Talk is over, let Pacman vs Money bout get going

Drama and sincerity don’t mix. Going to a negotiating table with “doubt” and reservation is more a sign of insincerity than pessimism because a truly sincere person knows no insurmountable obstacle regardless of “impossibilities.”

Notwithstanding the coldness or arrogance, the hustle and elbowing in the talks, the “Mega Bout” is considered a done deal as far as the people are concerned. Otherwise, beyond boycotting any future show of Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Floyd “Money” Mayweather outside of their encounter, the people and media will have to resort to universal “protest” and total “news blackout.”

Clear as crystal. Whoever does anything contrary to what leads to that much-demanded Pacman-Money bout should be cast off. They are plagues to the sport. False apostles who bring up names of other boxers to face Pacman or Money before the Mega Bout ought to be disowned by their own. Such crookedness.

What plan B or plan C are they talking about? Or what alternative plans are they proposing when all the pieces are already falling into place and it’s just the decisiveness of one or two stiff-necked persons that’s the lacking ingredient to get the Mega Bout going?

You don’t change the plan in such a situation. You stand by sanity and break stubbornness. This is boxing “People Power.”

Will there ever be peace or justice where guile and greed reign supreme? Can anything be possibly and humanly above truth and soundness of mind? How do you confront a lion that roars and walks about seeking whom he may devour? And how could it not be that any plan of Mayweather, Pacquiao and their respective cohorts other than the plan to make the Mega Bout happen is a plan to crush their little kingdoms?

If indeed Money remains foolhardy ducking Pacman, despite the “lessons” he should have heeded, wait till he acts to cherry-pick again so that fury and revolt would be solely on him. The fans have done it before. With the people’s boycott of the recent fights of the two biggest cash cows in boxing that resulted in tampered and unannounced numbers due to embarrassingly low pay-per-view yields, Pacman and Money will slug it out in the ring next year. But if not, any face-off with another opponent will be a “bout to duck.” And it will be the two of them versus the whole world, whether the bout will be at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, in Dubai or in the Philippines.

To those who talk yet do odd things, talk is over.

—RENI M. VALENZUELA, [email protected]