Calls for Manny Pacquiao to fight none other than Floyd Mayweather have become uncharacteristically, well, desperate?
Once upon a time Manny Pacquiao reveled in adulation akin to the great Joe Louis. Easily the most exciting and beloved boxer of his era, no one ever paid to see Pacquiao lose. For on those mighty diminutive shoulders he bore a people, an entire nation whose storied poverty and disenfranchisement found hope in the tale of the Filipino orange peddler turned international icon.
But that was then; and this is now.
Still collecting himself after that near murderous Marquez right hand, he?s been relegated to grappling desperately for that glory he once knew. Gone are the days when he could simply defer to his famous promoter as to what the future might hold during those post-fight interviews.
The little giant from General Santos has fallen.
At present, Manny Pacquiao is desperate, desperate for a victory that will reignite the public?s once ravenous excitement for the Filipino strong man, desperate for a significant payday as rumors of his eroding fortune mount, desperate as Father Time mercilessly closes in on an otherwise epic career. As such the calls for him to fight none other than Floyd Mayweather have become uncharacteristically, well, desperate.
It?s rather prophetic if you?re Floyd Mayweather as he is fond of reminding all within earshot, that ?all roads lead to Mayweather.? Suddenly, those questions that once dogged him at every conceivable turn, ?Are you going to fight Manny?What?s it going to take to get you and Pacquiao in the ring??? have all but faded away. Thus, the finality of the most jarring moment in all of sports, the knockout, not only does it alter one?s physical state, but, in an instant may alter the very trajectory of one?s existence. Once positioned to legitimately argue for handsome terms, Manny Pacquiao now finds himself much like all others, languishing at the foot of the throne with his band of loyalists and of course his famous promoter attempting to make a case for an encounter whose time has long past.
