Re: So Manny beats Rios and suddenly he's back where he was pre-JMM??
For marketing purposes. Yeah. In reality, I think many of us know better. It depends on who/what the fans believe. If its about money and making a megafight, sure pack is back and more importantly the Fight everyones been waiting for is worth the money. If its history, well.. history says an aging fighter that was knocked senseless is probably on the way down, not the way up and always a hard shot away from history repeating itself. We take everything into account including what we hope is true.
In the best case scenario, Pac and freddy went about it the right way. They took the time off... got back in the gym, signed to a confidence building fight over someone who would be a good workout but not terribly dangerous. You fix the fighters head first, then the body. (still there's not much you can do physiologically for the concussions). Too many fighters jump back in there with a dangerous opponent trying to prove nothing happened to them but somewhere deep down, doubt lurks no matter what kind of condition the body is in.
So, many fans will take this and run with it as a sign that pac is back. The good plan shows them familiar traces of the pac they know and wishful thinking is taking them the rest of the way. It doesn't mean it cant happen. But Age is and always will be the inconvenient truth in the life of an aging fighter and history is the 800 lb gorilla in the room that noone wants to see. It helps for people to know that time catches up with every fighter. Even Floyd Mayweather. So Pac isn't the only aging fighter in the equation. Just my opinion, I could be wrong.
They want your @$$ beat because upsets make news. News brings about excitement, excitement brings about ratings. The objective is to bring you up to the tower and tear your @$$ down. And if you don't believe that, you're crazy.
Roy Jones, Jr. "What I've Learned," Esquire 2003
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