Bitter end to an epic rivalry?
Tatay was speechless as he watched Manny Pacquiao fall face-first after receiving a crushing right from Juan Manuel Marquez. He ran out of words on how to describe Pacman's defeat. My father, who played three sports while studying at Araullo Lyceum in Cabanatuan City, Nueva Ecija, is no boxing analyst or expert but a mere sports fan. He watched and enjoyed classic fights of George Foreman, the former Cassius Clay (Muhammad Ali), Leon Sphinx, Sugar Ray Leonard, Mike Tyson and Julio Cesar Chavez Sr., to name a few. Tatay, like most Filipinos, was hoping for a Pacquiao knockout win so the People's Champ could finally silence his critics that he is slipping and his career is going south. He was expecting a knockout win, but not by Marquez and not the ending that happened in one of boxing's epic rivalries. Tatay said Marquez came out more prepared, as he didn't want to frustrate his throngs of Mexican fans. He had been training for more than 4 months, determined ...