Martin Nievera Sings Lupang Hinirang At Pacquiao Fight

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Manny Pacquiao Back To ABS-CBN

Manny Pacquiao is back in ABS-CBN. The People's Champ or "Ang Pambansang Kamao" appeared on TV Patrol last night and expressed his desire to return to the Kapamilya Network. He also said that his next boxing match with Ricky Hatton on May 5 and future fights will be aired in ABS-CBN.

In the interview in TV Patrol, Manny Pacquiao clarified that it was his decision to return to ABS-CBN. He even said, "Pagkatapos kong pagisipang mabuti, nilapitan ko ang ABS-CBN at nagpagpasyahan ko pong makipag partner muli sa kanila. Sarili ko itong desisyon. Sa ABS-CBN mapapanood n’yo ang laban ko kay Ricky Hatton at iba ko pang laban."

On the other hand, GMA 7 was furious over Manny Pacquiao's statement and appearance in ABS-CBN shows. Pacquiao is still under GMA 7's contract and it is stipulated in the contract that he is not allowed to appear on any ABS-CBN shows. He has two shows under GMA: Totoy Bato and Pinoy Records.

I think it is the right move for Manny. He has to finish though his contract first with GMA. It was rumored though that ABS-CBN offered more exposure for Manny for his political ambition in 2010.

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Manny Pacquiao Wins versus David Diaz

We were on our way to Malaysia when I received a text message from a friend in the Philippines saying that People's champ Manny Pacquiao won versus David Diaz on the 9th round. I was thrilled with the news and told it immediately with the friends I'm with. Congratulations to Manny Pacquiao! You made us all proud again.

Here is the video of Manny Pacquiao's Knock out round to David Diaz:



Picture courtesy of the Canadian Press.

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David "Dangerous" Diaz vs Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao Fight Videos and Results

The fight between David Diaz and Manny Pacquiao titled “Lethal Combination” on June 28 is getting closer. I have read a column that says that Manny Pacquiao seems to be over confident in this fight. This has been due to cutting down his training regimen by delaying his trip to the US and attending first his local commitments. If this attitude of Manny Pacquiao continues I think this will soon end his legendary career as a boxer. The number one pound-by-pound boxer according to FightFan.com should be humble and never underestimate his opponent. Too bad, the humble Manny Pacquiao was a sight of yesterday.

Anyway, who is David Diaz in the first place? David “Dangerous” Diaz, 32, was born in Chicago raised by his Mexican parents. His father and brother was also a boxer. He started boxing at the age of eight. His professional boxing debut was on 1996 after he participated in the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. Some of his famous opponents were Marcos Rodriguez, Kendall Holt, Jose Armando Santa Cruz, Erik Morales and Ramon Montano.

When asked about his fight with Manny Pacquiao, this is what he said, “is the biggest fight of my life. Bigger than when I won the title. Even bigger than beating a legend like Morales."

Manny Pacquiao should be careful since David Diaz is just like him. They play the aggressor and come forward to pressure and wear down their opponents. Aside from that he has stamina that can last the last round.

Who do you think will win this match?

Fight videos for Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao vs David "Dangerous" Diaz "Lethal Combination" will be posted soon.

Picture courtesy of Diazboxing.com

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Pacquiao Wins Again

I have read a post from Joan Joyce about the latest win of people’s champ Manny Pacquiao. According to FightFan.com, “With Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s announced retirement, FightFan.com has elevated former no. 2 ranked Manny Pacquiao to the number one pound-for-pound fighter in all of boxing.” Isn’t that great? Manny Pacquiao’s hardwork brought him success and lots of money. I hope he could give me a million. Hahaha.

Anyway, here’s FightFan.com’s Pound-for-Pound rankings:

1. Manny Pacquiao (46-3-2, 35 KO)
2. Joe Calzaghe (45-0, 32 KO)
3. Juan Manuel Marquez (48-4-1, 35 KO)
4. Israel Vasquez (42-4, 31 KO)
5. Miguel Cotto (32-0, 26 KO)
6. Ivan Calderon (31-0, 6 KO)
7. Bernard Hopkins (48-5-1, 32 KO)
8. Kelly Pavlik (34-0, 30 KO)
9. Winky Wright (51-4-1, 25 KO)
10. Rafael Marquez (37-4, 33 KO)

Let us support Manny Pacquiao in his upcoming match called Lethal Combination Manny Pacquiao vs David Diaz this 28th of June 2008 at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. Go Manny!

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Invasion Philippines vs The World

Last Sunday, the battle of Filipino boxers versus the world began called “Invasion Philippines vs The World.” The boxing fight was held at Araneta Coliseum and was aired over ABS-CBN. Four Filipino boxers including Penalosa fought over the best of the world’s boxers.

Here are the boxing fights of Invasion Philippines vs The World:

Gerry Penalosa (52-6, 35 KO’s) vs Ratanachai Sor Vorapin (71-9, 47 KO’s): Penalosa won via KO on 8th round.
Rey “Boom Boom” Bautista (23-1, 17 KO's) vs Genaro Camargo (16-3, 10 KO’s): Boom Boom won via KO on the 2nd round.
AJ “Bazooka” Banal (15-0, 12 KO's) vs Caril Herrera (21-0, 13 KO's): Banal won via TKO on the 4th round.
Ciso “Kid Terrible” Morales (10-0, 6 KO’s) vs Yoo Shin Kim (6-1, 4 KO’s): Morales won via KO on the 5th round.

Congratulations to our Filipino boxers who won. Filipinos are indeed supreme in the boxing arena. I was even suprised to see Manny Pacquiao’s support on Penalosa. Manny Pacquiao’s support is very needed to boost our Filipino boxer’s confidence. Go, go, go Filipino boxers!

PACQUIAO MARQUEZ REMATCH
Juan Manuel Marquez and Manny Pacquiao met on the Invasion Philippines vs The World the Araneta Coliseum. The defeated Juan Manuel Marquez still cannot accept his loss against Manny Pacquiao on their last fight at Las Vegas last March 2008. Marquez face to face with Pacquiao asked for a rematch. Pacquiao accepted Marquez’ request depending on their arrangements. Let’s just wait and see.

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Pacquiao Marquez Rematch

Manny Pacquiao’s latest win is the talk of the town. Filipinos are rejoicing and are very proud of Pacquiao’s latest achievement. Marquez’ camp and some observers expressed their disappointment over the split decision of the judges. I’m not a boxing expert but I think Pacquaio deserved his victory. I know that Marquez ended strong in the 12th round but that’s not the basis of boxing. It is based on the cumulative points from round one to the last round with the exception of a knock out.

From the sports news last night, I assume there would be a final rematch for Pacquiao and Marquez given that they have scored one each on their bouts. If Marquez should have won the competition, does this mean that the promoters and judges let Pacquiao win so there could be a rematch? That means more money for all them. Just my thoughts.

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Pacquiao Marquez II: Unfinished Business

Pacquiao Marquez II: Unfinished Business, the battle of two champions was aired here in Manila around 2 P.M. in GMA Channel 7. While I was having my lunch at the eatery, it was announced on ABS-CBN News Update that Manny Pacquaio won over Juan Manuel Marquez in a split decision of the judges. Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez finished the twelve rounds.

The first two rounds, Marquez dominated the ring. It was noticeable that Pacquaio had some problems with his balance and he looked disoriented. On the third round, Pacquiao gained his composure and made Marquez fall. On the seventh round, both Pacquiao and Marquez are bleeding caused from their unintentional head butts. Marquez dominated the eighth round because Pacquiao can’t see from his right eye caused from the blood flowing from his wound. On the tenth round, Pacquaio blazed throwing heavy punches on Marquez’s head.

Congratulations to Manny Pacquiao! You made us proud again.

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Haughty Manny Pacquiao

Yesterday morning while I was doing my exercise (my legs and calves hurt by the way until now), I was tuned in to the radio program of Korina Sanchez and Ted Failon on DZMM TeleRadyo on Sky Cable Channel 26 (Tambalang Failon at Sanchez).

One of their topics was about People’s champ Manny Pacquiao. In Korina Sanchez commentary, a lady reporter was requested by Manny Pacquiao’s camp to be terminated from her work. The reason was for releasing a survey during the last campaign period where the result was his opponent General Santos Rep. Darlene Custodio was leading.

If this is true, what happened to the kind-hearted and humble Manny Pacquiao? Has fame and money corrupted his old good self?

Aside from this issue, he snubbed Manila Mayor Alfredo Lim in his welcome parade in Manila. Snubbing the Manila Mayor is like snubbing the people of Manila. If he is politicking, it’s a bad step that he committed. He should have at least the courtesy to the Mayor. Tsk tsk tsk.

No wonder you lost in the past election. Wake up Manny Pacquiao!

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Manny Pacquiao vs Antonio Barrera vs TV Commercials

Congratulations to Manny Pacquiao for winning his latest boxing match with Mexican boxer Marco Antonio Barrera.

After doing the laundry yesterday morning, I went to bath then bought my lunch (Nilagang Baka). While buying my lunch, I saw on TV that the fight between Pacquiao and Barrera was going to start. I immediately went home then tuned in to GMA 7. It’s just a dismay that the fight lasted for four hours. Even on the beginning of the fight when the national anthem of the three countries were sung it was cut by commercials. Would you believe that?

I am please though with the performance of Kyla. She sang beautifully. Just simple and quite appropriate for our national anthem. I just can’t imagine what would be the version of Regine Velasquez for our National Anthem. It would be full of high notes and curly notes. Haha!

The fight was actually a bore to me. I can’t believe I stayed watching for four hours. I was so sleepy by 3 P.M., but I still finished the fight. I just hope next time, TV commercials would be lessen. Instead of showing lots of commercials, why not double or triple the advertisement cost. In that way it’s a win-win situation for the TV network and the viewers.

Picture courtesy of gmanews.tv

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Dreamt About Pacquiao

I had a dream last night about Manny Pacquiao. I’m not sure if it’s okay to blog about it. Well here goes…I dreamt about him in the front cover of tabloids saying that he is dead. From the picture on the front cover, it looks like he was murdered or something. What a weird dream! Anyway, you know what they say about dreams; it’s actually the opposite.

PacMan Billboard Again

Just this morning, I was surprised to see this billboard again almost right in front of our subdivision. It has been months since Manny Pacquiao's last fight and Bernabe is still using this billboard to get attention from people. Har har har to you Mayor Jun Bernabe!

Congratulations Manny Pacquiao!!!

I woke up by 11AM with a sore feeling on my shoulders. Maybe my body is not used to carrying weights. Even I have a shoulder pain, I still went on with my pushups, sit-ups and dumbbell routine. After my exercise, I went on to have a bath, had my brunch and waited patiently for the Pacquiao-Morales final bout. The usual, it is flooded with many commercials. I just pity Morales during their fight. Can you imagine, it only lasted for three rounds? It is the end of Morales career, while Pacquiao’s glorious reign in the boxing arena.

Congratulations Manny!

Election Is Near

Every time I would see billboards of our incumbent local officials in Parañaque, I cannot deny the fact that they dismay me a lot. If I just have the time to take snapshots of those billboards, I would be glad to post it here.

Billboards of Mayor Jun Bernabe are placed in Casino Filipino, in front of Duty Free Philippines and Airport Citimall, and in La Huerta Elementary School. Vice-Mayor Anjo Yllana’s billboard is placed as ad boards on waiting sheds in La Huerta and Sto. Niño.

It made me realize that election is coming soon than I think, and at this stage they are already campaigning. These incumbent officials use their stature and power to their advantage. One signage in Mutinational Village caught my attention. It says “Ord 05-04 New Traffic Code Now In Effect” then below it says “Konsehal BONSOL.” What the heck is the relation of the notice to that Councilor Bonsol? Is he the author of that ordinance? If he is, Is there a need to know? It is your job anyway. You do not need to advertise your work.

In an office setting would it be appropriate if I would be posting my picture and name on every system I finish. I would even make it an animation so it is striking. Hahaha.

I would bet another billboard of Mayor Jun Bernabe raising the hand of Manny Pacquiao would be fixed again if Manny Pacquiao would win in the upcoming boxing match with Erik Morales.

I am so dismayed!