Saturday evening me and a couple of guys went out for some curry, then we had a couple of drinks. When I got back to the apartment I turned on the TV and caught the last half of the Barrerra-Pacqiauo fight. I was pretty stoked to accidently stumble upon something that would have cost a bunch of money in the states. The fight was really good, by most standards--The aged legend relying on ring smarts to keep the ferocious young lion at bay-- but most commentators were disapointed that it wasn´t a typical Pacqiauo slugfest. Manny still won and Barrerra retired gracefully in a respectable loss. Just like Morales did a few months back. Morales-Barrerra are the boxing equivalent of grumpy old men. No doubt they will be inducted into the hall of fame on the same day, and then fight on the podium. That´s no joke, it´s almost a sure thing.

I don´t know if I commented on the Taylor-Pavlik fight. I only saw it on you-tube. Taylor beat the snot ot of pavlik in round two. For most of the round Pavlik was dancing with the stars. He didn´t bother to defend against a barage of power punches. Had the fight been stopped no one would have argued. Eventually Taylor got tired of  throwing uncontested bombs and then the  round ended. Then, Pavlik won round three. And in round six he hit Taylor so hard I thought Taylor was going to puke. Instead he crumpled to the ground, like one of those beaded toy figurines that, where when you hit the button on their base, the slack goes out, making the figure stand upright, but when you release the botton it colapses as if it just got hit by Pavlik. Just like one of those.

So yeah, Pavlik won.