From the monthly archives: December 2012
Thanks to my pal Gary Neely for finding this and forwarding it to me. Culpepper is a thoughtful sportswriter and his reflections on the last effects of Pacquiao-Marquez 4 are spot on.
The Power of One Punch
by Chuck Culpepper in SportsonEarth
What a weird Las Vegas hangover, even if it does lack […]
If you’re a Filipino you’re probably already seen this, and you may not be that surprised because you understand Manny Pacquiao, and the tears he sheds in this interview are easily understoo. But I truly wish the rest of the world would watch this and contemplate it. Can you see Floyd Mayweather, or Kobe Bryant, […]
Hollywood—The cord that binds Manny Pacquiao and Buboy Fernandez is flexible and unbreakable.
They were so close that the first words Pacquiao uttered upon regaining consciousness after getting knocked out cold by Juan Manuel Marquez were: “Boy nasan ka (Buboy where are you?).”
Fernandez, Pacquiao’s childhood buddy was right beside […]
The three “main undercard” fights on the Pacquiao-Marquez 4 fight card were largely turgid affairs, and those looking for a Filipino successor to Manny Pacquiao didn’t find much to feel good about — but if you were watching on “regular” (not PPV) HBO earlier in the afternoon, you were treated to a spectacular second round […]
Boxing reveals character, and if there was ever any doubt about Manny Pacquiao’s character, there should be none now. His actions before, during, and after the fight with Juan Manuel Marquez leave no doubt that Pacquiao the human being is blessed with courage, grace, and true (not fake) humility. The myth may have been diminished; […]
I am not a boxing writer, per se, and do not hold myself out as an expert in the technical side of the sport. I have been inspired to write about the sport mainly because I see in it the possibility of the illumination of character in ways that we can all relate to — […]
For much of the last year I’ve been caught up in what was at first a hopeful experience–my favorite book series from my youth finally making it to the screen–but gradually turned into a nightmare as I watched a marketing disaster of epic proportions lead to it being declared a horrific flop before it was […]
