By Michael Marley, Examiner.comMaybe Manny Pacquiao attorney Franklin Jeng "The Jackal" Gacal did not get the memo.
But, if Manny Pacquiao really is the baddest man on the boxing planet, he would not be using training wheels.
Gacal has been quoted as saying that Pacman will demand a 150 pound weight limit, FOUR POUNDS shy of the traditional junior middleweight limit (154 pounds) for a Nov. 13 bout against the digraced and humilated handwrap cheater Antonio Margarito.
I doubt that Gacal, who is no showboat, would be flapping his gums without some substance to his assertion.Certainly, being the "A side" of the ledger and totally dominant over the Mexican in terms of bargaining power, Pacman can give a weight limit ultimatum.
But, and we've been through this before, if Pacquiao really wants to be known as "the Eighth Wonder of the World" for copping a record eighth weight class crown, he needs to throw away his crutches.
Sign the bout contract for the standard 154 pound limit.
Or else give Manny the WBC 154 pound belt, if he beats Margarito, and slap a giant asterisk or it because, really he would be the new Halfway Between Welter and Junior Middleweight Champion.
Margocheato, age 32, figures to heavily outweight Manny anyway when they climb into the ring but so what?
AM is slightly older but a lot slower than the now sure and fleet footed Megamanny.
Not to mention how Shane Mosley, six or so years older, spinned, folded and easily mutilated Margarito.
Anything Sugar Shanester can do, Pacquiao should do in an even more dazzling fashion.
This whining demand for a weight "handicap" by the Pacman camp is beyond irritating, even demeaning for the world's top pound for pound fighter.
It's come up before and it may be an old habit Pacman acolytes can't abandon.
Maybe they could start 12 stepping at Weight Limit Crutches Anonymous.
Congressmanny must veto this babyish weight demand personally.
His "electorate" is standing by and expecting no less.
Lobster claws are fine, if you eschew the needless melted butter.
But weight clauses make Pacquiao look like an insecure bully.
(mlcmarley@aol.com)
Source: examiner.com
