At 46, Manny will challenge the thirty -year -old Barrios for the World Cup and reach the legends Hopkins and Foreman. From Ali to Ray “Sugar” Leonard, all the champions who have not surrendered to the time that passes
In boxing, the path of sunset is not only traveled as slowly as possible, but often also on the contrary, because today as yesterday many (too many?) Samples after years from retreat mediate the return. Several put it into practice, between the dignified and the grotesque; Halfway between the performance of a residual brilliance and the melancholy of confrontation with the best of themselves relegated to the memories of fans or, for the most recent generations of boxers, in YouTube videos. – I’m back -: the last to pronounce it, in chronological order, was one of the largest ever, Manny Pacquiao.