In a post fight press conference that followed the format of an episode "Yo Mamma,” writer Robert Morales posed a brilliant question; you know the kind that contain half the answer.  He asked if perhaps it isn’t the decisions that are hurting boxing, but rather the constant bitching and moaning over controversial decisions in close fights.  Bob Arum was feeling him as did most in attendance.  The Marquez camp sure wasn’t, especially Juan Manuel Marquez, who had just gone through hell in the biggest fight of his career only to lose a close split decision in a fight many experts felt he’d won, similar to baby bro Rafael (though Rafa’s beef was with the referee and not the judges).  Juan Manuel would have beaten the guy who beat the guys, Erik Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera, who traded back and forth the title of Mexico’s finest, a coveted crown he craved and felt he deserved.  And Rafael would have won what could be arguably the greatest trilogy ever.  I understand that fighters should be humble and all and the trait in this sport is unbelievably admirable, but doesn’t being a fighter mean to never concede.  Give these guys a break. 

Who cares if they complain, decisions are based purely on opinion and theirs is that they won.  Let's judge them by what they do in the ring, as long as they keep fighting valiantly and standing their ground.  And that’s how they fought against stronger opponents who they were technically superior to, whereas they could have taken a much less exciting and easier route by boxing away – ala ‘Money’ Mayweather, Marco Antonio Barrera late in his career, and even Miguel Cotto in the last couple of rounds against 'Sugar' Shane Mosley.
 
-       The past two weeks have taken years off the life of Marquez camp representative and Cuauhtémoc Blanco (who was on hand to walk Juan Manuel Marquez to the ring) look-alike Jaime Quintana.  The guy has been bloodied up by media and opposing reps while just doing his job, looking out for the best interest of his fighters.  While he was interpreting trainer Nacho Beristain’s comments of what he felt was a disgraceful decision, Bob Arum cut him off with f-bombs and anger.  Quintana collected himself, looked over at Arum and calmly said, "I thought you were more educated than that."  Then he told those in attendance that from now on when a question is directed to Beristain, Arum would answer.  The crowd dug it.  
 
-       During the press conference I quietly asked Shane Mosley what he planned on doing to Zab Judah in their upcoming bout and in his best Clubber Lang he snarled, "Imma kill'em," then broke character with a huge smile and immediately added, "I'm just kidding."  I was weak.  He also said he had no worries facing a southpaw, "I beat Luis Collazo, remember?"  Mosley makes everyone around him smile; he radiates a genuine and sincere aura.  Vicente Escobedo has a bit of it himself.  He was scheduled to be on the card but said he would now be on the Oscar De La Hoya Vs Stevie Forbes undercard Cinco de Mayo weekend at the Home Depot Center in Carson, CA.  He thinks he'll be facing tough vet Manuel 'Mantecas' Medina.  He was also sporting horizontal cut about an inch long that ran through an eyebrow he acquired while sparring in the Romanza Gym where he has been training under Nacho Beristain.
 
-       I spoke to Eduardo Garcia, Steven Luevano’s trainer, about Luevano’s defense of his WBO featherweight title.  We agreed the southpaw’s right hand was critical in defeating Terdsak Jandaeng, “I told him 80 percent right hand and 20 percent left.  It was working well but he got caught and the other guy gained confidence that got him through the fight.  Also, the distance was critical.  I told him get out or hold but not to engage on the inside.  He’s an intelligent fighter who works best from the outside.”  The style could best be described as ‘pop, pop, pivot and reset.’  When I asked about other fighters in his stable the man gleamed with pride in describing his son, twenty year old Mikey Garcia, the super featherweight is currently 11-0 with 9 KO’s.  “You gotta see this kid fight, he can do it all.  And his knockouts are usually from one punch.  He still make’s some mistakes, like try to please the crowd, but were working on that.  When you’ve been around like I have, you know a future world champ when you see him.”  I then asked about Victor Ortiz and the man’s face and shoulders dropped, “He’s no longer with us,” he said now speaking lower and looking to the ground.  “It seems he’s looking for more money, he made excuses that we aren’t attending to him well and nobody’s gonna believe that, he was looking better and better every fight.”  I asked if he was hurt about it, he nodded and answered, “We extended our hand to him and even had him in our house on top of all the time we spent with him.  But that’s the business and I wish him the best.”  That the business, indeed.
 
-       Here’s some other highlights from the press conference:
 
Bob Arum said he didn’t want a magazine he doesn’t own deciding who champions are, while Richard Schaefer stood beside him.
 
Richard Schaefer said Harold Lederman has never scored a round for a Golden Boy fighter.
 
A fellow kept annoyingly voicing his disapproval of the decision throughout the conference until Kevin Iole turned and barked, “It was a close fucking fight.”
 
Arum referred to the Judah-Mosley bout as a Miguel Cotto consolation match.  To which Richard Schaefer answered that it would do better than Pavlik-Taylor II.
 
-       While waiting for my press pass I was standing next to a short heavyset fellow who turned out to be Erik Morales – he looked ‘Terible.’  It took me a couple of minutes to recognize the fighter who I forced my son to name his snake after.  Rocky Juarez got no love, the fellow behind the desk double checked and had to inform Juarez that he would have to have someone from Golden Boy vouch for him.
 
-       Manny Pacquiao is best when letting those explosive punches go.  When he thinks in the ring it only makes him obvious.
 
-       Edwin Valero pointed out to me that Manny Pacquiao has been getting the older fellows in weight classes where their strength was stretched.  He said he could tell what Pacquiao was going to do before he did it, and that it’s been that way for his last three fights.  He feels Pacquiao is helpless when he is being attacked and that although he is explosive, he would knock him out.  He also mentioned he is now based in Las Vegas and is being trained by Kenny Adams.  I hope this fight happens; it would pit two aggressive phenoms in their primes.
 
-       Manny Pacquiao came out to the press conference in shades and ‘Dopemans,’ or Nike Cortez Classics.  I didn’t know they still made those.  He wore a fresh pair of the all leather versions, white with a black swoosh – that’s gangsta.