Pacquiao - Cotto Bluburbs

I've gone through almost all pacquiao-cotto/mayweather articles over the net for the last 2 weeks, I just can't get enough of the all the hype in boxing recently. It's not only because I am Filipino and I root for Pacman, though I loss to a bet, a can of soda to one of my insistent work mate, I guess everyone's right saying boxing is back and Pacman and Mayweather should lead bring boxing back the way it used to be.

The intrigue and attention given to Pacquiao's alleged extra curricular romantic activities though I think, was just too much, and here people even start to talk about moral obligation. Pacquiao's not a priest, and being a very well knownpersonality in the Philippines didn't come with such job description. What responsibility are they talking about? Nobody told them to look up to Pacquiao as a father, husband or whatever. I say screw that, who in the hell is society to demand social obligation from someone? especially from someone who has already given more than enough share of his success as a boxer, and with true generosity? He has all the money and all the fame, so just let him be, whether Pacman commits whatever mistake (?) or innanities outside of everybody else's social and moral spectrum, just keep it to yourselves. People are just wasting their mind and effort, going through this, not to mention bringing up unsolicited disctractions and unwanted emotional pains perhaps, to Jinky and whoever.

Anyway, going back, I think Mayweather has been doing great in promoting himself as a popular boxer, acting, and doing the best he can to grab the right amount of attention to take the role of villain as they say. But I think this time, there's no more ducking for him, I bet he's thinking of ways on how to duck Pacquiao to no avail. It would be impossible for Mayweather to avoid this now and not be seen as a coward who couldn't put his 40-0 record on the line. The public wasn't this demanding when he had the better chance to face other opponents whom he ducked successfully, Cotto included. Everyone wants to see the fight, so he better start thinking of that 40-0 record and start training to keep it.

I think Pacquiao's greatness comes from almost all aspect of his game, the work ethic, the mental rigidity, the focus and infallible self-determination. Walking towards the ring, I thought Cotto was just nervous, not so often can you see a boxer, or any high class athlete, come to the face the challenge this way. It's always the serious look and the fighting poker face that you see, so everyone must have thought that this was how one should normally arrive, not knowing that it's only nerves and anxiety and uncertainty that's eating them up. Pacquiao wasn't, I almost thought he was thinking about the next title of his superhero movie while walking towards the ring, I don't know how such world class athletes do it, whether they're about to embark on the biggest fight/game of their lives or whatever. It's just heroic, god-like. Mental toughness at it's purest form.

The fight ended when Cotto knew he couldn't hurt Pacquiao, Pacquiao knew Cotto couldn't hurt him, and when Cotto knew there were just punches that he wouldn't be able to see and might hurt and bring him down. THen he started backing away. It was all over.

Mayweather is all over the place now saying how Pacquiao is not stepping up to the plate and not being a man, saying Pacquiao does not have the balls to challenge Mayweather straight to his face. I didn't think Pacquiao thought about it that way, but i'm pretty sure he'd like to take beat up the pretty boy.

Mayweather is running out of space he better start training - and I hope negotionations will go smoothly, which I doubt, at least it should come to an agreement.