LAS VEGAS -- Manny Pacquiao is an enormous little man, the world's smallest giant. His power begins in his softball-sized calves and emanates upward, ultimately finding freedom through his fists. When you watch him set his feet and throw his hands like bludgeons over the course of a 12-round fight, it begins to look like something other than human, like an incinerator, or an engine.
There will be endless odes written to the fact that Pacquiao is 40 years old and boxed at least 10 years younger Saturday night in defeating Keith Thurman for the WBA world welterweight title at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.