Zzzzzz. ZZZZZZ! Oh! We're pulling out for today's run. Sorry dear passengers for the snoring, but the Manny Pacquiao/Joshua Clottey fight was just plain vapid; the staff on the D-train Daily could hardly stay awake as we watched it. The most interesting thing about last night's fight may have been the bigger than the biggest Texas belt buckle jumbo-tron as the Tajmajerryjones was on full display.
One saw all they needed to at the weigh in Saturday. Two fighters, preparing for the next day's battle smiling at one another. Smiling?! If there is no crying in baseball, you best believe there is for damn sure, no smiling in boxing. Pacquiao was probably smiling because he was having so much fun thinking about the sound check for his post fight concert. Clottey was certainly smiling about an unexpected seven figure payday.
Clottey is known for his defense and a "chin of stone" (The latter is what we like to call a left-handed compliment). And his defense was good. When he took chances, on occasion, he would hurt Pacquiao as evidenced by the battered appearance of the Pac-Man after the fight. However, Clottey essentially fought as though he never expected to win while Pacquiao's speed discouraged risks ever more so.
What truly makes the fight a shame, as well as a snoozer, is that it should not have been this way.
Point the finger where you may for the implosion of the negotiations between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., the point is that boxing fans were cheated last night. The people that paid the 44.95 fee for the fight should feel even more cheated. That fight should have been shown on ESPN's Friday Night Fights.
In a Sporting News Radio interview this past Friday, Freddie Roach, Pacquiao's trainer had this to say about the fight that should have been:
"That fight has to happen, and I can't see it not happening. Too much money involved, too much at stake, and boxing needs that fight."
No duh!
The question is when/if Mayweather vs. Pacquiao happens, will the people who paid for Pacquiao vs. Clottey get if for free? They deserve it.
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