Archive for January, 2010

Floyd Mayweather Jr. recently spoke to DJ Whoo Kid about his upcoming fight with WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley on May 1 and the broken negotiations to make a deal for a fight with Manny Pacquiao.

Mayweather said the Mosley fight is done for May 1. He plans to start training very soon and the pre-fight hype will begin in the next few days. Read the rest of this entry »

Games Sunday (Araneta Coliseum)
4 p.m. — Talk ’N Text vs Ginebra
6:30 p.m. — Rain or Shine vs Purefoods

Fresh from their inspiring wins, defending champion Talk ’N Text and Purefoods go for commanding 2-0 leads in their respective KFC-PBA Philippine Cup quarterfinal series against Barangay Ginebra and Rain or Shine this Sunday at the Araneta Coliseum.

The Tropang Texters clash with the Kings at 4 p.m. while the Giants face the Elasto Painters in the main game at 6:30.

Purefoods and TNT scored contrasting wins in the series openers last Friday. Read the rest of this entry »

Efren “Bata” Reyes finish his final match against hometown bet Brandon Shuff into a virtual workout as he sped away, 15-8, late Friday to snare the Fat Boy 10-Ball Challenge at the Horseshoe Casino and Hotel in Indiana, USA.

Save for some anxious moments in the homestretch, the 55-year-old Hall of Famer was in full control of the duel, taking a commanding 6-0 lead on the way to ruling the event that made him $6,500 (roughly P310,000) richer. Read the rest of this entry »

After getting his “second chance to be a good man,” former Philippine Basketball Association star Rudy Distrito is eyeing a new job in the professional league, this time as a player agent.

Distrito, who went to his native Bacolod City following his release from the United States, said he is looking forward to bringing talented Negrense players to Manila.

He said local players who have the skills and talent will need an agent who knows the ins and outs of the “big league” in Manila, according to a report published Saturday on the Visayan Daily Star. Read the rest of this entry »

Written by the man himself written in tagalog.

LOS ANGELES — Magandang araw po ulit sa inyong lahat, mga ginigiliw kong tagasubaybay, kababayan, fans at mga nagmamahal sa sport na boksing. Sana ay nasa mabuti kayong kalagayan gaya ng inyong abang lingkod na ngayon ay abala ulit sa paghahanda sa susunod na laban.

Sa Marso 13, sa kalagitnaan ng America, sa malawak na Cowboys Stadium sa Arlington, Texas, haharapin ko at dedepensahan ang korona ng World Boxing Organization welterweight division kontra sa matibay, malaki at malakas na Afrikano mula sa Ghana na si Joshua Clottey. Read the rest of this entry »

Filipino GM Wesley So scored a crucial win with the black pieces against GM Tomi Nybäck of Finland in the tenth round of the Corus B tournament in Holland last Wednesday. Nyback opened with d4 and So responded with his favorite Slav defense.

Nybäck went all out in his attack as he sacrificed a piece in his 33rd move. But So coolly defended and the Finnish grandmaster capitulated after 46 moves. The game ended with So having material advantage with a bishop, two rooks a queen and four pawns against Nyback’s two rooks, queen and six pawns. Read the rest of this entry »

Reigning titlist De La Salle continued its unbeaten rampage in the 72nd UAAP women’s volleyball tournament, notching its 10 straight win at the expense of Far Eastern U, 25-16, 25-23, 25-14 Wednesday at The Arena in San Juan.

Stephanie Mercado punched in 13 spikes while last year’s Best Blocker Jacqueline Alarca also contributed nine hits, three service aces and a block as the Lady Archers formally clinched the first Final Four seat and stood four games away from a two-round sweep. Read the rest of this entry »

While most boxing aficionados predict that pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao will have a tough fight against former world champion Joshua Clottey in Pacquiao’s first defense of his WBO welterweight title, the trainer who handled Pacquiao when he won his first world title believes Pacquiao will win easily. Read the rest of this entry »

The Senate committee on Games, Amusements and Sports will hold a public hearing Thursday to discuss various concerns in Philippine sports.
The committee, chaired by Sen. Lito Lapid, will discuss RP athletes’ recent performances in international competitions and the future of the country’s amateur sports.

Philippine Sports Commission (PSC) and Philippine Olympic Committee (POC) representatives will convene before Senate committee members to give their insights on the issues raised. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – For Filipino challenger Ciso “Kid Terrible” Morales, his upcoming bout against World Boxing Organization (WBO) bantamweight champion Fernando Montiel is more than just a fight for the title.

The 22-year-old Filipino said he will win the fight so he can take the belt his fallen comrade Z Gorres was eyeing. Read the rest of this entry »

MANILA, Philippines – Manny Pacquiao kicks off his grueling training at the gym this week, which may include a series of sparring sessions as he steps up his buildup for the Josh Clottey fight on March 13.

Pacquiao’s strength and conditioning coach, Alex Ariza, said it will mark the start of the tough plyometric and isometric exercises that should last for at least six weeks.

Depending on his condition, sparring may also begin this week, according to Ariza. Read the rest of this entry »

Brian Viloria checked out of the Makati Medical Center Monday evening after the five specialists who attended to him declared he’s out of danger.

Veteran scribe Ronnie Nathanielsz, who accompanied Brian to the hospital and received constant updates on his condition, said the boxer was in good spirits despite losing his world title last Saturday. At least, he appears to be.

Brian, his soon-to-be-bride Erika Navarro, who is a nurse, and his manager, Gary Gittelson, thanked those who sent Brian their best wishes and prayed for him. Read the rest of this entry »

In the second part of an exclusive Telegraph Sport interview with Freddie Roach, the master trainer based in downtown Hollywood told me that he is still being asked, wherever he goes, to ‘Get the fight on’ between his charge Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather. He says it is incessant. No surprise, really. It is a fight the world wishes to witness, and it is not the foregone conclusion that many have it down as for an event to now happen later this year.

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The Ring magazine has named Manny Pacquiao as the best boxer of the 2000s.

In its March 2010 issue, Pacquiao was listed on top ahead of Floyd Mayweather, Bernard Hopkins, Joe Calzaghe, Juan Manuel Marquez, Winky Wright, Shane Mosley, Marco Antonio Barrera, Rafael Marquez, and Israel Vazquez.

Eric Raskin, The Ring’s contributing editor, wrote that “as far as we’re concerned, Manny Pacquiao is the only choice for number one.” Read the rest of this entry »

Freddie Roach had the Wild Card Boxing Club closed down on Saturday afternoon when Manny Pacquiao showed up for the second day of training for the March 13 fight with Joshua Clottey of Ghana.

“The first day (Friday) Manny trained here, Freddie allowed the gym regulars to see the workout,” revealed Team Pacquiao security chief Rob Peters. Read the rest of this entry »