Chris Algieri was knocked down twice in the 9th round of his fight with Manny Pacquiao in Macau on Sunday and was thoroughly dominated throughout the contest. What was actually humorous was what happened before the first knockdown he suffered in the 9th, which was the fourth of the fight (Algieri was knocked down six times total and lost by unanimous decision).
HBO’s broadcasting crew had Algieri’s trainer, Tim Lane, on the broadcast for an in-fight interview during the 9th. Lane was raving about how they had Pacquiao right where they wanted him and how he was about to let Algieri out of the cage.
In the most brilliant twist of irony, Pacquiao crushed Algieri and scored his best knockdown of the fight seconds after Lane made his proclamation. It was fantastic.
“Round 10 or 11 we’re going to let him go,” Lane could be heard saying just before Algieri got knocked down hard.
As for the fight, it stunk in every way other than this. It was like Algieri was just paid millions to stand there, take Pacquiao’s shots, and lose.
