Diaz Cast As “The Goat” In Jurassic Pacquiao

By Bret “The Threat” Newton

It was finally revealed what part “the goat” played in the Manny Pacquiao vs. David Diaz fight at the Mandalay Bay on Saturday night. Forget the “Cubs” and any “curse” reference you may have read or heard. It’s not as if we didn’t know just how this fight was going to pan out either. Anyone who actually bought into the hype that Diaz would offer anything more than a spectacular performance for Pacquiao to lay his fists into was sadly kidding their selves. Yes the fight was entertaining, but you couldn’t help but feel bad for Diaz whose corner should have thrown in the towel several rounds before the fight was suddenly put to a stop by a single Pacquiao shot to the chin. Diaz managed to land a few punches in round 6 to get a few “oohs” and “aahs” from the crowd, but that was about it. It wasn’t even enough to win that particular round. There were even other 10-8 scored rounds besides the knockout round had Diaz miraculously been able to make it out of that one.

To be honest, Diaz should never have been in the ring with Pacquiao. Erik Morales won that title from Diaz when they fought back in 2007, yet the judges must have been out drinking just before. It’s too bad not too many people saw that fight because the obvious Israel Vazquez vs. Rafael Marquez rematch was on the same night and was the fight most chosen to watch had they not been able to catch both. There’s no need to get detailed into that fight, but when a judge neglects to score a 10-8 round where a knockdown occurred, then blatantly scores a 10-8 in the very following round where no knockdown occurred, you have to question just what exactly was going on.

Diaz did what was expected of him this past weekend. Show up, get beat up, and not stop until it was impossible for him to continue. You have to like Diaz though. He’s a great personality and it’s very hard to root against him. You want to see him prevail. But this is Manny Pacquiao who he’s up against. Our Pound4Pound number 1 fighter in the world. This was a mismatch from the get go. Bringing in a goat at the final press conference, which Diaz didn’t even like himself, was a perfect set up when Pacquiao said, “I like my goat’s medium rare.”. That’s exactly what happened on Saturday night. Pacquiao cut up, and ate Diaz for dinner. The only difference was that Diaz was “well done”.

Diaz mentioned he, “lived to fight another day”, but one has to question the choice in that. What was best for Pacquiao was to be the first Asian boxer to win major titles in four weight classes. What’s best for Diaz is a great recovery and to not take those kind of punches again. That was a tremendous amount of punishment Diaz took, with an extremely devastating finishing shot. Fighters aren’t usually the same after these kind of fights, and especially one’s with the type of style Diaz has, so living to not fight another day may be what’s best in the long run.

So what’s next for the T-Rex, Manny Pacquiao? Who will be the next meal, chained to a platform, ready to get served to the sounds of cheering Pacquiao fans? Is it Ricky Hatton?

Whoever it is, you can be sure Pacquiao will have his bib on with some A-1 Goat Sauce in hand.

After all, Pacquiao has turned out to be a G.O.A.T. of his own:
One of boxing’s Greatest Of All Time.



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