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Paez was a professional circus clown. A native of Mexicali, Jorge spent a good part his youth working in his grandmother’s show, learning how to do the sorts of tumbles, goony dancing and acrobatic backflips that he’d showcase after every victory. According to him he never fully left the circus, and would return to clowning for short stretches in between fights. It wasn’t hard to imagine, either. He had a wide easy grin, and whenever he flashed it you got the sense the only thing he enjoyed more then hitting people was cracking them up.
If I could point to one person who got me interested in boxing in my youth, it was El Maromero, Jorge Paez. He was a living literal example of the overlap between combat athletes and carnies. The author laments, as I do, the lack of youtube during his era.
It was weirdly premature for HBO’s crew to call for a stoppage in the 7th round, but it also wasn’t. It wasn’t that Cotto was getting beaten to the verge of injury, like Oscar was. It was more like watching one chess grandmaster blow a crucial move, and deciding whether to watch the inevitable endgame play out. For Lampley, Steward and Lederman and the entire Cotto clan, the game was already over. Merchant wanted it to play on. So did I. It was a great boxing moment, watching Cotto play out that losing hand. I saw the same sparks of defiance that marked all the great championship fights I’ve ever seen.
Mayweather’s act is tired. He has to take this fight. If he wins — and as I’ve said already, I think these are the only two fighters that can beat each other — then heap the praise. I know I will. What Mayweather and some of his quick-to-defend fans fail to accept is that we all want to cherish Floyd in his active career, or at least I think most of us do. He’s an amazing athlete and like Pacquiao, does things no one else in boxing can do. They’ve got different skill sets, and both of them are the peak of those skills. But Pacquiao has gone out and taken challenge after challenge after challenge, and has fought his way into the hearts and minds of not just his home country, but boxing fans all over the world. Pacquiao has helped boxing grow, a throwback who came from nowhere to become one of the biggest stars in sports. Mayweather is also a huge star, but he has been protecting his “0” like a mama bear for years now.
— Scott Christ - Mayweather fears scrutiny if he beats Pacquiao
