{"id":1561,"date":"2010-03-11T00:02:40","date_gmt":"2010-03-11T05:02:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ringsidereport.com\/?p=1561"},"modified":"2010-03-11T00:02:40","modified_gmt":"2010-03-11T05:02:40","slug":"welcome-to-the-twilight-zone-manny-pacquiao-knocked-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=1561","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to the Twilight Zone: Manny Pacquiao Knocked Out"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>By Gina L. Caliboso<\/strong><\/p>\n

It was only a matter of time.\u00a0 The inevitable happened.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It was the KO that rocked the boxing world.\u00a0 This past Saturday, Manny \u201cPacman\u201d Pacquiao suffered a KO in the 10th round against Clottey.\u00a0 My keyboard is filled with tears at reporting this upset.\u00a0<\/p>\n

That\u2019s it \u2013 Clottey\u2019s headbutt in the 3rd round with no point deduction prevented the Filipino fighter from fully seeing the power cross to the chin.\u00a0 The punch rocked him and he was stunned, wobbly, and unable to find his legs.\u00a0 Roach and Buboy screaming to get up.\u00a0 No chance.\u00a0 Referee Kenny Bayliss counts to 10.\u00a0 Pacquiao is still not up.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Clottey wins by KO.<\/p>\n

Fight fans, let\u2019s step away from the Twilight Zone (insert shameless plug for RSR Review of series here) for a moment.\u00a0 I simply created out of my imagination, the possibility of Pacquiao getting KO\u2019d by Clottey. Now boxing and RSR fans key in here, it\u2019s called imagination. It\u2019s called possibility.\u00a0 There are no guarantees in the crazy mixed up business sport world of boxing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

All it takes is one single solidly landed punch and Pacquiao getting KO\u2019d is a possibility.\u00a0 It\u2019s never a good thing to think about loss \u2013 especially as I am the resident Filipino flag waver, I\u2019ll take Pacquiao over everyone period.\u00a0 But my Editor thought it\u2019d be fun to think about what might happen should and if Pacquiao gets knocked out by Clottey.<\/p>\n

Being raised by Filipino parents, I know sarcasm does not translate well, and I await the many emails.\u00a0 I might even catch the same amount of heat that Brian\u2019s Mailbag gets, minus the requests for certain other favors (Writer\u2019s note: Sorry Brian, I just had to mention that however subtle).\u00a0 Regardless, here\u2019s my hypothetical, strictly imaginative scenarios of the boxing world asunder should the pound for pound Pacquiao get knocked out by Clottey.<\/p>\n

Right after the loss, with Clottey\u2019s hand held high in victory, Pacquiao, the consummate and humbled fighter, congratulates Clottey and his corner on a well-fought fight.\u00a0 Larry Merchant eventually tracks down Pacquiao and asks, \u201cSo, you came here to Texas and like Davy Crockett, met your Alamo and he went by the name Joshua Clottey.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pacquiao simply says, \u201cHe knocked me out.\u00a0 He fought a good match and he knocked me out.\u201d No words necessary really.\u00a0 But Pacquiao humbly thanks the fight fans, his corner, Clottey, and heads back to the locker room.\u00a0 But Roach steps in with Merchant and soon says, \u201cI think we\u2019ve got one more fight.\u00a0 And it\u2019s the fight that will happen.\u00a0 We\u2019ll get Mayweather.\u201d\u00a0 Roach leaves the ring quickly with Merchant left to interview Clottey.<\/p>\n

Clottey goes back to Ghana a national hero.\u00a0 There is a sudden increase in the amount of fighters out of Ghana in the ranks once dominated by Filipino and Mexican fighters.\u00a0 As a quick follow-up to his Pacquiao victory, Clottey gets a match against Mosley and loses in a 12 round split decision.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Clottey got the fight against Mosley because Mayweather had to spend time in jail due to failure to pay taxes – and his hand got hurt during training while throwing bills at 50 Cent during training.\u00a0 Remember boxing fans, imagination here – imagination.<\/p>\n

As for Manny \u201cPacman\u201d Pacquiao, it was a long airplane ride back to the Philippines for Team Pacquiao. And how is Pacquiao welcomed at the airport?\u00a0 It\u2019s nothing short of a countrywide celebration.<\/p>\n

The Filipinos greet their national hero with open arms, cheers, and a parade.\u00a0 Pacquiao heads back to General Santos City, Mindanao.\u00a0 Waiting for results on his election, Pacquiao becomes the family man, goes to church, and plays basketball.\u00a0 It\u2019s quiet for the champ because it\u2019s really what he needs.\u00a0<\/p>\n

No business of boxing for a while.<\/p>\n

While he takes some much needed time off, the business of boxing continues with a lot of words coming out of Camp Mayweather.\u00a0 Bottom line, Mayweather is in dire need of some cash.\u00a0 Mayweather\u2019s hand is fine now.\u00a0 Mayweather Promotions puts \u201cthe fight that shoulda been\u201d out there to Pacquiao.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Pacquiao\u2019s lawsuit is dropped and the family Mayweather all issue apologies.\u00a0 Floyd JR., himself goes to Bob Arum and pleads his case for a fight against Pacquiao.\u00a0 Arum goes to the Philippines and tracks down Pacquiao.\u00a0 Everything is in motion for the fight, including if whether Mayweather can suspend his failure to pay tax jail time even as he will have to pay a certain amount to pay off his tax debt.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The deal is done: Pacquiao \u2013 Mayweather fight for December 2010.\u00a0 Details of contract: Mayweather gets 25% of what Pacquiao gets (undisclosed amount).\u00a0 Pacquiao trains even harder for this fight and defeats Mayweather by a 12th round KO.\u00a0<\/p>\n

This ends the RSR writer episode in imagination and a trip into the Twilight Zone.\u00a0 Who knows what the headlines will read on Sunday, March 14th?\u00a0 But on Saturday, March 13th, reality will sound off with the opening bell of Pacquiao \u2013 Clottey.\u00a0 It\u2019s going to be a fight, boxing fans, and this entire article will be pushed off into a cyber world where Pacquiao getting KO\u2019d is NEVER a possibility.<\/p>\n

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