Top Rank chief Bob Arum confirmed that Floyd Mayweather Jr. will only fight world boxing champion and Davao City's adopted son Manny Pacquiao if he gets $100 million.
What?
Floyd Jr. is dreaming.
While our poll says that 82.56% of the voters wanted them to fight and it could not be argued that this is what that fans craved for, the money Floyd Jr. is asking is just too much.
Fans troop to the stadium because they want to see Manny Pacquiao, not Floyd Jr.
Unfortunately, Floyd Jr. does not see it that way.
Floyd Jr. should better settle for a lower prize money and give boxing fans the fight they want to see.
Frankly, the Pacquiao-Sugar Mosley fight on May 7 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada is not what the hard-core Pacman fans really want.
3/12/11
NORTH COTABATO's ASENJO FIGHTS MEXICO's GARCIA FOR WBO TITLE
Kidapawan City, North Cotabato, March 11 - World Boxing Organization (WBO) Oriental Miniflyweight Champion Rommel Asenjo, 21, ranked Number 2 in the world by the WBO, takes a crack at the world championship when he fights Interim Champion Mexican Raul "Rayito" Garcia April 30 in Mexico for the title to be vacated by the current champion Donnie Nietes of the Philippines.
The championship fight, arranged by ALA Boxing Promotions of Cebu City which now promotes Asenjo and two other Braveheart boxers from North Cotabato, was set following the decision of Nietes to move up to the junior flyweight division for a possible match up against reigning WBO champion Giovanni Segura.
Asenjo, a farmer's son from the frontier town of Pigcawayan, North Cotabato, will be the first Braveheart boxer to get a crack at a legitimate world boxing title. In June last year, another Braveheart boxer, Edrin Dapudong of M'lang, stunned Mexican boxing by scoring a first round knockout of Jesus Jimenez to win the World Boxing Council Flyweight Silver title. He lost the title, considered as a junior belt, in his first defense in September of last year.
Called "Little Assassin" by his handlers for his ruthless fighting style where he stalks his opponent inside the ring, Asenjo has a record of 20 wins with 16 knockouts and only two losses, both by decision.
Lively and friendly outside the ring, Asenjo is described by Braveheart chief trainer Noli Pinol as a "sadist" when he wears the gloves because he loves to punish his opponents. He got into trouble several times and slapped with point deductions for hitting his opponent while already down and even after the bell ending the round has sounded.
"I have warned him about this and he has been told never to do that in a world championship fight because he could get disqualified," said former North Cotabato governor Manny Pinol who owns the Braveheart Boxing Club along with his 10 brothers.
Asenjo is one of the eight boxers now managed by the former governor who are all products of a grassroots boxing program started in the province in 1998 which included the hiring of a Cuban boxing coach, Honorato Espinosa, in 2005.
The championship fight on April 30 will be Asenjo's toughest assignment in his young boxing career thus far.
Garcia, nicknamed "Rayito" and one of two boxing brothers from Mexico, is a 28-year-old veteran and former world champion himself who won the title from Filipino Florante Condes. He defended the International Boxing Federation (IBF) title four times before losing it to a South African fighter Nkosinathi Joyi but came back to win the WBO Interim title or the junior championship.
A southpaw like Asenjo, Garcia holds an impressive record of 29 wins with 17 knockouts, one loss and one draw. He also has the advantage of fighting in his own territory.
"Asenjo will have to win this fight by knockout," Pinol said adding that the North Cotabato fighter is capable of scoring a knockout given his tremendous punching power.
The Filipino Oriental champion will prepare for the world championship fight in the Braveheart Boxing Farm at the foot of Mt. Apo in this city. He and his team are expected to fly to Mexico a few days before the fight.(pr)
3/9/11
Porras wins vacant RP bantam title
Glenn "The Rock" Porras of North Cotabato, the country's Number 1 bantamweight contender, bucked a knockdown in the third round of a 12 round championship bout, two cuts in his left and right eyebrows and a sprained left wrist to score a unanimous decision victory over No. 4 contender Richard Pumicpic of Laguna and win the national title in the 118-lb. division in the ALA Boxing Promotion and Cobra Energy drink open air boxing at the Magsaysay Park, recently.
It was a rough and tough fight for the two fighters as the bout was made more difficult by the rain that drenched the canvas causing the two fighters to fall and roll. It also sapped the energy of the two fighters who figured in frequent pushing and grappling.
Porras, 25, took control of the fight early the first two rounds but ran smack into a thunderous right by Pumicpic prompting referee Ramuel Ovalo to give the Braveheart North Cotabato fighter a mandatory eight count. But that was the only round clearly won by Pumicpic who was outpointed by Porras throughout the fight.
The judges’ scorecards were almost identical with Mario de Ramos scoring 116-111, Alberto Dulalas 117-111 and Romy Fordaliza 116-111, all for Porras.
Mayor Joselito Piñol of the town of Mlang, North Cotabato where Porras comes from, awarded the championship belt of the title fight supervised by the Games and Amusements Board (GAB).
Two other fighters from the Braveheart Boxing Club of North Cotabato owned by the Piñol brothers scored impressive victories.
Junior featherweight Ronnie "Baby Faced Destroyer" Apilado displayed tremendous body punching scoring a 4th round knockout with a devastating left to the body of the game Rolando Omela in a scheduled 8.
So impressive was Apilado's body punching that Omela himself said he felt like some of his ribs were broken because of the relentless attack to the midsection.
Another prospect of the Braveheart Boxing Club of North Cotabato, 18-year-old Joemer Lumacad, fighting only his 3rd pro fight forced Ruel Cabrejas, who was making his pro debut, to submission after only 1:34 minutes of the first round with relentless attack to the head and body. It was his second knockout in 3 successful professional fights.
After the bout, Porras complained that he sprained his left wrist and this seriously affected his performance during the Philippine bantamweight championship.
Porras victory capped a successful weekend for the North Cotabato boxers who won 5 of their 6 bouts. Saturday night in General Santos City featherweight Lorenzo Villanueva and miniflyweight Rommel Asenjo won in contrasting fashions. Villanueva shellacked Ruben Santillanosa in the 2nd round while Asenjo outpointed Jongjong Ponteras.[CARLOS BAUTISTA]
It was a rough and tough fight for the two fighters as the bout was made more difficult by the rain that drenched the canvas causing the two fighters to fall and roll. It also sapped the energy of the two fighters who figured in frequent pushing and grappling.
Porras, 25, took control of the fight early the first two rounds but ran smack into a thunderous right by Pumicpic prompting referee Ramuel Ovalo to give the Braveheart North Cotabato fighter a mandatory eight count. But that was the only round clearly won by Pumicpic who was outpointed by Porras throughout the fight.
The judges’ scorecards were almost identical with Mario de Ramos scoring 116-111, Alberto Dulalas 117-111 and Romy Fordaliza 116-111, all for Porras.
Mayor Joselito Piñol of the town of Mlang, North Cotabato where Porras comes from, awarded the championship belt of the title fight supervised by the Games and Amusements Board (GAB).
Two other fighters from the Braveheart Boxing Club of North Cotabato owned by the Piñol brothers scored impressive victories.
Junior featherweight Ronnie "Baby Faced Destroyer" Apilado displayed tremendous body punching scoring a 4th round knockout with a devastating left to the body of the game Rolando Omela in a scheduled 8.
So impressive was Apilado's body punching that Omela himself said he felt like some of his ribs were broken because of the relentless attack to the midsection.
Another prospect of the Braveheart Boxing Club of North Cotabato, 18-year-old Joemer Lumacad, fighting only his 3rd pro fight forced Ruel Cabrejas, who was making his pro debut, to submission after only 1:34 minutes of the first round with relentless attack to the head and body. It was his second knockout in 3 successful professional fights.
After the bout, Porras complained that he sprained his left wrist and this seriously affected his performance during the Philippine bantamweight championship.
Porras victory capped a successful weekend for the North Cotabato boxers who won 5 of their 6 bouts. Saturday night in General Santos City featherweight Lorenzo Villanueva and miniflyweight Rommel Asenjo won in contrasting fashions. Villanueva shellacked Ruben Santillanosa in the 2nd round while Asenjo outpointed Jongjong Ponteras.[CARLOS BAUTISTA]
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