Manny Pacquiao and the Case of the Groupie Journalists
By “Bad” Brad Berkwitt
Manny Pacquiao is the biggest story in boxing today and that no one can dispute. With that said, there comes a huge responsibility with being the face of boxing and for the most part, Manny handles that job with the utmost of class. That cannot be said about the rash of Groupie Journalists out there. It’s truly funny to see, and this is the truth readers – so check it out for yourself, that they are usually very large in weight and try to take it out on the world because of their weight issue. They become legends in their own minds!
I don’t claim, nor have I ever said, I am best friends with Manny and in many articles as of late, I have given him props on being a great fighter, but disagreeing which I stand by for taking the fight with a known cheater in “Hands of Plaster” Antonio Margarito. The fight is a done deal and, as I have said to the RSR readers in previous articles, I am taking my 60 bucks and using it on some Frank Sinatra CD’s.
But what is to be said about the Groupie Journalist’s reaction if another writer doesn’t kiss Manny’s backside. They are – stand by for a word that is straight Ghetto and used all the time by the GJ’s. That word is “HATERS!” Heaven forbid that you disagree on a stance about Manny Pacquiao and actually make valid points. The Groupie Journalists then write all kinds of garbage because they have a following called “The Pacnuts.” So you get something like this in an article and to follow comments from the Pacnuts:
Your article is the greatest. We need more writers like you. Groupie Journalist for President.
It’s a joke and I even heard recently via email from someone very close to “Team Pacquiao” who said behind the scenes, Manny who is known to have a great sense of humor “laughed when one of the articles with things like the above were written.” Shoot can you blame Pacquiao? I laugh as well and the emails Geno and I get, actually send links to some of the articles that these Groupie Journalists write on a daily, sometimes even twice daily, on the net. Like when they read this one, at least one or two will sprout up on the net from a Groupie Journalist who should spend more time spell checking their work/learning about boxing…ask them a history question on the sport…they wouldn’t be able to answer and that isn’t because they have a mouthful of Doritos. They should spend more time learning the sport then worrying about being the spokesperson for a fighter who really needs no one to speak for him.
So RSR readers in closing, on your November ballot, Just Vote No to Groupie Journalists and hopefully they will be voted out of Boxing!
Read what Singer Robbie Dupree had to say about Manny Pacquiao vs. Floyd Mayweather, JR.