Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Oscar “the Golden Boy” Dela Hoya bout is ON!?
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“David vs. Goliath”, this I think should be the best title for the match between Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao (47-3-2, 35 KOs) and Oscar “the Golden Boy” Dela Hoya (39-5, 30 KOs) for the Golden Boy’s farewell match to his very illustrious career on December 6, 2008. David won against Goliath in the story, but does anybody think Pacquiao has the slightest chance against the Golden Boy? Well, I’ll assume all the PacHugs probably think that Pacquiao is going to knock out the Golden Boy.
This fight was one of the match up I personally staged in Fight Night 2 [a Playstion video game], including Arturo Gatti vs. Holyfield, Jose Luis Castillo vs. Ali and many more mismatches that I created in the Fight Night Video game. Well, that was a video game, so I could match anybody I want, I was the matchmaker in all sorts, but, Pacquiao vs, Dela Hoya on December 6? In a business standpoint, this could make sense, this could really make a lot of $en$e. Dela Hoya, the sports’ most bankable star, against the Pound-for-Pound King, or to rephrase it, the Pay-Per-View King vs. Pound-for-Pound King. But for legacy’s sake, this bout does not make sense at all! Oscar wants his last fight to be a bang, but does defeating a shorter fighter like Pacquiao cements his name in the boxing books? NOT! If Oscar wanted to go out with a bang, he should have fought Margarito, Pavlik, Calzaghe, Williams or anybody on top of the division with his size, but he chose the easy way out, challenging Manny Pacquiao. Pacquiao isn’t in a bad situation here. He gets his biggest purse. If he loses, as is generally expected, he will lose no prestige whatsoever, but an upset win will send Pacquiao’s earning power and all-time status soaring into the stratosphere. It’s a win-win situation for Pacquiao, but on Oscar’s side, he only wins money-wise. He does not prove anything if he will defeat Pacquiao.
I really don’t have any problem with the match, it’s just that, not every hardcore boxing fans want to see this fight. Every hardcore boxing fan wants to see Oscar fight and Pacquiao fight, but they don’t want to see both fighters agains each other because it’s just wrong. Another thing to point out, Mayorga, Mosley, Trinidad, Vargas and others were not able to KO Dela Hoya, if Pacquiao thinks he can KO Dela Hoya, then he must be kidding. Oscar is not David Diaz that he can outclass and knock out, maybe he can outrun and out box Dela Hoya, but he can’t KO Dela Hoya.
It remains to be seen how the fight will turn out. I am favoring Dela Hoya to win this by KO. I am a Filipino and I should support Pacquiao, but not now, I can’t be biased and tell everybody that the Pacman can KO the Golden Boy, even if there is a chance, it is just so slim. For now, let the hype begin.
Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao vs. Oscar “the Golden Boy” Dela Hoya on December 6, 2008.
Michael Phelps is EVIL!
Here’s an animated picture showing how evil Michael Phelp is. Michael PHELPS Evil! [LOL]
Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer. He is a14-time Olympic gold medalist (the most by any Olympian) and he currently holds seven world records in swimming.
Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals won at a single Olympics with the eight golds he won at the 2008 Olympic Games. With this record, he surpassed Mark Spitz, who was also a swimmer and had held the previous gold medal total with the seven that he won at the 1972 Olympic Games.
Michael Phelps is EVIL! [of course the animated pic is edited.] I have to give kudos to whoever made this GIF, really EPIC!
2008 World Hip Hop Championship results (with Video)
Here is the final list of the winners of the 2008 World Hip Hop Championship Finals.
1) Philippine All Stars - Philippines (GOLD)
2) Prestige - New Zealand (SILVER)
3) Kaba Modern - USA (BRONZE)
Some said that the members of Kaba Modern are Filipinos too (need to confirm it though).
All stars team 2008 top 7 male members.
1. Kenneth Serrano
2. Laurence Chua
3. Raegan Cornelio
4. Maya Carandang
5. Kyxz Mendiola
6. Jong Mesina
7. Patrick Caballa
And here’s the video of their performance (with MC Hammer bobbing his head in the judges’ Panel. xD).
Philippine All Stars wins 2008 World Hip Hop championship
Isn’t the title too sweet? Philippine All Stars wins 2008 World Hip Hop Championship. More than 1,000 dancers from 33 countries gathered in Las Vegas in quest for the championship. The Allstars, stunning the crowd and judges with a stunning 2-minute performance filled with a lot of new steps and flips, bagged the crown. This award earned by the Hip Hop Dance group gave the Filipinos yet another reason to be proud and wear that cute smile on their faces amidst difficulties.
With the group’s performance, Judge Shane Sparks of the hit TV show So You Think You Can Dance had high praises for the group. Also, competition judge and multi-Gramy awardee MC Hammer said:
“The Filipino artists…they continue to evolve in a global basis. They take art and dance seriously.I am very proud of the level that the Philippines over all have developed into.”
SWEET VICTORY INDEED!
AJ Banal and Miguel Cotto Loses; Rafael Concepcion and Antonio Margarito Wins
The 0’s got to GO! That’s the whole story of championship fights of boxing contender AJ Banal vs Rafael Concepcion and Welterweight greats Miguel Cotto vs Antonio Margarito. Banal and Concepcion was fighting for WBA Interim Superflyweight Championship and Cotto defending his WBA welterweight crown against tough cookie Antonio Margarito.
AJ “Bazooka” Banal started out strong against Rafael “El Torito” Concepcion of Panama and bloodied his nose in the 1st round. The flurry of punches continued in the next few rounds but Rafael Concepcion was also maintaining cheap shots to Banal’s body. By round 9, Concepcion was able to catch Banal with flurries of punches and at the end of the round, Banal was deducted a point for hitting after the break. By round 10, sensing the weakening and grasping of breath by Banal, Concepcion pressured Banal all over until he trapped Banal in the neutral corner and connected with a right hand to the head, and down goes Banal, and he never got up and was counted out by the referee. Banal was leading on all judge’s scorecard but he run out of gas in the 9th and finally submitting oneself in round 10 to tough cookie Rafael Concepcion, and this stunned the hardcore Cebuano boxing fans who was anticipating Banal to be the champion that night, but it was not his night, it was El Torito’s. AJ Banal’s record now stands 17W-1L-1D-14KOS while newly crowned WBA Interim SuperFlyweight champ Rafael Concepcion’s record move to 11W-2L-6KOS.
Meanwhile, 8-5 favorite Miguel Cotto also surrendered to tough Mexican cookie with granite chin, Antonio “Tijuana Tornado” Margarito to capture the WBA Welterweight belt. At early rounds, it was all Cotto moving well and landing almost at will to a taller Margarito. It was almost all 10 points each round for Cotto until the 6th round. In the 7th and 8th, momentum shifted to Margarito as he was pressuring Cotto with some body shots of his own. By the 9th and 10th round, Cotto regained composure and once again lands punches at will but Margarito is taking the punches and throwin his own too. By the 11th round, all bloodied and gassed out, Cotto took a knee(intentional or unintentional) from Margarito for the first KO, once he got up, Margarito battered him to the head and body and down goes Cotto for the second time. Barely getting up and beating the count, Evangelista Cotto threw in the towel to save his nephew from further damage. Cotto has proven to everybody that he has all the skills to take down any top welterweight in the division, but Margarito proved that he has all the heart, will and chin to take all the punches thrown at him.
No excuses, a loss is a loss! Cotto and Banal’s 0’s got to Go! They are now back to the drawing boards. One thing that I don’t get though, everybody now is calling them, specially Cotto, as overrated. For one, they are not overrated! You can call them overrated if they were Ko’ed by “far” less talented, not rated and bum fighters. Call them overrated if they did not show all of what they are made of. During their fight, they showed every skills that they have, it’s just that at their respective fights they met two tough cookies to crack (Margarito’s granite chin is indeed “granite”). Every great boxer has had to let go of their 0 losses, Oscar DeLa Hoya, Bernard Hopkins, Manny Pacquiao, Lennox Lewis, Roy Jones, Jose Luis Castillo, Diego Corrales, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Arturo Gatti and all the other great boxers had blemishes on their record, not 1 loss, not 2 losses, even more. NOW, CAN YOU CALL ALL THESE FIGHTERS OVERRATED?! You better think again smart ass!
In this weekend’s championship fights, WILL indeed OVERPOWERED SKILLS. These fighters are not overrated, not overrated, not overrated!
What do you think?
Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao wins by KO; Captures 4th belt
June 28, 2008, Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao wins by KO against tough Mexican opponent David Diaz in their fight dubbed as “Lethal Combination” held in the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas.
With an attendance of 8,326 watching at ringside, all of them witnessed the crowning of the new KING. Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao captured Diaz’ WBC Lightweight Title via devastating left hook to the jaw that dropped Diaz face down to the canvass. Pacquiao added Diaz WBC Lightweight belt to his resume to become the first Asian to capture 4 World Titles in as many weight divisions.
It was Pacquaio’s show from the opening bell until he finally knocked Diaz face-first to the mat with a left to the jaw at 2:23 of the ninth round. It was incredible how Pacquiao’s speed and power was still evident even with the move up in weight. Pacquiao looked strong, fast and sharp. Now, he will be an addition to an already deep Lightweight Division if he decides to stay there.
Now, what’s next for Pacquiao? If he decides to stay in the Lightweight Division, will he be brave enough to fight the Nate Campbell-Joan Guzman fight winner? Or the Joel Casamayor-Juan Manuel Marquez fight winner? How about fight fast-rising, young and undefeated Lightweight Contender Amir Khan or Bobby Pacquiao’s latest conqueror Urbano Antillon? I hope Bob Arum gives Manny Pacquiao a fight that would not only generate $$ but also a fight that would further cement Pacquiao’s legacy.
Wherever he is heading next, most of us will be supporting the new King, even the NBA 2008 Champions Boston Celtics with Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen (PacHaters are still allowed to join xD). All hail to David Diaz for courageously defending his belt and fighting Manny Pacquiao.
P.S. I am not a PacHug. But I am rooting for Pacquiao since I am a Filipino. Whoever Pacquaio fights next we will be watching. 
Some fight pictures are here.
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