Pacquiao, Mayweather, Pavlik: In Dire Need to Dominate
August 28th, 2009
By Trevor Weis: Following the Ortiz/Maidana fight, Max Kellerman went on to say that “more is required in the sport of boxing than any other, maybe more than what is reasonable.” And even though we as boxing fans may not truly understand, still we demand more. After all, who is in need of a mediocre hero? Who cheers for the simply average athlete?
Especially with the return of Mayweather. I feel like Mayweather is comparable to a fine wine: the more I watch him, the more I come to appreciate his undeniable skills. Although the brash, former P4P king and undefeated ring technician is coming off a 2 year hiatus, be sure that Money will be coming to make a statement on September 19th. Especially because he picked a smaller, untested lightweight to fight at 144 lbs, Mayweather will be looking to make a statement, or maybe an example out of Marquez. By beating the current P4P #2 fighter in Marquez, especially if he succeeds in dramatic fashion, he will be able to contest his place as P4P king, especially since Pacquiao underwent two debatable wars with the Mexican legend. Mayweather is not looking to be shown up by a smaller man like De La Hoya was, so expect the counter-puncher to be more inclined to stand and trade.
And Kelly Pavlik has reached a cross-roads; two years ago, Kelly Pavlik was being marketed as the next big thing in boxing. A blue-collar, hard punching middleweight from Youngstown was inspiring American boxing fans across the country with an unexpected TKO of power-punching middleweight contender, Edison Miranda. And then Pavlik knocked out Jermain Taylor in the 7th round…Fast forward to today, and Kelly has not lived up to the expectations we placed on him. Nor has he been the lineal, undisputed middleweight champion we hoped. Assuming his fight with Paul Williams gets made in December (and that’s still a big if with all these habitual staph infections…), Pavlik is in need of a dramatic and emphatic victory if there is any hope of resuscitating his dying career. Pavlik will almost need to stand in front of Williams and take his high-punch output, returning fire with that shotgun right. If the Ghost wants to resist fading away, he must give the Punisher a night that will haunt him for years to come.
Maybe the expectations we put on boxers are unfair or unreasonable, but such is the price of greatness. And maybe we as fans cannot truly understand the depth or sacrifice required to catch our attention or develop a following. But the boxers, the athletes, the heroes straining for that attainable greatness all know the hard price we expect them to pay: they pay it gladly.
Tags: Marquez vs. Mayweather, Marquez-Mayweather, Pacquiao vs. Cotto, Pacquiao-Cotto, Pavlik vs. Williams, Pavlik-Williams ,Floyd Mayweather Jr, Kelly Pavlik, Manny Pacquiao20 Responses to “Pacquiao, Mayweather, Pavlik: In Dire Need to Dominate”
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If Pacquiao beats Cotto, the catch-weight demand will be used as an excuse, and rightfully so. Pacquiao, his spinners and his maniacal followers should understand and accept this. If only Pacquiao is not so much of a pu–y and fight in even terms, his victories would have more meaning. Dela Hoya, drained. Diaz, overmatched. Hatton overrated and shot. Wait, he fought Marquez on even terms and got his ar$e whupped he needed the judges to hand him over the victories that should have been JMM’s. This is what’s killing boxing — overprotected, overhyped, overpimped fraud commodities like Pac. Sad, sad, sad.
ben is using his brain just like he think hatton didnt
see critics are critics. ben is ben. keep on dreaming awake ben
critics are critics. have brain but not functioning properly. have eyes but have a invisible cataract. pacquiao proves too much. critics prove nothing. maybe critics are much better than manny. floyd vs manny will not happen because the other boxer demands too much. sometimes demands can be an excuses or even denial. especially if demands is so nonsense. mayweather can run like goliath whos so big. he can talk nonsense freely everytime. but people know whats true. so many golden boys boxers become nonsense because of manny. manny is complete. the greatest yet humble. fearles yet mercyful. dont need to prove anymore manny i see what you did. and i will always belive that my eyes dont lie to me. dont like to become someone who fools themselves.
Ben – are you blind? Or you hate manny ’cause you lost your money from the hatton fight? Hatton was lossing both rounds, check the punch stats and hatton keeps hugging manny due to frustration.
My money is on:
Cotto
Mayweather
Williams
I think cotto is taking the fight a lot more seriously than pacman who has had his ego blown up too much recently with easy wins against a drained de la hoya… and a ricky hatton whos style and tactics were just WRONG. Ricky was doing well in the fight (if you take away the 3 punches which caused knock downs… without those 3 punches… you would have said the first round was a draw… and ricky would have won the second if it wasnt for that well timed punch at the end of the round).
I still think hatton could have beaten pacman, if he used his brain a bit and fought like he did against ben tackie.
Grow up Trevor.
I agree with roy, when do we start giving credits to manny? Is it manny fault that diaz was too slow? Diaz was a champion during those time. Oscar was dehydrAted because he did not prepare well for the fight. Hatton was a champion and floyd had a hard time KOing. Floyd kO on hatton can’t be used as Blue print for manny ’cause manny was defeated manny times too and he bounced back without a prob and continues to improve. The good thing with manny is that he is not scared on fighting bigger guys. Oscar needed to loss weight in order to even out with manny,who was trying to gain weight &who is smaller height wise.
To Roy
I agree with you . you are right but remember every lose of a fighter excuses come out.So if pacman lose , he can say also that he is small guy to bit Cotto who is big and strong.But for sure pacman will say nothing and no excuses for him cause he is a good fighter, he fight without any ezxcuses at all.
Roy, your the man!
People look way too deep into stuff at times.
In any fight may the best man win, nothing more nothing less, its never vital to the sport for one man to dominate anything.
Aslong as the right man has his glove held high at the end of the fight thats all that matters.
Although i do admit that these days it seems to be gettin harder and harder to get the 2 right people in the ring in the 1st place.
Roy is dammed right & Trevor Weis is again dammed wrong. How many excuses do we need to satisfy ones ego? Just wake up & watch the fight. Too much blah blah is not good for your health man.
Just take a hike & access your mistake.
Dipset,you told it right.zthey dont appreciate PBF skills.They will after he beats Manny and Marquez.
wow “dipset” is an idiot if he thinks mayweather can beat marquez..Mayweather couldnt even destroy old faded De La Hoya
and Mayweather wnt be able to hang with Paqman
Trustt
Pacquiao couldn’t beat Mayweather in a million years he is to small that is what Mayweather is going to prove by beating Marquez when Floyd destroys Marquez everyone will wonder how can Pacquiao hang with Mayweather when he can’t hang with Marquez who really beat him Pacquiao twice watch after this Marquez fight the Pacfans aren’t going to be so sure about Pacquiao being able to beat Floyd but really the fight people will want to see is Mayweather/Cotto beacause Pacquiao doesn’t stand a chance against Cotto
Roy, everything you say is true. If Pacquiao beats Cotto it will be because he is damaged goods.
If Pac fight and wins against Mosley, people will say Mosley is old and not in his prime.
If Pac fight and wins against Mayweather, people will say Mayweather got rust during his over year inactivity.
If Pac fight and wins against Berto or Bradley , people will say Berto or Bradley is too young to fight top level of fighting.
If Pac fight and wins against Williams, people will say Williams dehydrated and kills himself during the fight.
Then who else, and what are the excuses?
I think boxers in general who lost fights and their followers will always find excuses to defend their egos. If Pacquiao wins over Cotto, their excuses will be “Margarito makes easy for Pacquiao”. Pacquiao has a lot of critics because they can´t believe that this little man has it all.
So if Pac wins, people will say Cotto is damaged goods. Jeez!