Viloria & PacMan: In different zones today

By Al S. Mendoza 

WHILE Brian Viloria is still probably in Cloud 9 today, Manny Pacquiao must still be possibly twisting in the wind.

That’s because Viloria’s recent victory has reestablished him as the world’s king of flyweights.

The manner by which Viloria scored his victory on Sunday (May 13) was even really a class act.

For eight rounds, Viloria virtually battered Omar Nino Romero.

In the ninth, Viloria put an end to the one-sided brawl with a rain of punches, sending Romero on the verge of knockout.

Wisely, the American referee stopped the fight, effectively saving Romero from further punishment.

I also commend the camp of Romero, which tossed in the towel into the ring in a proof of surrender minutes before the referee waved Romero out of it.

Romero’s decision halted Viloria from further inflicting more harm on the hapless, almost defenseless Mexican when the referee stepped to end the carnage.

With the victory, Viloria retained his world flyweight crown but more than that, the 31-year-old pride of Ilocandia, whose family migrated to Hawaii when he was still a kid, avenged his 2006 loss on points to Romero.

But, as usual, Romero said he’d beat Viloria if they had a rematch in his hometown of Gudalajara, Mexico.

That is now literally a wishful thinking as the 35-year-old Romero even failed a drug test after his second fight with Viloria ended in a draw.

With the drug result finding him as having been a drug-user, their third fight on May 13 was more than a hefty accommodation, a handsome concession, that Viloria had so graciously granted Romero.

If I were Romero, I should even be thankful that Viloria accorded me a chance to challenge Viloria’s crown.

Indeed, some are grateful, others are hateful – sometimes forever.

Isn’t Juan Manuel Marquez, Romero’s compatriot, like that, too?

Anyways, let’s go to Pacquiao.

I said he could still be twisting in the wind following quotes attributed to him that were disrespectful of gays and lesbians.

Of course contrary to reports streaming out from the American media, he didn’t say “all gays must be put to death.”

Can you believe yourself that he said that?

I don’t.

How can he ever say that when his favorite quote from the Bible is, “Love one another and love your neighbor as you love yourself.”

All Pacquiao said was he didn’t buy President Obama’s line allowing a “same-sex marriage.”

Meaning a man can marry a man, and a woman can likewise marry a woman.

Pacquiao was crystal clear on that:  He doesn’t like that.

Again, as to quotations that Pacquiao said he “wants all gays to be put to death,” that’s as crazy as hearing him say, perhaps, that, “I am not gay so that I want all gays to be dead.”

So, stop twisting in the wind, PacMan.

The world believes you, loves you.

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