Pacquiao vs. Bradley - The Perfect Storm

Its the time of the year again! Manny Pacquiao will be fighting Timothy "The Desert Storm" Bradley this coming June 9th, 2012 at the MGM Grand Garden in Las Vegas, Nevada USA. People in the Philippines are now going abuzz with the fight nearing. Odds in Las Vegas, favoring Manny Pacquiao at 5-1, while here in the Philippines bets are up as to what round Bradley will hit the canvass.

Ever wonder how it feels like getting caught up when two storms meet? I imagine that it would be chaotic! And that's how I see the fight between this two pugilistic warriors would head to.

I think people are underestimating Timothy Bradley. He is for one a champion in his own right, has never lost a fight in 28 bouts and he "uses his head" to win his matches, so he should be a legit foe for our Ninong Manny.

This can be further reaffirmed when Bradley was asked during the final press conference for the fight about how was training camp and mentioned that:

"Training was like Hell",

but Ninong Manny smooth as ever countered with,

"For me, it feels like Heaven".

Wow, I did not know that Ninong Manny has some slick counter punching when it comes to verbal joust and jabs.

When majority of our Pinoy kababayans were asked about their thoughts on who would win, they are already predicting that Ninong Manny would win by a stoppage on the 6th round or late in the fight, so the consensus is clear, its PACMAN that they want to win. Of course, who else should they be rooting for?

Now let me play a devils advocate here, what if Pacquiao loses? What will happen to the Pambansang Kamao? Will the adulation and adoration for him still be the same after the dust settles and he''s left with a "L" in his boxing record?

Well for Bradley, one thing is for sure. Ninong Manny gets a rematch come November 10th 2012.



But hey! Who knows, Timothy Bradley may just be spot on with his prediction, come November 10th, 2012 he might really put the ticket into use. It can get him a front row seat for Pacman's next fight.

Pacquiao wins KO by the 7th

Tech News: Pacquiao's HP TouchPad got KO'd by Apple's iPAD

Boxing celebrity and 8 division world champion Manny Pacquiao, got knocked out by Apple's iPAD.

HP tapped the Fighting Congressman to be part of its list of celebrity endorsers for their HP TouchPad - designed to counter Apple's iPAD. But barely 2 months after Pacquiao's commercial has been released, HP has decided to pull the plug due to poor sales.

HP opted to slash TouchPad’s price by $250 in an effort to recover part of the $100 million it was expected to lose because of the decision to stop selling the tablets, according to an article in www.thenextweb.com.

Just last month, HP released a 31-second TV ad featuring Pacquiao, the Saranggani lawmaker who is also acknowledged as the best fighter pound-for-pound on the planet today.

The ad shows Pacquiao discussing how he conquered doubts about his boxing skills, political acumen, and lately, his ability to make it as a singer. All the while, he is holding a TouchPad in front of his face, flicking through its variety of features.

“Now, I’m trying to make it in music,” the congressman says in the ad, which shows a clip of his duet with Dan Hill as they sing “Sometimes When We Touch.

“Haha, millions of hits,” he ends, referring to the song’s online clip.

But all of this was a futile effort made by HP to directly compete for the iPAD's market. Now I was wondering if they could have priced it lower than the iPAD would it make a difference?

For those who have not yet seen the commercial, just click on the link below

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gd5up6XrzQc

Sports: Manny Pacquiao shuts out Shane Mosley

Manny Pacquiao scored a unanimous decision over Shane Mosley after a sell out crowd of 16, 412 at the MGM grand garden in Las Vegas Nevada last May 7, 2011. Almost all of them ended up disappointed not because of Manny but with Sugar Shane Mosley. He never put up a fight after getting rocked and dropped at the 3rd round. The look in his eyes were already a tell tale sign that he will try as much as possible to move away from the power punch and avoid getting KO'd for the first time in his career. Shane Mosley was able to recover and used his leg power and bicycled instead all the way to the 12th round except maybe for the "knockdown" that Mosley was credited for during the 10th round. In fact it was more of a push rather than a knockdown, though Kenny Bayless admitted after the fight that he mistakenly called it as a knockdown and apologized to Freddie Roach and Manny, but then again after that KO Manny was so angered that he tried to bulldoze his way to Mosley and knock his senses out, but then again, Mosley was back pedalling too fast for Pacquiao to catch.

Manny Pacquiao, disappointed as well said during one of the post fight interviews that he was expecting Mosley to fight toe to toe for at least 5 of the 12 rounds. But none of those expectations happened and the result was a marathon instead of a boxing match.

Shane Mosley after this fight should consider retirement since he clearly showed that he no longer has it. Freddie Roach sums it up best when he said that "Shane did not try to win the fight, He tried to survive, and when you get to that point in boxing, it's time to retire"

All in all it was an okay fight to say the least not because Manny did not knock Shane Mosley out, (a fight that we all get accustomed to) but because Mosley was thinking of not getting knocked out.

Well at least Paris Hilton said that the fight was amazing, really?

Go figure :)

pacman mania!!!

Hey fellas, am back! After a 3 week hiatus (sort of). Haven't been writing much, since i have been so engrossed with other stuff. But the last 3 weeks was nothing but good to could have been better experiences. I was able to watch the Pacquiao v Hatton match at SM Sta. Rosa and as expected it was one big event that majority of the people have been expecting. Once I got home, my uncle told me that they were able to watch the Pay Per View telecast via cable (the same thing the we were watching at SM) Dang! I spent 900 pesos for this and then all of a sudden I would learn that it was shown on cable TV!!! What the @#$% .... no regrets though, the athmosphere inside the cinema was electric! Though I was happy that Pacquiao brought honor once again to our beloved homeland, I lost 2 hundred bucks over a friendly bet in which we choose what round Pacquiao would KO Hatton, I picked round 4 but it was never close :)

But then again, that is what you get if you bet, you win some, lose some. Good thing it was all for fun.