Does Manny already have foot outside the gymnasium door?
(Breaking news, GMA is reporting that Pacman impressed in sparring Saturday, cleaning the clock of sparmate Shawn Porter. I’ve observed, in 45 or so years in boxing starting with a guy you may have heard of named Cassius Clay, that fighters comtemplating retirement almost always perform better in their final bouts when they keep their desire to quit inside their own head. But, when they voice the notion of quitting over and over again, the red lights start flashing. Let me make this analogy. You put in 30 years down at the local widget factory. You work on the widget assembly line, repeating the same, tedious work over and over, day in and day out. Yet you’ve consistently been the most conscientious employee in the building, a hard work who never shirks his complete duty. Now it’s your final work week. It’s Wednesday and on Friday they’re saluting you with a cake and ice cream and handing you a golden widget to take out the door with you. Do you think any rational human being in this s
