It was a show of sportsmanship and dignified athleticism of the highest order.

"I thought they could have stopped the fight sooner," Pacquiao said. "I asked the referee, and he told me, 'Go ahead and continue.' "

"I always think I have a chance," David Diaz said. "I always think I can pull it out. Sometimes I think I can do it to the point where I can almost see the shoreline. And then I went under."

The guts and bravery of David Diaz to admit he's beaten. It's a highest ideal in athletic competition when a foe truly understand - Diaz have given everything he has and simply lost to someone greater than him.


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