A lot of people felt that Juan Manuel Marquez should have won today’s fight against Manny Pacquiao. He was seen landing punches left and right and being able to anticipate Pacquiao’s move that gave the Pinoy champ a hard time on the ring.
Pacquaio landed 30% of his punches (176 out of 578), Marquez 32% (138 out of 436). Statistically, this tells us two things – that Pacquiao had more punch than Marquez but quality wise, the Mexican dynamite outdid his opponent. The judges lauded Pacman for his aggressive behavior during the fight, but they can’t dispute that Marquez was better at counter-punches too.
Water bottles flew into the ring – one reaching Pacman when he was pronounced winner. Who can blame the audience’s rowdy reaction, like a bunch of abrasives about to set the entire Las Vegas on fire? Even Filipinos believed that this should have been Marquez’s game.
Were you able to get your free pass to the Nike-sponsored tour of Lakers superstar, Kobe Bryant? After one sweltering and sleepless weekend in Boni High Street, my brother did. Thousands of fans who camped in there the day before stayed the following morning waiting in lines under the trees, beside commercial collection agency offices, restaurants, bars and whatnot. July 13 was the date set with Kobe in Araneta Coliseum.
As usual, he didn’t disappoint. It was like a pyrotechnics show – he was exploding!
For a die-hard Kobe fan, it was worth every drop of sweat.
That was an amazing fight Manny Pacquiao put up against Antonio Margarito today in front of the roaring crowd in Dallas Cowboys Stadium, and his numerous fans back home. From where I was (in a resto), I was given a home theater seating and a pizza.
Now, this particular game gave Pacquiao his 8th world title and Margarito cuts under those beautiful but swollen eyes. Margarito became a bouncy bobblehead each time he received those big punches. Not just a dozen but perhaps over a hundred of them in different combinations left and right. I sympathized with him, but I remember the bad joke he and his team made on Coach Freddie Roach’s Parkinson’s disease, and those trash talks. Serves him right. Margarito was lucky his eyes did not pop out of their sockets because Pacquiao showed mercy.
Pacquaio landed 30% of his punches (176 out of 578), Marquez 32% (138 out of 436). Statistically, this tells us two things – that Pacquiao had more punch than Marquez but quality wise, the Mexican dynamite outdid his opponent. The judges lauded Pacman for his aggressive behavior during the fight, but they can’t dispute that Marquez was better at counter-punches too.
