The savage beating of Miguel Cotto by Manny Pacquiao Saturday night in Vegas may signal a renewed interest in boxing. Pacquiao won his Seventh world Title in as many divisions making boxing history by pounding another human being for 12 rounds of 3 minutes each. According to The New York Times,
As the fight wore on, Cotto’s left eye kept swelling, until it looked as if a golf ball was attached. Pacquiao landed punches with both hands: jabs, hooks, upper cuts, a punishing variety.
Cotto never quit, but he made a habit of dancing backward. In the ninth round, Pacquiao backed his opponent into the ropes, again and again, until he had rendered Cotto’s face a bloody mess.
The Times noted that Cotto's wife and son walked out of the fight, while his mother went into the ring to console her bloodied son. In addition to boxing, Pacquiao is an international superstar, singer of two Platinum songs and movie actor. He's as mean, bad and committed to destroying his opponent as anyone's ever been. The hero of over 90 million people across the globe. What does that say about us as human beings?
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