Unlike Donnie Nietes, Manny Pacquiao packs explosives, but that doesn’t mean the Pinoy boxing superhero is totally safe from dishing out a big flat bore against the unsinkable Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas next month.
Nietes, crowned critically as new WBO light flyweight king, did not actually vow to sizzle and deliver a KO masterpiece.
But there was resounding frustration—you could feel the quiet groan, the gnashing of nicotined teeth—from wet-market area fans the morning after the drab coronation.
These poor people were visibly not prepared for the tasteless bout.
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So why did Nietes, hyped to a golden glow, end up a wholesale bore?
Answer: He was very scrimpy and retailed his petty punches.
This was the unanimous verdict of plain vendors, the grizzled gang that honestly knows the difference between a wholesale and short sell.
Nietes didn’t have enough guts?
Cried Col. Pat Piñol, keen-eyed fight aficionado from Kidapawan in North Cotabato: “I can’t see how Nietes won the fight. He kept running away. As a Filipino, I’m ashamed of the decision. Not that I didn’t want Nietes to win. But that was a hollow victory, a shame.”
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