Rey "Boom- Boom" Bautista versus Eden Marquez

August 30, 2008
WBO Intercontinental Superbantanweight Championship
Cebu City, Philippines

The Golden Boy versus Pacman

Ring Magazine’s reigning pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao in an interview with ABS- CBN’s Dyan Castillejo confirmed that the megabuck fight with the Golden Boy Oscar De la Hoya is on with both sides finally agreeing to the division of spoils, ok prize money that once hindered the negotiations between two of boxing world’s biggest draw.

The scheduled December 6th fight will be De la Hoya’s farewell fight and Pacquiao’s biggest fight. The fight is pegged at a catch weight of 147 lbs. This will be Pacman's heaviest weight and De la Hoya's lightest in years.

I have some misgivings about this fight because on paper, Manny Pacquiao is in a disadvantaged position and the consensus underdog here since except for youth, De la Hoya has the edge in everything (experience, weight, height and reach). But I guess money talks in this case and so the fight with the popular and smaller Pacquiao will indeed pursue.

Frankly, I just lost my respect for Oscar as a fighter for taking this fight because for all of Pacquiao’s vaunted power and hand speed, this fight is not the fight that should even be considered to be his farewell fight. If he is man enough and wants to cement his legacy, he should fight Antonio Margarito instead.

I just hope that Manny will emerge from this fight unscathed considering that Oscar De la Hoya can really punch the lights out of him. So, I am keeping my fingers crossed that this will be a competitive fight and not a lopsided one.

Although I will be rooting for Manny to win, my head tells me to put my money on the Golden Boy. But who knows, Pacman will once again rise to the occasion and prove all the skeptics wrong.

Good luck Manny.

Superman Phelps- London Calling

Michael Phelps surpassed Mark Spitz’ long- standing record of 7 gold medals in a single Olympics when he garnered 8 gold medals in swimming at the recently concluded Beijing Olympics wherein he dominated all opposition en route to being named as the greatest Olympic athlete of all time.

He now has a total of 16 Olympic medals with 14 golds and 3 bronzes and currently holds 7 world records. What is scary about him is that he is only 23 years old, thus he can add more precious hardware already in his possession come 2012 in London.

Michael Phelps is truly in a class of his own. Simply put, he is just SUPER!

Little Miss Sunshine

Although I prefer the grace of Beijing Olympics all- around champion Nastia Liukin’s than runner- up Shawn Johnson’s powerful routines in gymnastics, I love the perkiness and happy disposition of the latter in and out of the floor.



And was I glad that she finally won a gold medal on the balance beam on the last day of competition after coming very close in three previous tries in other elements. She had shown great composure against the odds and gave due respect to her co- competitors and maintained a winsome smile all throughout even if the results did not go her way though no fault of her won.



In the end, nobody deserves the gold medal more than this cute little gymnast from West Des Moines, Iowa.

Lightning Bolt

Usain Bolt of Jamaica proved true to his “Lightning” moniker and did not disappoint as he became the fastest man in the world on Saturday August 16, 2008 by winning the 100 meter dash finals of the Beijing Olympics as he obliterated the world’s best sprinters with a new world record of 9.69 seconds.