon seeing this destruction of Margarito by Pacquiao will continue to “find” more excuses not to fight the PacMan. The remaining possible bodies, Williams, and Martinez, are much too big, Shane Mosley was beaten by Mayweather, and Miguel Cotto just had right shoulder surgery placing him on the disabled list late into the year 2011, or maybe 2012. W.B.O. 147 Champ, Andre Berto, and Timothy Bradley are not pay-per-per view gate attractions anymore than 140 pound W.B.O. Champ Amir Khan, nor his December / 2010 opponent Marcos Maidana, are mega attractions.
I didn’t realize that this the type of controversy before the fight and the PacMan with his impish smile is the adrenalin rush that he thrives on extending the Pacquiao victories and of course will indeed establish his legacy long after he retires from the ring with a record of 8 world titles in a row. The only asterisk attached to his Hall Of Fame boxing credentials is the fact that boxing promoters ‘invented’, sanctioning bodies “permitted for a fee”, and boxing commissions “authorized”, the “catch-weight” contracts although the fighters were contesting a world crown. This catch-weight boxing agreement, has given Pacquiao another title, “The Catch-Weight Champ”.
This catch-weight variance gives credit to Floyd Mayweather’s claim that world title belts are only good for “2 things, to ‘hold up your pants’ or to use them as conversation pieces as they lay in your trophy case at home”. The only important thing in boxing Floyd further stated is for promoters to match up the mega fighters in pay-per-view fights to generate big revenues, even if they are catch-weights, and for a title. This has merit since next week in Atlantic City’s, Boardwalk Hall, New Jersey, Sergio “Maravilla” Martinez, 160 pound W.B.A. Middleweight Champ is defending his title against Paul “The Punisher” Williams at a catch-weight contract of 157 pounds. Need I say more?
