Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao Boxing is one of the most entertaining kinds of sport. Impressive knockouts, rough demonstration of aggression and power – this is what one anticipates from a fight of a favorite boxer. When it comes to the all-time greatest, Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather are surely to be on the list. Many believe that Pac-Man has lost his crown to Mayweather in that notorious “Battle for Greatness”. However, the dry defensive strategy of Mayweather in that match and Pacquiao’s alleged shoulder injury left millions of fans confused. Same as before, there is much space for debate: who is the best? Talking about physical characteristics, Pacquiao has got it all. He possesses significant punching power. Moreover, he is so quick that his face stays out of reach for many opponents throughout the entire fight. His advanced technical skills are also outstanding. Mayweather can boast to have the same. Since he is incredibly skilled, he is able to keep the pace and produce deadly punches throughout the whole fight. Possessing outstanding stamina, Mayweather sustains high-class performance till the very …show more content…
He has not always been the unstoppable force that destroys everything on the way. Pacquiao did not face serious competition until 2004 when he encountered Juan Manuel Marquez and fought to a draw. In 2005, he was defeated by Erik Morales. Only after that painful loss to Morales, Pacquiao started his victorious rising to the top. He started collecting more key victories and looked like a real champion defeating the top fighters one after another. While considering that Pacquiao has been in the ring for already 20 years it would be right to add that he really started to position himself as an elite boxer for only last 8-9 years (Vassalo). The fact that he was not as good as he is now for the rest of his career lowers his chances in a head-to-head battle with Mayweather for the crown of the all-time
I don’t condone fighting, but boxing is sport that can be a fun and adrenaline rushing. Canelo is an amazing fighter and is speculated to be the next and maybe the last greatest upcoming star that boxing has left. If you want to become a boxer, a strong one, that knows his way around his opponent, then why not pick the young talent that already has a future ahead of him? Saul has a great team and is represented by Golden Boy, another boxing legend. He has a team that helps him formulate a plan of attack, and that plan is attack. He’s smart and brutal, he’s rated as one of the best pound for pound fighters and look at his age! However, he was outgunned by boxing's, questionably, best fighter, Mayweather Jr. In Canelo’s case, he did receive respect from many but also lost credibility. He didn't show up to this match and really showed his weak spot. In order to be the best you have to beat the best, and granted he received his only lost, their will be a rematch and possibly the moment where he is crowned and becomes the next ri...
Novelist, Norman Mailer, in his narrative essay, “The Death of Benny Paret,” recounts his experience as he witnesses a first-hand account of the tragic death of the boxer, Benny Paret. Mailer’s purpose is to convince the audience that boxing is inhumane through the use of many rhetorical devices, such as simile, animalistic diction and syntax.
He has a strong will and as this is tested time and time again it just makes him a more patient and together person. The first time this is tested is when in Baberton Peekay is told he is not allowed to box or to actually fight for two years and he must only train if he wants to be on the team. Now this had to be almost impossible for someone who wanted to box more than anything but he took his time and mastered his technique and stamina and was patient instead of just quitting took his time and built himself as boxer. Being forced to take that time and just wait and train and wait caused Peekay to learn what being patient could do for him because by the time he actually stepped into the ring he was able to win. This trait builds in Peekay through each and every match and through every confrontation of a challenge in his life but is very obvious in Peekay 's fight against Gideon Mandoma. When these two boys fight they continue going and going but instead of being an overly aggressive fighter like his opponent Peekay wait and waits and eventually it pays off because he was able to find the each right time to act and this allowed him to win the fight. Peekay had to have the self control to wait and to hold on to his head and this fight helped him to know that more so than anything else in his life so far. He couldn’t just give up and he
The culture in Mexico is very fond of soccer as it’s the country’s most popular sport, where males of all ages play anywhere they can and leaving the national team as cult heroes. Even though soccer is the main sport, following behind it is boxing, where Mexico has produced many world boxing champions as boxing remains popular among all socioeconomic ...
While some differences between Ventura College and the colleges that Andrew Hacker and Claudia Dreifus wrote about in their essay are evident, the similarities are salient. Ventura College meets the characteristics that Hacker and Dreifus described in their essay, Ventura College has a low tuition rates, small class sizes, and all students have access to counselors and instructors. The only difference between Ventura College and the colleges that Hacker and Dreifus talked about is funding. Ventura College doesn’t cost a lot of money to attend, but is experience it provides actually worth the price?
The pristine 1933 King Kong was constructed as a movie: to convey a story to entertain an audience. Peter Jackson’s 2005 remake took the substructure for King Kong and expanded upon it in virtually every way in order to “make again” the astoundment of the original for a modern-day audience. Audiences received the first King Kong very well. The stop-motion sequences of Kong were astounding for their time and the movie grossed over $90,000 in its beginning weekend. In order to bank upon its prosperity again, sequels were made and thus in 1976 a remake was made to amend upon the original. Paramount updated the movie to color, altered the story, and cast Jeff Bridges, a widely popular actor of the time, as the lead actor. Although the movie received stirred reviews, it did exceptionally well in the box office and tripled Paramount’s initial budget for the motion picture. Even though the movie wasn’t “as good” as the original, audiences still paid money to view it because of that hope that they would feel like they once did when they visually perceived the first King Kong. The remake add...
Boxing became relevant in the 1920’s with America’s strong economy, American citizens had more leisure time to themselves, “to understand the boom in boxing during this period, one should picture the idea of the roaring twenties a festive time where money was in lush supply.” This sparked the construction of stadiums and gymnasiums
Boxing in the 1920’s? You better believe it! Jack Dempsey was considered one of the very best in the sport of boxing. He possessed the aggression of a grizzly bear in the ring but the gentle spirit of a teddy bear outside the ring. This drew him into the hearts of many.
Both conditional and unconditional logistic regression models were used to assess risk factors for injury. Accord to the “Southern Medical Journal’s Result; overall incidence rate of injury was 17.1 per 100 boxer-matches, or 3.4 per 100 boxer-rounds.” (Lipsey) The Southern Medical Journal’s also reports that facial laceration accounted for 51% of all injuries, followed by hand injury (17%), eye injury (14%). and nose injury (5%). (McCoy) Professional boxing is associated with a risk ...
Being a professional boxer didn’t do much for his mental health because he says he would feel on top of the world and yet so lonely at the same time after a fight. Therefore, he suffered not only the physical demands, but the mental demands in the professional arena of the sport.
"Pound for pound, the best." The claim has been used to describe many boxers, but it was invented for Sugar Ray Robinson.
Some people think that if they could only change one aspect of their lives, it would be perfect. They do not realize that anything that is changed could come with unintended consequences. “The Monkey’s Paw” by W.W. Jacobs and “The Third Wish” by Joan Aiken both illustrate this theme. They demonstrate this by granting the main character three wishes, but with each wish that is granted, brings undesirable consequences. The main idea of this essay is to compare and contrast “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Third Wish.” Although the “The Monkey’s Paw” and “The Third Wish” are both fantasies and have similar themes, they have different main characters, wishes, and resolutions.
Gildea, William. "Is Boxing's Reputation Down for the Count?" Everett Herald 13 Nov. 1999: 2c.
Shortly after winning the Gold Medal, Ali started looking for better opportunities by saying, “that was my last amateur fight, I’m turning pro, but I don’t know exactly how. I want a good contract with a good manager.” Ali felt that he was on top of the world after winning in the Olympics and felt confident that people of the U.S. would be proud of his accomplishment as he brought home the “Gold”. What Ali would return to find wasn’t anything like he had expected.
Paco is the type of person who can be in a social situation and become friends with everyone in the room. He has shown that he does not look to argue with people. If a situation becomes too tense he tends to step back and diffuse the situation. These tendencies seem to contradict his competitive nature. This is because normally people who are extremely competitive tend to not be as level headed as Paco is in tense situations.