By Patrick Kehoe - Oscar De La Hoya fighting Manny Pacquiao has brought out almost every kind of analysis, warning, celebratory clich? bombastic flourish, shading of cultural commentary and insider tripe, just as all truly mega boxing fights inevitably do.
Though, at the heart of the matter ?a prizefight of perplexing possibility ?uncertainly over the match-up irritates some and confounds others. But by all means, consume the printed word, surf and scan the virtual tide of prefight pronouncements across the Web.
Over load, stuffing oneself with information, gossip, disinformation and expert point-counter pointing remains central to the fullest possible enjoyment of the big fights; for great fights do act upon ones nerves, mind, heart, imagination and pocketbook, in each personalized case, according to the passion we indulge, the heroism we imagine, the theatre of ethnic identification for which we live.
Can mighty Manny Pacquiao truly defy what seems to be the limit of biological inheritance? Does Oscar De La Hoya, rich beyond accounting at 35, really fight from absolute need to dominate in the ring, second to second, against the very best, like his business partner Bernard Hopkins? Will the fight come down to a study of providence in two parts, as Manny Pacquiao’s trainer, a former trainer of De La Hoya, Freddie Roach prophesized: De La Hoya early, Pacquiao late? [details]
Though, at the heart of the matter ?a prizefight of perplexing possibility ?uncertainly over the match-up irritates some and confounds others. But by all means, consume the printed word, surf and scan the virtual tide of prefight pronouncements across the Web.
Over load, stuffing oneself with information, gossip, disinformation and expert point-counter pointing remains central to the fullest possible enjoyment of the big fights; for great fights do act upon ones nerves, mind, heart, imagination and pocketbook, in each personalized case, according to the passion we indulge, the heroism we imagine, the theatre of ethnic identification for which we live.
Can mighty Manny Pacquiao truly defy what seems to be the limit of biological inheritance? Does Oscar De La Hoya, rich beyond accounting at 35, really fight from absolute need to dominate in the ring, second to second, against the very best, like his business partner Bernard Hopkins? Will the fight come down to a study of providence in two parts, as Manny Pacquiao’s trainer, a former trainer of De La Hoya, Freddie Roach prophesized: De La Hoya early, Pacquiao late? [details]
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