The BAD SIDE of Manny Pacquiao fights

Saw a bloody street fight of youngsters this afternoon in front of SM Southmall in Las Piñas City. The fistfight was between some students of a computer school nearby and some street kids claiming to be just vending ball caps on the sidewalk. Regardless of who’s fault it was or who started the fight takes no account of the situation, it was the crowd which made me wonder. Everyone was cheering the fight. The crowd was carefree of the hurt that each of the youngsters would impart on each other. In seconds and the street kid is pinned down by the schoolkid down with his back flat on the rough concrete pavement. Helpless, the street kid just received the heavy blows. Everybody was seemed to be cheering who’s suppose to be the victor in the fight. It seems they were cheering Pacquiao. I may not be a boxing fan much more a Pacquiao fan but the bad side of it I would say is the crowd being mesmerized with such fighting scenes they forget about the realities of life. They forgot that the two kids could get badly hurt fighting without the safety gears (like in professional boxing bout) and be permanently injured for the rest of their life. One thing for sure they didn’t get any reward for it unlike Pacquiao. Worse, the crowd was treated to a free ‘wild card’ round for a moment of free pleasure. Was it really a fight worth fighting for? Should I be proud that everyone, and probably even the two kids in the fight, felt it was a Manny Pacquiao round in the flesh?

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