Manny Pacquiao Knocked Down and he Shouldn't get Up

 

Boxing great Manny Pacquiao has definitely met his match going up against Juan Manuel Marquez of last month to where he was knocked out cold by him. They both have met in four total fights which are extraordinary to say the least. Marquez always felt that he was the better fighter and was robbed in the previous fights but not this time. Marquez showed the world that he was the better and tougher fighter. We’ve never seen Pacquiao get knocked out like this from a devastating blow.

The knockout that “Pac-Man received was kind of scary to many of us. As a boxing fan we love to see a knockout and just a good fight but we aren’t barbarians either as human beings. We don’t want to see a fight die in the ring or have brain damage due to a hit to the head. Pacquiao really looked like that he was severely injured in that fight. Many people were asking me if Pacquiao can come back from it and regain his dominance in the sport and I said he can.

But here is the problem with this. Pacquiao can come back and fight some other good fighters out there, but does he still have something to prove at 34 years old? I don’t think so. He’s won titles after titles against some of the best in his prime. He’s no longer in his prime and needs to think about his long-term health because once boxing is done that’s where a boxer starts to really live.

Pacquiao has made millions of dollars in this sports that has made him a very wealthy man. But how much is enough in boxing where your health can deteriorate through the punches that one faces through the years of fighting. We can’t forget that Pacquiao is a leader in his country the Philippines and is a congressman. His country really needs him and his resources that can help there poverty and natural disasters that they face. I personally think that he should retire and move on with his life because he has more than boxing after it’s all said and done.

That being said, I don’t see him walking away from the ring especially on how he lost to Marquez by knockout. Boxers have that competitive pride and ego that they want to walk away on their own terms. In a recent article former champion and retired boxer Ricky Hatton felt the same way I feel about Pacquiao walking away and retiring. I don’t even want to get into the Mayweather-Pacquiao potential fight now because they just waited too long for us as fans to really want to see it. Also I think and always felt that Floyd will eat him alive in the ring. I guess it’s just me.