Bautista Retained IBF Featherweight Title Against Mendoza

Mendoza's plan failed in his fight with Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista whom he liked to knockout in the 6th round.

The Filipino featherweight champion Rey "Boom Boom" Bautista defeated Mexican Miguel Angel Mendoza in style, stopping the challenger in the sixth round of the main event of Pinoy Pride X at the Hoops Dome in Cebu Saturday night.

Bautista floored Mendoza with a left hook to the head in the middle of the sixth round, and Mendoza was counted out by referee Danrex Tapdasan. It was a strong performance for Bautista, who retained his International Boxing Federation (IBF) featherweight title in the process.

Bautista showed patience throughout the bout, refusing to get caught in a brawl with Mendoza who has a reputation for being a knockout artist. But it was Bautista who showed his power first, sending Mendoza to the canvas twice in the first round with quick left straights.

The Mexican fighter started to bleed in the second round, but still continued to challenge "Boom Boom." He was not very effective in his offensive attack, however, opting to go for wild, swinging punches that often hit nothing but air. Bautista also showed his ability to take a punch as he decided to stay in front of Mendoza for most of the bout. Despite getting tagged with some punches from the Mexican, "Boom Boom" stayed up right and was able to counter with short punches to Mendoza's head.

The fight was marred with several timeouts, however, as referee Tapdasan warned both fighters for low blows. He also stopped the clock to give Mendoza time to get checked out by the ringside doctor. For Mendoza, it was the first loss of his career and his first fight that went past the fifth round. He had won each of his past 17 fights via knockout.

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Viloria Retains WBO Flyweight Title Against Pound-For-Pound No.9 Segura

Brian "The Hawaiian Punch" Viloria retained his World Boxing Organization (WBO) flyweight championship with an 8th round technical knockout victory over Mexico's Giovani Segura Sunday at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.

Although he was the defending champion, Viloria was considered an underdog going into the bout, as Segura is ranked number 9 in The RING's pound-for-pound ratings.

Viloria showed impressive skill and heart in his performance, bloodying Segura en route to a stoppage victory. The referee called a stop to the fight at the 0:29 mark of the 8th round, saving the challenger from more punishment.

Segura was the more aggressive fighter at the start of the bout, but Viloria was more effective. The Filipino-American boxer peppered the Mexican with a steady stream of hooks from the second round onward, causing Segura to start bleeding.

A lump formed on Segura's right temple at the end of the second round, which grew larger as Viloria continuously targeted his head. But the Mexican boxer remained aggressive, going inside and landing hard shots against Viloria.

But Segura was fading by the 7th round, and though he was able to answer the bell for the 8th round, the referee called a stop to the fight after seeing the challenger get peppered with a bevy of shots from Viloria.

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Viloria Defends WBO Flyweight Belt

Brian Viloria defends WBO Flyweight belt against pound-for-pound No.9 Giovanni Segura.

The Filipino - Hawaiian Brian Viloria will have one of the toughest fights of his career today (11th December, 2011) as he defends his World Boxing Organization (WBO) Flyweight Title against The Ring Magazine's No.9 Giovanni Segura in "Island Assault 3" at the Ynares Sports Arena in Pasig City.

Villoria is onhis first title defense of the WBO title he won against Julio Cesar Miranda by unanimous decision last July this year. The 29-year-old Segura , on the other hand, is looking at capturing his second division world title after dominating the Light Flyweight Division as the WBO and WBA champion.

Everyone should expect fireworks as both fighters are hard-hitters. Villoria having a record of 29-3 with 16 knockouts, while Segura with the record of 28-1-1 with 24 knockouts.

Viloria has won his last three fights since moving up in weight. Segura, in the meantime, hasn't been beaten in nine fights, all by knockouts.

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NBA Stops Lakers From Getting Chris Paul

The National Basketball Association (NBA) rejected the proposed three-team trade which involves the All-Star Pointguard Chris Paul from the New Orleans Hornets sent to the Los Angeles Lakers.

Part of this agreement is Lamar Odom from the Lakers sent to New Orleans and Pau Gasol from the Lakers to the Houston Rockets.

After the failure of the trade, Chris Paul simply has a "WoW" status in his Twitter account. Lamar Odom also had a message on hi page,"When a team trades u and it doesn't go down? Now what?"

The NBA commissioner David Stern explained that it's not true that the team owners didn't agree in the proposed three-team trade that's why it didn't push through.

"It's not true that the owners killed the deal, the deal was never discussed at the Board of Governors meeting and the league office declined to make the trade for basketball reasons," said league Spokesman Mike Bass.

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$50 Million Each Fighter In Pacquiao-Mayweather Fight

After celebrating his 80th birthday, Top Rank boss still talked about the awaited fight in the world of boxing between the pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao and the undefeated Floyd Mayweather Jr. 

According to Bob Arum, he haven't made any decision yet on which investors to consider in the biggest fight in the world of boxing.

"We have not resumed the Pacquiao-Mayweather negotiation though I believe Pacquiao-Mayweather fight will happen because, for such a potentially biggest fight on the century, it would be very, very stupid for it not to happen," Bob Arum said.

The Top Rank boss said that if the said fight will push through, it will be a sold fight and will earn the biggest profit in the world of boxing. More than 50 million US dollars will be received by each boxer.

"I believe each fighter can possibly make more than 50 million US dollars from their fight. We will find in the weeks ahead when the negotiation starts," Bob Arum added.

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Pacquiao Will Have a Hard Time Fighting Cotto If There's Rematch

Manny Pacquiao will have a hard time fighting the Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto if there's a rematch according to boxing trainer Emmanuel Steward.

Pacquiao won by a TKO in the fight against Cotto last 2009 after the referee stop the fight in the final round.

Recently, Miguel Cotto showed his vengeance against Margarito in their rematch and won by TKO early in the 10th round.

"Cotto is boxing better and not keeping his head down so much. Now that he's not having to kill himself to make weight, if they fought at the proper weight, about 150 or more, I think he has a good chance," said Steward.

"I think it would be a rough fight... It would be a tough fight for Manny, " Steward added.

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Mayweather Fights Nothing Like Marquez According To Freddie Roach

The undefeated fighter Floyd Mayweather Jr. have a different style compared to Juan Manuel Marquez even though their both counter-punchers.

"Floyd is a counter-puncher, but a much different counter puncher than Marquez. Marquez takes many more chances than Floyd," said Roach. "Floyd is a tough opponent, but I wouldn't compare him to Marquez because he fights nothing like Marquez," Roach added.

Mayweather was known for his great defense ans his skill to neutralize the attacks of the opponent by the use of his footwork and speed. But Roach said that Mayweather has bad habits during fights that Manny Pacquiao can make use of.

"I think we can take advantage of those bad habits. He does have some bad habits that can be exposed," says Roach who believe that Mayweather will have a tough fight with his speed if the opponent is left-handed.

According to Freddie Roach, they are working on a game plan against Floyd Mayweather Jr.

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NBA 2011-12 Season Schedule Is Now Complete

Even though there's still no official agreement between the team owners and the players about the sharing of the profits in the league, the National Basketball Association (NBA) released their over-all schedule for the 2011-2012 Season.

The 66th Season, where 66 games are to be played instead of 82 for every team, will kick off on Christmas Day after the agreement of the two camps to end the NBA lockout.

The regular season will end on April 26 next year, then the playoff will start on April 28. The Finals will have it's schedule on June 26.

The first two teams to play the opening day are the finalist in the last season, the defending champion Dallas Mavericks and Miami Heat.

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" Whoever The Opponent Is", Says Pacquiao

Even though Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the top priority for the nest fight of the pound-for-pound champion next year, the champ Manny Pacquiao said that his ready to fight whoever the opponent is incase the negotiation between his camp and Maywaether's camp fails.

Pacquiao stated that the Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez and Timothy Bradly are the possible opponents for his next fight next year. Pacquiao added that he is not closing his doors for the possibility of fighting again the World Boxing Council (WBC) Light-Middleweight King Miguel Cotto, whom he knockout in the 12th round last 2009.

Cotto's name appeared to be the next opponent of the pound-for-pound champion after he won by a 10th round TKO in his rematch against the Mexican Antonio Margarito.

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Mendoza Planned A 6th Round Knockout For Bautista

According to the Mexican knockout artist Miguel Mendoza, he has no other reason in going to Cebu aside from doing a knockout to Rey "Boom-Boom" Bautista in their fight.

Mendoza will try to do this plan this Saturday in his fight against Bautista which will defend the IBF International Featherweight Title in the main event of "Pinoy Pride 10" boxing promotion in the Hoops Dome in Lapu-lapu City, Cebu.

Mendoza has a perfect knockout record of 17-0, 17KOs.

According to Mendoza's interpreter, "He came to Cebu to fight and when he fight, he always delivers a knockout. He predict to do it within six rounds."

"He came for a knockout but he's ready to finish the fight. He's very interested in exchanging of hit. He hope Boom-Boom will not run. He wants to exchange hits with Boom-Boom," the interpreter added.

Let's just see this Saturday if Mendoza's plan works to Rey "Boom-Boom" Bautista in their main event in the "Pinoy Pride 10".

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Freddie Roach Shows No Interest In Pacquiao - Cotto 2

The American  trainer Freddie Roach shows no interest in the pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao fighting the Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto for the second time.

This is the reaction of the Five-time Trainer of the Year Awardee about the possibility of Pacquiao - Cotto rematch that pops-up after Cotto won the rematch against the Mexican Antonio Margarito by a TKO early in the 10th round just recently.

Roach explained that there's a bigger fight for the pound-for-pound champion Manny Pacquiao. His fight against the American Floyd Mayweather Jr.

For Pacquiao's coach, he only wants Mayweather to be Pacquiao's next opponent. "Well, I want to see Mayweather for Pacquiao," said Roach.

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NBA Games Kick Off On December 25

After a 149-day lockout, with the first seven weeks done in by the labor dispute, National Basketball Association (NBA) Games will kick off on December 25.

The tournament will be shortened to 66 games and will end on April 26, then the play-offs will start two weeks after.

The agreement was forged over the Thanksgiving weekend, with the players guaranteed  51% of all basketball-related income (57% in the last CBA). The agreement is for 10 years but with each side having the right the opt out after six years. By then we just hope lockout will not happen again.

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Puerto Rican Gets His Vengeance By TKO

Miguel Cotto battered a one-eyed Antonio Margarito over nine lopsided rounds before winning a TKO decision at the start of 10th round in their highly anticipated rematch last Saturday at Madison Square Garden.

 

Miguel Cotto, whom Antonio Margarito said hits like a girl, punishes the Mexican in their rematch. Margarito's eyes got closed anew, forcing the referee to stop the fight on the advice of the doctor.

Cotto, who improved his record to 37-2-0, earned a punishing measure payback for his loss to Margarito three years ago. The Puerto Rican fighter was never seriously threatened and easily retained his WBA Super Welterweight Title.

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Roach Wants Pacquiao To Fight Mayweather Then Retire

THe five-time Trainer of the Year Freddie Roach, the ideal career scenario for his best fighter, pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, will be to fight and defeat WBC welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr., then retire.

"I'd like to get Mayweather next, beat him and call it a day," Roach said in an interview with BoxingScene. "That'll be the icing on the cake."

Roach said in a previous interview with ESPN that Pacquiao has not shown any signs of decline and can fight 10 more times. This time, he hopes that Pacquiao will only need to step in the ring two more times: first against Mexican rival Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) and finally, against the undefeated Mayweather. 

"It's the fight I want," Roach said. "I want to see that fight as badly as all of you. He's a challenge and I love challenges."

Negotiations for a Pacquiao-Mayweather bout have twice fallen apart, after disagreements on both sides regarding the issue of Olympic style random blood and urine testing. Recently, however, Mayweather announced through his adviser that he plans to make a return to the ring on May 5, 2012, and wants to put on "the biggest fight ever." Leonard Ellerbe, Mayweather's adviser, hinted that they may be pursuing a mega-fight with Pacquiao, which would be the most lucrative bout in boxing.

Roach adds that he will not make the final decision for Pacquiao. "That's my own thoughts, not Manny's," he said. Pacquiao has repeatedly said that he does not feel the need to fight Mayweather. "If that fight happens, well, it's good because that's what the fans want. If the fight doesn't happen, I'm also happy because I'm already satisfied with what I have done in boxing," he said.

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Cotto Dominates Margarito To Win Rematch

Miguel Cotto retained his WBA junior middleweight title Saturday, easily stopping challenger Antonio Margarito who was unable to continue because of a badly swollen right eye. The 31-year-old Puerto Rican champ Cotto improved to 37-2-0 with a dominating TKO victory at a sold-out Madison Square Garden as he avenged a controversial loss to Margarito three years ago. Cotto savored the victory over his bitter rival by staring down Margarito after the stoppage.

"Just to look at him and taste my victory on him," Cotto said. "He means nothing to me. I'm here with all my crowd and all my people. He means nothing to me."

Margarito took a pounding from Cotto and fought the last few rounds with his right eye shut, the result of a barrage of strategically aimed left hooks from Cotto. With Margarito's surgically-repaired eye getting worse each round, ring doctor Anthony Curreri stepped in to halt the fight in between the ninth and 10th rounds, giving Cotto the TKO win. 

"It came to the point where there was no vision at all from the eye," Curreri said. "I think it would have been dangerous for him to go out there without any visual field. He did go quite a bit with the eye impaired."

It was the same eye that the 33-year-old Mexican fighter needed surgery to fix a fractured orbital bone after a lopsided loss to Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao in November 2010. Pacquiao took it easy on Margarito in their fight when it became apparent that Margarito's eye was badly damaged but Cotto showed him no mercy. 

Crowd favourite Cotto was never seriously threatened Saturday as he earned a significant measure of payback against Margarito, who taunted Cotto throughout the build up to the fight, calling him a sore loser and questioning his manhood.

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LA Galaxy Won The Friendly Match Against PH Azkals

The friendly match between the LA Galaxy and PH Azkals ends with the score of 1-6 in favor of the LA Galaxy. The match is an easy one for the LA Galaxy which is opposite to what David Beckham expected that they expected a difficult game against this new formed team of the Philippines.

Final score: PH Azkals [ 1 ] - LA Galaxy [ 6 ]

Beckham and Donovan has an impressive and great game. They lead the LA Galaxy with their great passing skill which gives their playmate a lot of chance to score. The LA Galaxy scored two points in the first half and added another four points in the second half to lead the game.

The 6 points in LA Galaxy was contributed by Beckham 20, Magee 38, Keane 47, Berhalter 81 and the two Cristman 62, 87. And the only point in the PH Azkals was contributed by Phil Younghusband 41.

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Manny Pacquiao Nominated as USSA "Athlete of the Year"

The Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao is among the 12 nominees for the United States Sports Academy's (USSA) 2011 Male Athlete of the Year.

Philboxing.com reported that Pacquiao was nominated together with known personality in different field of sports namely David Beckham (soccer), Patrick Chan (figure skating), Novak Djokovic (tennis), Kirani James (track and field), Ryan Lochte (swimming), Rory McIlroy (golf), Geoffrey Mutai (marathon), Dirk Nowitzki (basketball), Aaron Rodgers (football), Kohei Uchimura (gymnastics) and Justin Verlander (baseball).

The annual awarding rites, which also recognize a female athlete, are held in cooperation with USA Today and NBC Sports.

Here are the 12 nominees for USSA’s “Female Athlete of the Year” are Miki Ando (figure skating), Seimone Augustus (basketball), Tatyana Chernova (track and field), Kim Clijsters (tennis), English Gardner (college track and field), Carmelita Jeter (track and field), Li Na (tennis), Federica Pellegrini (swimming), Yani Tseng (golf), Lindsey Vonn (skiing), Jordyn Wieber (gymnastics) and Chrissie Wellington (triathlon).

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Top Rank Boss's Plan B

Top Rank boss Bob Arum say's that he has Plan B in case of failure in the negotiation with Mayweather's camp for the realized fight between Pacqiao and Mayweather.

"If Mayweather isn't available or the negotiations fall through, we will go after Juan Manuel Marquez," explained by Top Rank boss.

Just recently, in the third fight between Pacquiao and Marquez wherein the Pinoy champ won with a controversial majority decision. After the said fight, Top Rank boss want's to have a fourth fight between Pacquiao and Marquez to answer a lot of questions in their rivalry.

But Bob Arum cleared that it is Mayweather who is his priority for the next fight of the pound - for - pound champion.

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"Mayweather Is The Priority" Says Top Rank Boss

Top Rank boss Bob Arum cleared that Floyd Mayweather Jr. is his first priority  for the next fight of the pound - for - pound champion Manny Pacquiao, possible in May 5 next year.

"Floyd Mayweather is our first priority. We want Manny to fight Floyd," says Top Rank boss.

Bob Arum explained that he is negotiating with the investors that are interested to shoulder the financial needs to make the biggest fight in the history of boxing happen. The Pacquiao - Mayweather bout has long been considered as the biggest fight in the world of boxing and believed to break a lot of records such as the profit of the ticket, profit in pay - per - view, and the prize of the fight.

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"Sign The Contract" Says Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Floyd Mayweather Jr. says "sign the contract" to pound - for - pound champion Manny Pacquiao for the planned fight between them on May 5 next year. "I've been told May 5 is open," says Mayweather in an interview in CNN.com. "Losing is in Pacquiao's mind because he lost just last week. He lost to Marquez three times. May 5 is the date, sign the contract, I'm waiting," Mayweather added.

Mayweather explained that he can sign the contract anytime. He's just waiting for Pacquiao to sign. "I can't be sitting waiting all day, you want to fight let's make it happen. I'm here, I'm waiting, what's going on? I can sign today. If I sign today you better sign tomorrow," Mayweather said.

The said fight is the most awaited fight in boxing history. The best two pound - for - pound fighter in the ring and with the most impressive records. Mayweather with the perfect record of 42-0, 26 KOs and Pacquiao with the record of 54-3-2, 38 KOs.

According to Top Rank boss Bob Arum, it's the financial issue that needs to be settled for the said fight between this two great boxers to happen.

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