The Filipino ring hero, Manny Pacquiao may face the IBF light welterweight champion, Lamont Peterson. Peterson is willing to mix it up with the fancied Filipino pugilist who holds the distinction of winning 8 world titles in as many world weight categories.
Peterson who hails from, Washington, District of Columbia was been added into the short list of probable opponents for Pacquiao in the year 2012. The much anticipated fight between Pacquiao and Mayweather was stalled anew Floyd Mayweather Jr. was handed with a 90 day jail sentence on account of misdemeanor domestic violence charges. Mayweather doesn’t have enough time to prepare for his fight against Pacquiao on May, 2012.
Aside from the 5 feet 9 inches Peterson, other fighters that were being considered as Pacquiao’s opponents are his recent victim Juan Manuel Marquez, Timothy Bradley the reigning WBO champion in the 140 lbs category and the WBA junior middleweight titlist Miguel Cotto.
The Philippines which sent two boxers in the finals of their respective weight divisions (one man and one woman) against crack Chinese opponents, submitted two contrasting results in the boxing competitions of the 2010 Asian Games in Guangzhou, China. Rey Saludar assured that the Filipino will not experience a shut out win in the boxing event, outpointed Yong Chang of China in the men’s 52 kg category 13-11 to bring home the gold medal and eased out the bitter loss suffered by his countryman in the distaff side.
Saludar delivered lethal blows against his foe all throughout the mach scored a crisp RSC win in the fourth round to bag the gold medal which eluded many Filipinos that competed here. The win somewhat cushioned the loss suffered by Filipina Annie Albania at the hands of Cancan Ren in the Women’s 48-51kg category. The Filipina lost a close 5-7 decision to Ren and salvaged the country’s third silver.
Victorio Saludar added a bronze in the Philippines’ cause by bagging a bronze medal in the men’s 46-49 kg in boxing.
All in all the Filipinos capped their stint in the boxing competition with one gold, one silver and one bronze.
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Manny Pacquiao lived up to the billing as the world’s current boxing king as he scored a lopsided win over Antonio Margarito at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium, Texas, to wrest the WBC Super Welterweight belt and raising his titles won to eight and the same number of weight categories, a phenomenal feat that will surely make a great dent in the sports of boxing.
The Filipinos who were egging on their hometown hero, for sure will have a grand time celebrating the rousing win whipped out by Pacquiao who is shorter by 4 and a half inches.
Pacquiao prevailed in twelve rounds as he dominated almost all of the bouts. He was a runaway winner in three judges. The judges handed him crisp scores of 120-108, 118-110, and 119-109 in favor of Pacquiao, a proof of Filipino’s sheer dominance of the match.
Many people are expecting for a knockout, but Margarito’s granite chin and heftier and bigger frame enabled him to escape being floored. But still, Pacquiao fashioned out a great spectacle as he displayed his awesome footwork, uncanny speed and peppery punching power. His powerful punches and combination truly give Margarito a lot of headache throughout the game.
The win will further bolster the grand standing of Pacquiao and at the same time cement his status as one of the best boxers in the world. He is now in the echelon enjoyed by the likes of Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Evander Holyfield and the list goes on.
Pacquiao made his country mighty proud again for the nth time, since Pacquiao already clobbered great names in the sports like Juan Manuel Marquez, Oscar Dela Hoya, EriK Morales and Marco Antonio Barrera.
Sports continue to fascinates us and even leave us in awe as if we are in state of trance. Superb performance and tricks dished out by remarkable athletes will simply throw us right off from our seats, and keep us guessing how the things before our very eyes transpired.
Here are some things that are considered rare in sports.
- Golf – Hole in one, or an eagle.
- Basketball – Four point play, buzzer beating basket that serve as the winning basket in the end, quadruple double, a dunk with very high level of difficulty of doing it, 100+ point, 20+ assists or rebounds, 10+ blocks, or 7+ steals performance in one game.
- Baseball – Multiple home runs (three or more) and hits (9) in a game, and a grand slam or two in a single inning.
- Gymnastics – Rare triple and perfect score of 10.
- Diving – In the last staging of the Olympics in Beijing, China, the highest degree of difficulty that is utilized is 3.8, which is a reverse 2 and a half somersaults with 2 and a half twists in pike on both the three and ten meter platform.
- Boxing – Word champion in at least three weight divisions or a knock out win under one minute in the first round.
- Athletics – Running under 10 seconds in the 100 meter dash.
- Figure skating – Rare double.
- Billiards – Shooting the nine ball in just first try.
- Bowling – Perfect score of 300 in 10 frames.
You may post your own share of rare stuffs in various sports here.
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It’s final the women’s boxing is included at the Asian Games that will be staged in Guangzhou this coming November and the 2012 London Olympics.
Three gold medals in three different divisions is to be disputed in both the Asiad and the Olympics. The three divisions to be included in the Asian Games and the Olympics calendar includes: the flyweight (45-51 kgs.), lightweight (51-60 kgs.) and middleweight (61-75 kgs.). The AIBA (Association Internationale de Boxe) female executive committee member, said, the Asian countries will certainly be a force to reckon with in the medals race in London Olympics. At the fifth World Women’s Boxing Championship held two years ago four Asian countries made it to the elusive top ten by virtue of their strong showing in the event.
China finished first, India wound up fourth, Japan checked in fifth and the Philippines was tied for the tenth place.
The Philippines boasts of a lone silver and two bronzes in this strong event. In London, a total of 12 slots is up for grab for each of the weight categories in the women’s boxing event.
Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao is still the world’s number one pound-for-pound in an online poll in a popular sports website even as Floyd Mayweather Jr. pulling out a comprehensive and decisive victory over Mexico’s Juan Manuel Marquez in Las Vegas.
The survey results given by Yahoo! Sports shows Pacquiao leading Mayweather as boxing’s current pound-for-pound king.
Yahoo! Sports asked online visitors, “Who is boxing’s pound-for-pound king?” Sixty-six (66%) favored Pacquiao, while Mayweather collared thirty-three (33%) and measly 3% meanwhile chose other boxers. Over 82,000 online voters participated in the survey.
Pacquiao wrested the coveted pound-for-pound title from Mayweather after taking his retirement in 2008.
Mayweather, made a comeback in a bid to recapture the pound-for-pound throne from Pacquiao after 21 months of retirement.
The left-handed Pacquiao made a stronghold at his number 1 status by piling up convincing victories over David Diaz, Oscar Dela Hoya and Ricky Hatton.
The Ring, a partner of Yahoo! Sports, said, “Pacquiao solidified his claim on the top spot after stopping David Diaz, Oscar Dela Hoya and Ricky Hatton in particular fashions. Mayweather couldn’t simply return to boxing after 21 months and overthrow the true king – no matter what happened on Saturday night.
The Ring added, “Mayweather might be very well be the best fighter in the world pound-for-pound title must be carried through. And hopefully Mayweather will get his chance or chances to do it.”
Pacquiao has begun training in Baguio City for his megafight with Miguel Sotto slated this November 14 in Las vegas. A win against the Puerto Rican will lined up the ferocious and feisty ring gladiator, the Pacman against Mayweather early or midway next year.
The flamboyant and acerbic Floyd Mayweather Jr., is always toppling any possible bout the Filipino ring sensation Manny Pacquiao. Though Mayweather is the current pound-for-pound king in the planet many boxing kibitzers. Aficionados and fans he is not deserving of the accolade bestowed to him. In many occasions he avoided colliding with future hall of famer Pacquiao, who is a seven-time world boxing champion in seven weight divisions the most and prolific in the sports.
Mayweather even stooped so low in dragging Pacquiao down to earth by unleashing series of unfounded allegations about anabolic steroids abuse, which is bias on his part. Pacquiao earlier slapped and filed a lawsuit against Mayweather.
Instead of facing Pacquiao in a no holds barred and mano y mano action in the ring and heading to the popular clamor of the people for a possible match he played it safe as he pitted himself with an aging grizzled warrior in Shane Mosley.
With obvious distinct advantage on his side, Mayweather outlasted and outclassed his compatriot on his last bout to get back into the thick of things and hug the limelight once again after many months of semi-retirement.
Mayweather wittingly escaped a clean slate and the question of who is really the current boxing kingpin is still hanging in the balance, no thanks to the cowardice shown he has shown for the past many months.
Here are some reasons why Mayweather is scared of the Filipino ring hero.
- Mayweather has nothing to gain, even if he wins, he is thus far the bigger and heftier of the two. Prevailing over Pacquiao will just merit and cement his status further as the top boxing persona. A bitter loss forever, will wipe out the status and reputation he had built for the past several years.
- He has a clean win-loss slate to boasts and proud of, and a possible match and a loss to Pacquiao will ruin all the hardwork he have had whipped out. Moreover a bitter loss will tarnish his reputation and will definitely pull him down from the echelons of boxing greats to the pit of disaster.
- Pacquiao is a dangerous and a consummate boxer. He is fast, agile, smart, punch hard, skilful and plays with all sheer courage and with all of his heart.
- Pacquiao is persevering, he can endure tedious and backbreaking training regimen at any given time. Mayweather cannot equal Pacquiao on this category.
- With clever Freddie Roach manning the mentoring job on the coaching camp of Pacquiao, no doubt the Filipino pug has the edge even the bell hasn’t sounded yet.
- Mayweather is ultra rich since he is not only a great boxer but a great businessman too. Even the bout with Pacquiao will net him more millions on his stock what is at stake on the bout are just to great to get enticed in.
- Alas, in plain words, Mayweather is maybe too scared of the Filipino fella because he doesn’t wanted to get pummeled in the boxing ring. Pacquiao already smothered great names in boxing such as Barrera, Marquez, Morales, Dela Hoya, Diaz, and Cotto, and it is obvious that he doesn’t want to be the latest addition in the list.
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Boxing, Games | howitzer | July 26, 2010 8:43 am | Comments (0)
Reigning Junior Welterweight Champion Amir Khan posted a win over former champion Paulie Malignaggi in the 11th round to the delight of fans in New York.
Khan relied heavily on his speed, agility and powerful right hand, o smother the hometown favorite. Malignaggi’s absorbed too much pounding from the former British Olympian, as his face became crimson and swollen in the middle rounds of the bout, and before the 11th round even decided to disregard the warnings of ring side doctor to concede the fight.
Khan sensing blood and impending victory, forced Malignaggi against the ropes and unleash series of punches that prompted the referee Steve Stomger to finally put into halt the bout in favor of Khan with 1:25 minute left on the 11th round. Khan improves his record to 23 wins and one loss with 17 knockouts while Malignaggi dropped to 27-4.
Malignaggi accept graciously the defeat, as he tapped his chess and congratulates his tormentor for his well-deserve victory.
One of the most feared and exciting boxer in the planet, Venezuelan Edwin
Valerio committed suicide while in jail for allegedly killing his wife. He was last seen hanging on his own clothes, which give speculations that, the death of Valerio was not suicide.
Known for his slam-bang action, brute force and ferocity in the ring, Valerio was being groomed as the next fighter that Manny faces which could’ve been a treat to all boxing pundits and aficionados worldwide.
Holding an impressive record of 27 wins and with no loss, the Venezuelan pug was the likely opponent for the Filipino champion and world welterweight champion Pacquiao.
“He was a sensational fighter, sensational,” Bob Arum said as he continued, “He was just electric. A complete crowd-pleasing style… I was grooming him as a great future opponent for Manny Pacquiao. That would have been a sensational fight.
The 28-year old Valerio is the current World Boxing Lightweight holder and was just recently been declared as “champion in recess,” after being jailed in March for mistreating his wife and was on a treatment for alcohol abuse.
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