Sunday, March 14, 2010

Pacquiao and the Huskies

Yesterday was a good sports day for Inday and me. The UW Huskies won the "Pac-10 men's tournament title and the automatic NCAA tournament bid by beating California 79-75 in Saturday's championship" around 4pm, and we then started a marathon of HBO boxing leading up to the Manny Pacquiao - Joshua Clotty fight. Pacquiao is still the best ever, but it was a little frustrating how Clotty spent most of the fight just protecting himself.
"Freddy Roach, Pacquiao's trainer, was upset by Clottey's negative display. 'World title fights come once in a lifetime. If you don't have the balls to take it, and you just want to survive ... well,' Roach said."
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/sport/more_sport/boxing/article7061451.ece
In Pacquiao's last 6 fights, Clotty is the only opponent to make it to the final bell.
Everyone keeps talking about a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight, but Manny doesn't have anything to prove. If he wins the election (he's running for a position in the Philippines congress next month I think), he should just retire as "the first boxer in history to win seven world titles in seven different weight divisions" (Wikipedia).
ps - but if a fight with Mayweather should happen though, I would be one of the millions to watch it for sure!

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