Manny Pacquiao: Pac-Man's Legacy Defined by Controversy and Avoidance

Manny Pacquiao's boxing career is far from over, but for now, it can only be defined by what he didn't do and hasn't done.

That is, defeat Juan Manuel Marquez in his most recent bout and face Floyd Mayweather Jr. in the ring.

Marquez came into Saturday's fight claiming to anyone and everyone who cared that he'd won the first two editions of this multidivisional rivalry, going so far as to travel to Pacquiao's native Philippines and hand out shirts claiming "We Were Robbed."

A phrase that now rings truer than it ever did before. 

The controversy surrounding the end of this bout may well give Bob Arum and Top Rank enough cover to put together a fourth edition of Pac-Man vs. Dinamita rather than pursue tense negotiations with Mayweather's camp to put together the fight everyone wants to see.

The two sides have long pointed fingers at each other through the media, with Pacquiao's people intimating that Mayweather is afraid of Pacquiao and Mayweather's people, in turn, suggesting that Pacquiao is unwilling to submit to Olympic-style drug testing and, as such, may be doping.

Thanks to some fairly lousy scoring by the judges on Saturday night, Arum can push another rematch with Marquez as "must-see TV" or, if Marquez isn't keen to be robbed a fourth time, a tilt with Tim Bradley, the WBO Light Welterweight champion who defeated Joel Casamayor in the lead-up to the main event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

Neither outcome does much of anything to address Marquez's grievances or Mayweather's lack of a superstar sparring partner.

But both would allow Pacquiao to protect his profitability, even if his reputation as a true and willing champion have already been diminished.

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