Suckers of the Century by M.DeTyrone

Suckers of the Century

by M.DeTyrone

David Hannum once said, “There’s a sucker born every minute.” On May 2 2015, there were millions of suckers throughout the world suckered into believing the boxing media’s propaganda fuelled by their hatred for Floyd Mayweather Jr. and ranking Pacquiao as the second best boxer in the world on the various mythical pound for pound list. Let’s be honest P4P list are nothing but a propaganda tool used by magazines, social network and online boxing sites, and boxing writers. Ranking Pacquiao as number two in a pound for pound list was a cruel joke and strategy by boxing writers to legitimize a boxer, which was nowhere near the level he once was. Sadly, there are plenty of boxing writers, announcers, and commentators, which advanced their career on this fight and mislead the gullible boxing fans and public into believing what was not the cold reality.

The truth is that Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao had been in a steady decline since 2009. It all started right after he defeated Miguel Cotto. In addition, when all the rumors of steroid use by Pacquiao became a topic of discussion within the media and boxing. Pacquiao as a threat for Floyd Jr. was over and done when Juan Manuel Marquez 56-7-1 (40KO) savagely knockout him out to sleep in 2012.

However, the sports media, the boxing industry, and the boxing media, the casual fans, the online and social media boxing pages kept Pacquiao alive in a respirator with their steady feeding of propaganda that the bandwagon fans and the casual fans ate continuously. They had to keep this dream alive of a mega fight or “The Fight of the Century” in 2015 the fan truly believed Pacquiao was the same explosive KO artist boxer of 2008-2009 and that was not the case. I don’t know what made people think that defeating Brandon Rios, Timothy Bradley, and Chris Algieri demonstrated that Pacquiao was a threat for Floyd Jr. 

The cold reality is that Floyd “Money” Mayweather Jr. 48-0 (26KO) vs. Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao 57-6-2 (38KO) is finally finished. Resulting in Mayweather Jr. remaining undefeated, and winning what will be well over 100 million USD. Thanks to the millions of people throughout the world that paid one of the highest ppv prices in boxing history and giving life to a live event that became a spectacle for the privileged and elites of current society. However, the common boxing fans, which had no other choice but to buy a highly priced PPV with a horrible undercard. Let’s not forget that this event was a fictitious creation by the media for the casual fans and the Pacman fans.

Pacquiao was easily defeated after the countless years of talk, rumors, lawsuits, allegations, and all sorts of crap about the Pac Man’s style and Mayweather Jr. “The Chicken.” The reality of the matter is that Pacquiao failed miserably, he could not adjust during the fight, and couldn’t close the distance. Add that it looked like he had no second game plan. One thing is to defeat sluggers and infighters and another is to defeat a defensive pure-boxer. Yes, there will be excuses by Pac Man’s camp and those that bought the PPV will be let down because many don’t comprehend and appreciate boxing. According to the NYSAC Rules 1929: “Such points as the ability to quickly grasp and take advantage of every opportunity offered, the capacity to cope with all kinds of situations which may arise; to foresee and neutralize an opponent’s methods of attack; to force and opponent to adapt a style of boxing at which he is not particularly skillful.”

Sadly, for many that view the sport of boxing a street fight is boxing. Many bought a PPV expecting a slugfest, they didn’t get to see Floyd Jr. lose, and they’re mad that they didn’t get what they paid for “Entertainment.” Boxing is a brutal sport which is not played nor is it entertainment unless you have a sadist tendency and wish to see two boxers beat each other senseless for your viewing pleasure. That’s another story.

Like it or not Floyd Mayweather Jr. is currently the best of this boxing era. However, there’s one opponent which Mayweather Jr. has stated was his strongest opponent and his name is Miguel Cotto 39-4 (32KO) the current middleweight champion. If Cotto KO’s Daniel Geale 31-3 (16KO) in June 6 he makes a strong statement to have his rematch vs. Mayweather Jr. Many will dismiss Cotto as another opponent but he has the power, ring generalship to give Floyd Jr. a run for his money… Unlike Pacquiao, performance, which was a total embarrassment for all the build up to the fight and the high expectations, created.  

According to Floyd Jr. September will be his last fight in the sport of boxing. Pacquiao in all honestly who knows what he’ll do, in my opinion, he should retire or end up KO’d by a young lion moving up the ranks. Pacquiao will likely continue with Top Rank and used later on to build up a promising boxer.