By Bushleaguer: Former P4P king Manny Pacquiao returned to the ring this past Saturday and dominated a slightly game, but somewhat limited Brandon Rios. Pacquiao’s controversial defeat at the hands of Timothy Bradley, and his subsequent highlight reel KO by Juan Manuel Marquez were met with the expected predictions of a career that had run it’s course. What once seemed an impregnable fortress, was now inevitably showing signs of wear and tear.
Boxing is a unique sport. A sport in which a loss can, and often will, lead those who write about this kind of thing for a living to throw around words like “exposed”, “past prime”, or “shot”. It is also unique in the fact that oftentimes the fighters themselves will find that they are not immune to the whims of the press.