It hasn’t been a good year so far for boxing. With ESPN on the verge of scrapping coverage and a lack of big fights, boxing fell further from the public consciousness.
But the sweet science came out swinging this week and, suddenly, things don’t look so bad anymore.
Manny Pacquiao vs. Juan Manuel Marquez: Hopefully, the spotlight that will be on Hopkins-De La Hoya and Foreman-Tyson will provide glare to other fights, like Pacquiao vs. Marquez — arguably the best fight in boxing. It could happen as early as this summer. Pacquiao is fresh off an 11th-round destruction of highly-regarded Marco Antonio Barrera. “Pac-Man’s” combination of speed and pinpoint punching has him on the brink of stardom.
