Five Pacquiao Excuses After Losing to Mayweather

Opinion By Lisa Beltran - Iligan City

Pacquiao fans are still mourning after he lost to Mayweather via a unanimous decision in a so called “fight of the century”. Others are complaining for foul play, others are saying that the fight was cooked, etc. Fans have their own excuses, especially those who are not really boxing fans. Boxing fans by the way is far different from Pacfans. Pacfans doesn’t really understand boxing and how does it work.

I am a boxing fan even before Pacquiao was known to the boxing world. I wanted him to win, but what can I do when he fell short and his style doesn’t match on that of Mayweather’s? Even they fight 2 to 10 more times, the result will be the same. People will still get robbed if they pay to see these two washed-up fighters spar inside the ring over and over again. We saw that already with Marquez. We don’t want to see it happening again with Mayweather. Style-wise, Pacquiao will never win against Mayweather period.

In boxing bravery is not important, but brain. Speed and power is nothing if you have lower IQ and I must say Pacquiao has lower IQ than Mayweather. It’s like watching Tyson and Holyfield. Holyfield used his brain and defeated Tyson psychologically.

Frustrated fans are turning online with different kinds of Mayweather memes just to satisfy themselves. Pacquiao on the other hand has his excuses after the fight. Although Pacquiao lost, he should be smiling while going to the bank. The real losers actually are the fans who paid a lot and got disappointed after seeing the lousy fight.

Pacquiao’s Excuses

Shoulder Injury

Pacquiao only mentioned that he was suffering from shoulder injury after the fight. No one would buy this kind of excuse. He said, if he’s not in pain, he could have been defeated Mayweather. This only means that he admitted that he lost.

Mayweather Played Dirty by Hugging

As I mentioned above, boxing uses mind control and IQ. Hugging is not illegal and is one of the techniques so why complain? Let’s say Pacquiao’s camp was not really prepared for this. Holyfield beat Tyson using this technique,

Mayweather was Running

Like hugging, Mayweather used this technique to beat Pacquiao. There is nothing to complain when you can’t catch your opponent because he is better on dodging.

Mayweather is Coward and Didn't like to Engage at all

Well, boxing is not about courage and bravery. It’s all about using your mind. Mayweather knows he can win without too much engagement so why take risks?

The Fight was Rigged and Cooked and Mayweather was Favored to Win

This is not coming directly from Pacquiao’s mouth but similar statement was heard from people around him. Only fool would believe that the fight was rigged. Mayweather was more aggressive and hit more than Pacquiao. It was very clear that Mayweather would win even without checking the judges’ fight score cards.

According to respected and veteran TV analyst Teddy Atlas, the fight, considered as the biggest fight in the history of boxing could actually turn away real fans from boxing due to its disappointing result. Two people was expected to fight to their best but what fans get was two people chasing inside the ring doing lousy fight.

“"Why were they saying this was going to be World War III? You don't say those things if you know it's not true," said Atlas. "Why fabricate something if you know your fighter is limited? This fight was good for boxing going into Saturday, but it didn't leave people with a good feeling. It took the bloom off the rose.” Teddy Atlas.

Why don't we just accept the fact that  Pacquiao lost in a competitive fight and he did not did his best to win by the way?

I say Pacquiao should retire and enjoy the billions of pesos he earned from this "disappointment of the century" fight.

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