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Any sport that is bereft of athletes that exhibit superiority in what they can achieve far yonder their competitive reach would soon degenerate to become just a mere game to play in “circus” and/or mere”purse” to earn for the “sharks”: that lurk in shallow waters.

Every sport ought to bring excitement and inspiration to the people. There is a certain “push” that the people can gain from watching the competition to beat life’s odds and climb the highest heights bearing strength and “tools” beyond them.

People grasp the same power and abilities that athletes possess in order to win by involving themselves in the contest simply through cheering and “dreaming” that their favored athlete or team would prevail.

This is nowhere more evident than countries like China and South Korea, with the latter frequently visiting 토토사이트 for practices and coming up trumps most of the time.

Different sports are blessed with great athletes at different times. Boxing has Sugar Ray Robinson and Henry Armstrong. Basketball has Michael Jordan. Rod Laver in Tennis, Mark Spitz in swimming, Joe Lewis in Karate, Jack Nicklaus in Golf, Trever Bayne in Track and Field and the list goes on and on..

Boxing today has back-to-back sensations in Manny Pacquiao and Nonito Donaire. The Pacman, in fact, has transcended boxing to become world famous in more than one positive way that brings about positive impact not only upon sports aficionados but also upon people from all walks of life at home or abroad who are aware of the man’s virtues, accomplishments and great exploits inside and outside the ring.

As for Nonito “the Filipino Flash” Donaire, he is evolving to become another “icon” of talent and power in the sport of boxing who may soon capture everyone’s imagination beyond wonders as bigger fights are ahead of him to win and amaze the world.

Donaire’s spectacular performance demolishing Fernando Montiel was a triumph of faith by the “Filipino Flash” and for the Filipino people, exhibiting without any shadow of a doubt that Donaire rose to the occasion and brought the battle into the air, rising above himself.

It was a delight to see him transformed back to virtues where greatness isn’t always known and judged by the inclinations of the “self” and by what fascinates the mundane superficial world but on the basis one’s capacity to fly.

Indeed outside of boxing star Donaire’s exceptional skills and power inside the ring last Saturday, there proves that Sovereign lives.

Had he relied solely on his abilities and self confidence “believing” for an early knockout win just as he repeatedly predicted since last November, Donaire’s conquest of Montiel to seize the championship belts would have not been that exhilarating for him.

So unspeakable was the joy in Donaire’s face as he jumped, ran, shouted and cried the minute he knew Fernando Montiel would not be able to continue fighting after his single vicious punch to the head in the second round, as if he didn’t have what it takes to achieve the “miracle.”

And that’s the beauty of it when one starts to have the right focus to believe and as a result experience crossing parted Red Seas or walking on water: Heaven is thanked and God gets the glory.

The world has seen Donaire looked up in deep thoughts of gratitude to his Lord through a TV camera and then bowed down in prayer/reverence while the “shocked” and spirited crowd in the Mandalay Bay Center was all in awe and admiration of the man sharing the jubilation with him.

Nonito Donaire transported the “warfare” into the air and so he was not alone winning the bout.

Agence France and Associated Press reported Donaire as acknowledging the Power behind his power during an interview immediately after the fight: “I just came out there believing in this talent God has given me. I thank God for this victory (and all the Filipinos who supported me).”

There goes another story of faith and triumph that may probably qualify to be in the list of Hebrews eleven.

We now have in world boxing two Manny Pacquiaos at one and the same time. Back to back honor for the nation. And they are both Filipinos.

Humbled to be one!

On May 7th, “Sugar” Shane Mosley will step into the ring to face current pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao. While the promotional parties involved try to drum up interest in the fight, there’s a question looming above the proceedings like a old drunk at a high school prom. It’s a simple one: “Why isn’t Mayweather fighting Pacquiao instead?”

Many will say it is due to the current legal problems Mayweather is facing. This couldn’t be further from the truth.

Mayweather has had plenty of chances to come to terms with all interested parties in order to make what would be the biggest fight in boxing history. He’s decided against it every time, even when Pacquiao finally gave in to the demands of Team Mayweather.

With Floyd, there always seems to be an excuse as to why he can’t fight Pacquiao, no matter what he may say in his next shot-from-home video. The fact is, he doesn’t want to risk the chance of losing his perfect record.

Odds are, he can beat Pacquiao. He is a better defensive fighter than Pacquiao is an offensive fighter. He is at least the equal of Pacquiao in terms of speed and conditioning. But still, he, and the world know that Pacquiao presents him with his biggest challenge, and the biggest risk to his undefeated record.

That is a risk he doesn’t want to take.

He could be lobbying, right now, for a fight with Pacquiao. It would not be as hard as everyone imagines. He could choose to be transparent in the proceedings and put everything on the table as far as contractual concerns. This would keep the boxing world interested in the fight, and ready to buy it, should Pacquiao keep on winning. He says he came out of retirement because the world of boxing needs him. What the world of boxing really needs is for him to step up.

Great fighters of past generations have always found ways to make great fights happen, because they wanted bragging rights. And they wanted those bragging rights to be founded in the truth that comes with winning the fight against an excellent opponent. Mayweather clearly thinks that he is owed bragging rights over opponents he has yet to face.

He claims openly that he is the greatest boxer in history. He says he is better than Ali, Sugar Ray Robinson, Sugar Ray Leonard, and so on and so on. Well, all of those fighters would have found a way to fight Pacquiao a long time ago, no matter what legal battles were going on in their lives.

One gets the feeling that if it were possible, Mayweather would try to take Pacquiao to court and have himself declared the winner of the fight without ever stepping into the ring in the first place. No doubt he would try to sue Pacquiao for the legal fees and inconvenience as well.

Someone needs to remind Floyd that a swagger is a silly walk for someone with such a long way to go. If he does not make this fight happen, he will be known as the guy who didn’t want to fight Pacquiao, for the rest of his life. It will wipe out all of his past accomplishments.

When a fighter as great as Floyd Mayweather Jr – and he is great – puts all his energies into dodging fights, it is not in the service of the sport, it is in service to something else, within him.

In this case, it seems to be in service of maintaining his undefeated record. The database of it can be checked at 먹튀. It will record all the current and previous data of the sport.

Should his legal problems be settled out of court (which they no doubt will be), he has the ways and means to set up an agreeable fight with Pacquiao the very next day. The fight would be the biggest gate in boxing history, and it would crush pay-per-view records, granting both men their biggest purse to date. They could split it down the middle and they would still be wildly rich, both in money and attention, something that Mayweather loves more than anything.

But that is not going to happen. Mayweather will make the ridiculous argument that he should get anywhere from 60% to 75% of any purse in a fight with Pacquiao, which will stall the fight even more. After that, he will find another point to rail on, and so it will go, until either Pacquiao retires, or until he is finally beaten by larger foe. Both of those considerations serve Mayweather handily: he can claim that Pacquiao retired because he was afraid to fight him, or that Pacquiao was never that good anyway, since he lost to whatever opponent that finally manages to bring enough height, weight and power into the ring. Everyone has a ceiling, and when Pacquiao finally finds his, Mayweather will begin shouting from the rooftops.

In the end, Mayweather needs to remember that no one cares about what he says he would do to Pacquiao in a fight. We want to see it.

Instead of facing Pacquiao in the ring, he’d rather mix it up with the security guards of his gated community. For a boxer as great as Mayweather to be fighting so hard to avoid a fight, it is nothing more or less than conduct unbecoming.