Ring names

Saw the Nonito Donaire fight this morning. Ho-hum, boring. And it is by no means "The Filipino Flash's" fault. It's really hard to make a fight of it when your opponent is intent on just surviving the twelve rounds with you. Nonito even had to monkey around a bit, trying to goad Vasquez to mix it up, but to no avail. What is this guy's ring name by the way? "El Pagong"? Not that he is slow. There is just no getting this guy out of his defensive shell.

I hate it when fighters do not live up to their ring names. When I read in the fight card "Matador" is fighting, I expect to see bodies being carried out of the arena. You see, there was a time folks, when fighters actually lived up to their billing. Gone are the day of  Roberto "Manos de Piedra (Hands of Stone)" Duran, "Marvelous" Marvin Hagler,  and Tommy "The Hitman" Hearns. Sugar Ray Leonard didn't even need a monicker. His name sans embellishment was enough to sell tickets.

Today's fighters should really consider changing their ring names. "El Dinamita" (Marquez) to "Angalero". "Money" (Mayweather) to "The Mouth". "Boom-Boom" (Bautista) to "Boom-Boom-Bust". "Pacman" can keep his. Also Erik "El Terrible" Morales. He's really terrible.

As for me, I want a ring name of my own. I am torn between two. Not too fancy. Definitely not an exaggeration. It's either "Suntokero" or "Ilagero". Either one would be just perfect.