I tried to focus on the Pastor’s sermon as I sat at the back pew. “Encourage one another” he says. My mind rushes to and fro the Pacquiao – Marquez 3 fight but I knew that the main card will happen past 12 noon here in Philippines, an hour after the Sunday service. So I shutoff my twitter-connected celphone and listened intently to the preaching.

Right after service, I opened my laptop. Since the free livestream site that I used to frequent is down, I had no choice but to watch the match through Twitter’s eyes.
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Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire defeated Argentina’s Omar “El Hurican” Narvaez in an unanimous decision to retain his WBO and WBC bantamweight title belts at the Theater in the Madison Square Garden.

Donaire wasn’t able to show his flash and excellent power and skills as the 5’3″ Narvaez was unwilling to engage throughout the fight. Remember the Pacquiao vs Clottey match? Seems like the Argentinian champ came up only for the money.

All the judges scored the bout for Donaire, 120-108. Now it’s time for Donaire to move up and find a worthier opponent.

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Pacquiao vs Marquez 3 this coming November 12, 2011 at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Most preview and results predictions favors the Pacman over the Mexican warrior. They just could not agree on what round. Will Marquez last the distance now that they are fighting at 144 lbs, a weight that favors Pacquiao?

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Floyd Mayweather Jr. knocked out Victor Ortiz in the fourth round of their WBC Super Welterweight championship match in the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas Saturday night. But it wasn’t the conventional knock-out. It was obviously a controversial 1-2 punch that was, in the words of many observer, unfair and unsportsmanlike.

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We’ve read lots of write-ups calling for the old warrior to retire. That was not the battle-scarred prizefighter Sugar Shane Mosley we know of fighting Manny Pacquiao the other weekend. It was more like a chicken dancing inside the boxing ring, unwilling to engage, unwilling to give a fight. Fans’ resounding boos could not even move him. What has happened to this once great fighter who fought heroic battles against the likes of Oscar De La Hoya, Winky Wright, Vernon Forrest, Miguel Cotto, Antonio Margarito, and lately, Floyd Mayweather Jr?

Pacquiao, noticing the opponent’s lack of will to fight, had this to say at the post fight press conference:

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The Morales vs Maidana boxing fight results is out. Erik Morales fought his best but it was not enough as the judges scored a majority decision victory for Marcos Maidana. One judge drew it at 114-114, while two other judges scored it at 116-112.

The picture above showed Morales’ swollen right eye. Maidana (30-2 27KOs) inflicted the damage in the first round.

Some observers thought that El Terible Morales (51-7 35KOs) could have won the fight as he gallantly stood before the raging Argentine, and had connected punches midway and towards the end of the fight. The later rounds showed that Maidana lost steam, but he had conserved enough strength to survive the last round and put the decision on the judges table.

Despite the loss, Morales is still one hell of a fighter, as he displayed tremendous boxing skills despite the odds and being the underdog going into this fight.

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