3 Pinoy Boxers Win Today

A dose of of good news after months of bad press for us. Manny Pacquiao, Fil-American Brian Viloria and 19-year old Rey Bautista won their respective fights.

Both Viloria and Pacquiao knocked their opponents out. Scary pala to si Viloria, his Mexican opponent in a previous match landed in the hospital for months and could not fight professionally anymore. His knockout of Ortiz was also painful, the Mexican was flat on his back, bloodied and bruised.


In the Pacquiao-Velazquez fight, it looked like Pacquiao had his work cut out for him. Velazquez boxed as if he was aiming for a knockout talaga. Pero one thing nice about the Pac-Man is that he studies his opponents' styles and movements inside the ring. He did some nice lateral movements, galing ng footwork kaya medyo nahilo sa kakasunod siguro si Velazquez who was a bit of a traditional boxer. Manny also showcased his new right hook, which, was quite surprisingly malakas knowing he's a leftie.

Bautista also knocked put his opponent during the 3rd round. Tuwang tuwa si Freddie Roach syempre as all boxers work out at the Wildcard Gym :)

Meanwhile, Raheem managed to defeat Morales by unanimous decision. But that does not mean the Pacquiao-Morales rematch scheduled for January 2006 will be scrapped. Gold mine yata yan for the sponsors hehe...

Tidbits:

• The WWE's Undertaker was part of Manny's entourage, carrying the US flag while Christian was at Manny's back during the weigh-in. Both are reportedly big fans of the Pac-Man.
  
• The song being played during Manny's entrance was composed by apl.de.ap of the Black Eyed Peas.
• Freddie Roached underwent at least 4 costume changes during the televised matches :)