It’s a no-contest tune-up for Manny Pacquiao
By Recah TrinidadCONGRESSMAN Manny Pacquiao scored a knockout over an absent opponent in the last elections. If it were in boxing, that should’ve been properly ruled a no-contest.
CONGRESSMAN Manny Pacquiao scored a knockout over an absent opponent in the last elections. If it were in boxing, that should’ve been properly ruled a no-contest.
THE MOST intriguing question out in Ongpin (Chinatown) last Friday did not involve Mayor Alfredo Lim and how the tough-talking city executive could survive the screaming challenge of former President Joseph Estrada in yesterday’s midterm polls.
THE RECLUSIVE national arts matriarch, last seen in public during the 2004 funeral of National Artist Nick Joaquin, did a Greta Garbo and made a brief appearance.
THERE was not a single phantom move from the boxer they called “The Ghost.”
In the wake for Jolico Cuadra in Biñan on Tuesday, the anguished Augusta Almedda said the departed poet, purest and most regal of his breed, would’ve surely scolded her over what she had allowed to be done to his face.
MANNY Pacquiao’s next fight, most likely against a robust punching machine, no longer promises to be purely a clash of grit and offensive styles.
So who’s afraid of Timothy Bradley, the reigning and allegedly undefeated World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight champion?
FIGHT judges Salven Lagumbay and Danrex Tapdasan saw Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista, gutsy but lightless, the clear loser. They submitted identical scores of 114-111 in favor of Jose “Negro” Ramirez, a Mexican journeyman who, according to one of the ringside commentators, had previously been knocked out thrice.
He had agreed to walk blindly into the championship ring by failing (refusing?) to watch a single taped bout of his Cuban opponent.
A RAGING mismatch, the fight was not, in any way, close.
BOXING expert Hermie Rivera, back in town, has written a letter hitting at users of performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) in sports. He has suggested that the letter be developed into a column item. That letter is being printed in full. Kindly share it.
THERE was every reason to believe deposed world flyweight boxing champion Brian Viloria deserved a rematch, but only if you based it on the split verdict submitted by the judges.
Promoter Bob Arum yesterday said they expect a record-breaking television audience of 200,000 million in China when two-time Olympic boxing gold medalist Zou Shiming makes his professional debut in Macau on Saturday.
