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Ludicrously easy
By Al S. Mendoza
AS expected, Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Saul “Canelo” Alvarez by decision.
What I didn’t expect was he did it so ludicrously easy.
He is 36 years old already but still, he didn’t just move like a wind.
He moved like a howler, a hurricane, or a tornado if you will.
With the way he moved, how can he be hit?
Not even FPJ could have hit him.
And Alvarez is literally spring chicken.
He is only 23 years old, the holder of two world title belts from the World Boxing Council and the World Boxing Association 147-lb divisions.
How come he was reduced to a virtual pre-schooler when he was valedictorian, the holder of a 42-0 record?
Before he fought Mayweather on Sept. 15, were Alvarez’s 40-plus victims merely his friends and neighbors to amass that unblemished mark?
You know, nothing surprises me anymore in boxing.
Managers can always manufacture caliber boxers but with dubious past: They had had highly suspicious fights against fighters allegedly either bought to lose or who had seen better days.
Lots of them roam this planet.
I hope Alvarez isn’t one of them?
He appeared truly distraught after losing, saying, “Obviously, I didn’t want to lose. But he was so fast.”
But despite having been totally outclassed for virtually 12 rounds, his face badly swollen and with puffy eyes, Alvarez still won six rounds from judge CJ Ross.
Ross, the same lady who made Timothy Bradley the winner over Manny Pacquiao in 2012, scored it a 114-114 draw in complete contrast from the 117-111 score of Craig Metcalfe and 116-112 of Dave Moretti—all for Mayweather.
Since that score was a downright disgrace to boxing, the author ought to be banished from the sport.
For, if she was a manufactured manipulator, I’d be the least surprised.
Grudgingly, I had given Alvarez Round 1. Otherwise, I would have given everything to Mayweather and I’d still feel happy with my verdict.
If both Metcalf and Moretti also gave Alvarez Round 8, it was more out of generosity than anything.
Anyway, Los Angeles-based Kuya Nards Galvez wrote to say Mayweather is hard to hit because he also has mastered the art of raising his left arm in an instant to parry punches from an opponent.
“His father taught him that,” Kuya Nards said.
So that against a southpaw, Kuya Nards believes Mayweather can be vulnerable and hittable.
“Pacquiao is a southpaw and I believe Mayweather cannot use his right hand to parry Pacquiao’s left punches,” said Kuya Nards.
It makes sense so that if and when a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight finally happens, the American’s unbeaten 45-0 record could be in jeopardy?
Umm, that sounds palatable.
And so, can we start hoping again that the fight may still happen?
As they say, “Hope springs eternal.”
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