Oh, puh-leaze…This Much Ballyhooed Golden Boy is Just Gold-plated.

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Oh, puh-leaze…This Much Ballyhooed Golden Boy is Just Gold-plated.

December 8, 2008

Fine, I was one of the eager Pinoy boxing fanatics who stuck their behinds inside their houses, glued on their TV sets while rallying behind our much touted Pambansang Kamao during his Dream Match yesterday at Las Vegas, Nevada, never mind if I only had four hours sleep after arriving from my grave-yard shift at past 7AM.

Who wouldn’t anyway when this iconic sports star can easily unite many people in great discord just by entering the boxing ring and pounding on his opponent like mad? Consider the swift and smooth flow of vehicles in the city’s major boulevards and avenues yesterday. Or perhaps PNP’s report that, except for a case of a stolen wallet at a public free viewing stadium in Tondo, not a single crime happened yesterday. Or heck, even the conflict areas in Mindanao had their taste of tranquility, at least even just for a few hours of Golden Boy-Pacman bout viewing, free of machine gun ratatats and wails of just-orphaned children. With all the surprisingly good series of fortunate events that occur in this country every time we have a Pacquiao match, wouldn’t you wish that every day the veritable south paw always bloody cracks some Mexican’s well-chiseled nose?

This time around, since I have my own moolah to part with, the much-awaited boxing match had me in double adrenaline and anxiousness after I decided to have a bet with my teammate. Naturally, since dela Hoya was the taller, more experienced boxer, and with a longer arm’s reach at that, everybody was expecting the famed Mexican to win hands down. Only, their misinformed guess was wrong because they overlooked the fact that Manny was fighting for his country, and that’s the greatest motivation that always had him give his best performance in every fight. And if, by any remotest chance, dela Hoya indeed knocks down Manny in a round, I’m pretty sure Manny will immediately get up to his knees, shrug the sting, and fight back like hell. So Mark, my teammate, picked the Golden Boy over his Pinoy compatriot and I already had the feeling his bet is already in my bag. Manny will floor this Mexican of great braggadocio because he (dela Hoya) was only fighting for his own glory, saying that Manny’s age and speed are his motivation for the fight,; something that wreaks of denial that yes, he’s had his time but now, please move over because we have this Pinoy boxer as a yardstick for action-packed matches.

And boy, was I right! While the girls in the house were breathless and dreamy over Oscar’s handsome looks, I remained confident that Manny will emerge victorious in spite of his goon looks and bad guy moustache. Yes, the Max Alvarado do suited him because it made him all the more buff and quite ready to rumble indeed! Oscar, on the other hand, looked very much less of a boxer but more of a sissy Hollywood leading man of a B-list movie. For chrissake, this is boxing and the sports discipline requires a display of brawn and tough Mike Tyson mantra!

Another noticeable difference was how Manny bounced like a human trampoline, flighty and grinning to the maddening crowd as compared to the serious and sobering aura of Oscar, a conspicuous omen that told me he’s only bluffing when he announced to the world he’ll knock out our pound-for-pound boxer in 5 rounds (which proved me right after the Golden Boy camp chickened out at the onset of the 9th round).

And, yes, now I know how it sucks not to have cable TV service in the house. While greedy network station GMA delivered slew upon slew of crappy commercials, I had to text the folks back home in the province for live account of what was happening at the moment. While fuck-you-sonuvabitch-go-to-freakin-hell GMA killed the tensed non-cable TV viewers with a rerun of endorsers (I was already puking over an ad showing for the umpteenth time of a forgettable super glue brand with a man glued upside down to speak of its supposed reliability), I had a text update that said the fight was already five-rounds long, and Manny was dictating the action. Come 8th round in the cable viewing back home and with no Dream Match yet starting to air in the fuck-me-Freddy TV bigwig in our Sampaloc apartment, I had a text that said Manny won and yes, I should already be relieved over the bet. I guess this is how one feels when they say it’s bittersweet. Sweet because I won the bet and Manny ruled the match but bitter because all the go-shove-your-fuckin-gloves-up-Oscar’s-ass exclamations and gritty air-punching that I would have done while Manny was pulverizing Oscar’s pretty boy image would ultimately be suppressed by the fact that I know the outcome of the match even before I could watch it.

So I need not do a retelling of what transpired during the eight-round long boxing match because I know you had your fuckin’ arses burned like smokin’ bacon in your sofas as you watched the Dream Match, ending the Filipino salvo with raised fists of triumph and pride. I was happy as well that at least for one single moment, the Philippines is known the world over not as a haven of cheap sluts and ass-kissing chambermaids but a country of great sports warriors like this remarkable boxer named Manny Pacquaio. And for this, I guess our appreciation over this brilliant sports icon is just expected.

Now, with the overrated hero’s welcome and overrated parades that will ensue during Manny’s arrival and his planned retirement come 2009 to prepare for (wait…I need to grab a blade and slash my wrist first) his congressional bid yet again, that’s another story.

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