SOME of the best fighters of the famed ALA Gym took their time off from training and joined the country in cheering on their hero, Manny Pacquiao, as he took on Shane Mosley in a live telecast of their mega bout in Las Vegas at the grand ballroom of the Radisson Blu Hotel in Cebu City yesterday.
However, instead of seeing an action-filled fight, they got disappointed as the 39-year-old Mosley refused to engage Pacquiao, who was doing his best to put up a show.
?It was boring. I really predicted the fight to be boring if it went more than five rounds. I predicted Mosley to be knocked out in the fifth. If Mosley traded with Manny, then it would have been an exciting fight but Mosley only fought for survival,? ALA gym mainstay Rey ?Boom-Boom? Bautista told Sun.Star Cebu yesterday.
Bautista, who is facing Heriberto Ruiz in a grudge rematch on June 11, was with stable mates world champion Donnie Nietes, Milan Melindo, Michael Domingo, AJ Banal, Mark Jason Melligen, Pan-Asian Boxing Association bantamweight titlist Roli Gasca, Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation flyweight titleholder Rocky Fuentes and 19-year-prospect Jason Pagara.
?He was very agile and he never got tired. I really believed that it would go 12 rounds,? said Nietes, who was on target with his prediction.
The unbeaten Melindo believed Pacquiao could have ended the fight early and handed Mosley his first knockout loss if he pressed the action early on.
?Manny showed a great performance. If I were Manny I wouldn?t be contented, he just played with Mosley, maybe he pitied him. He wanted to finish the fight because of what happened (the knockdown) but it was a little bit too late. If he was serious (on knocking out) Mosley, then the fight should have been over quick.?
Banal and Domingo had similar thoughts and felt that if Mosley would have traded leathers with Pacquiao, then it would have been a quick night for him.
?Mosley didn?t punch. I really expected that Mosley would get knocked out if he traded with Manny,? said Banal. ?Manny wanted to trade p
