Monday, January 25, 2010

When Heroes Fall

I watched as the Philippines was rocked by a series of devastating blows to the boxing industry. First, is the cancellation of of the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight that halted Pacman's momentum. Then, Brian Villoria fell in the hand of a more tenacious and obviously hungrier challenger. Blame it on management. Fire the whole corner; obviously they are not right for their jobs. And blame it on Gayweather for chickening out from the fight of all fights.

Brian Villoria should emulate Manny's rigorous training regimen. The Mexicutioner was always a hundred and ten percent in all his fights. And I have not seen him gas out in years. In the long run, the Hawaiian Punch's body gave in. With his skills as a boxer who can create angles and with decent power to back the precise punches, a little more stamina and durability would propel him back on top for a title shot again.

Maybe he can fire his entire team and hire Fred Roach as his mentor. With a roach like that, I'll gladly trade all the vermin crawling in my house for the same training.