Manny Pacquiao and Crab Mentality

Debi Says..

I was listening to Good times with Mo right now and their callers were giving their opinions regarding the recently concluded (and proudly ended by Pacquiao) the Dream Match against Dela Hoya. Two of their callers voiced out that the match was staged, and that Dela Hoya was just being a business man and was in it for the money.

And I agree with what Mo and Grace Lee were pushing for. I mean, come on, this clearly is a sign of Crab Mentality striking us again as Filipinos. Why can't we just accept that Manny Pacquiao IS a great boxer, and is comemorated as the best pound-by-pound boxing fighter in the world, and that he can beat Oscar Dela Hoya just like this?



Would you really think that as someone as great as Oscar Dela Hoya, would concede for the money? Would let his pride be pummeled, throwing away his legacy? Pacquiao simply was the faster, fitter, and better fighter that day, on that square ring, with people watching. Let's say Dela Hoya went for the money, but why didn't he give a KO to Pacquiao? That would have skyrocketed his earnings if he was the one promoting the fight. But no. He just had to give up, because he's a true blue boxer, and wouldn't want to get knocked out, if he had the chance.

Let's just be proud that somewhere out there, a Filipino is etching his name in the world. Let us all be inspired by what he has done for the country, and that in our own little ways, we could someday be like him.

Mabuhay ang Pilipino!