Wednesday, April 2, 2008
Monday, March 3, 2008
The Unfinished Business: Pacman Vs. Marquez on March 16
While Marquez is drolling to beat Pacman enters in his crucial stage of training in preparation for his March 15 showdown with WBC superfeatherweight champ Juan Manuel Marquez at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. In his column posted at Philboxing.com, Pacquiao stated that he has already entered the hardest phase of his training, and a little more work and he will be in the best form of his life.
"Umabot na po ako sa pinakamahirap na yugto ng aking training at gusto ko lang na ipaalam sa lahat na nalampasan ko na ang mga matitinding pagsubok na nasa harapan ko," said Pacquiao.
"Masaya po ang aking coaching staff na binubuo ni Freddie Roach, Buboy Fernandez at Nonoy Neri at ang conditioning coach ko na si Eric Brown sa ipinakita kong lakas, bilis at stamina. Konti pa, matatamo ko na ang isang perfect condition," the boxing icon added.
"Para sa laban na ito, ang paghahanda ko ay masasabi kong isa sa pinakamatindi sa lahat, kung hindi ito na ang pinakamatindi sa loob ng 13 taon ko na sa sport. Sa pagmamatyag ng aking team, binabantayan namin ang aking timbang at kundisyon para matiyak na nasa 100 percent ako sa araw ng laban," he explained.
"Plano kong tapusin ang 130 hanggang 140 rounds ng sparring hanggang sa pababa na ako ng rounds ng sparring sa huling linggo ng training sa Las Vegas, gaya ng nakaugalian na namin. Mahirap para sa isang boxer ang ma-over train kaya tinatantiya ko ang sarili kong kakayahan at lakas para hindi ako mag-peak na maaga," he said.
"Excited na po ako kahit na mahirap pa rin ang aking tatahaking landas sa susunod na dalawang linggo ng training. Kayo pong lahat ang dahilan kung bakit halos pinapatay ko ang sarili ko sa insayo. Ito po ang palagi kong sinasabi sa lahat ng mga boksingero na gustong sumunod sa aking mga yapak: Na kapag handa ka sa laban, wala kang kinakatakutan. Kapag matibay ang iyong katawan at pag-iisip at may pananalig ka sa Diyos, mas madali ang pagtamo ng tagumpay."
"Minsan ko na naman pong hihingin ang inyong panalangin para sa ikatatagumpay nating lahat. Konting tiis na lang, konting sakripisyo pa. Sana po, mapanood ninyo ang aking laban dahil ibibigay ko po ang lahat ng aking makakaya, ibubuhos ko ang lahat ng aking lakas para lamang pag-isahin kahit na sa isang sandali ang ating bayan na unti-unti na namang nagkakawatak-watak. Sana po, magkaisa tayong lahat sa pagsulong, hindi sa pagsira ng ating ekonomiya."
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
Chuck Liddel vs Wanderlei Silva!
During UFC 61, UFC President Dana White called current PRIDE Middleweight Champion Wanderlei Silva (2001-present) to the octagon. The purpose? To officially announce that Silva will challenge current UFC Light Heavyweight Champion Chuck Liddell in a November 2006 title match, pending a successful title defense by Liddell at UFC 62 against Renato "Babalu" Sobral.
As far as I know, there’s no word from Sobral regarding the insinuation that the UFC big boys fully expect Liddell to still be the light heavyweight champion in November...
Jake O’Brien Won’t Back Down
native had an unbeaten record, a victory over a perennial heavyweight contender, and was a couple of wins away from being in contention for the title.
He was also dealing with ‘stingers’, a nerve injury usually seen on the weekly injury reports in the NFL, and something he had been experiencing since his days wrestling for Purdue. But while he would usually work through the pain, which was then followed by numbness in his arms, eventually it got to be too much.
“The injury was something I always had, it just kept getting progressively worse to the point where every time I’d shoot in for a takedown I’d lose feeling down my right side and my right arm was completely useless,” said O’Brien. “Being stupid I would try to keep going on it – I’d just rest, let the feeling come back, and go again. That’s why it got as severe as it was. I just kept trying to push through it instead of taking time off. Finally it got too bad and I had to have the surgery.”
O’Brien was forced to withdraw from a UFC 72 bout in Ireland against Tom Murphy, and he then went in for a surgery which doctors told him would only improve his injury, not make it worse, but as with any medical procedure, the risk was there that he could possibly never fight again. Needless to say, he didn’t want to hear about that possibility, not at 22, and not with the world at his doorstep.
“In my mind I was gonna fight either way,” he said, but he went through the surgery, which was successful. He still had to wear a neck brace for a month and then rehab the injury though, and it wasn’t easy for him to sit on the sidelines while the UFC heavyweight division moved on without him. By Thomas Gerbasi
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candice michelle
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CANDICE MICHELLE Stars on RAW, the USA NETWORK’s popular wrestling phenomenon. After appearing in the WWE’s Diva Search in 2004, Candice was quickly brought into the WWE fold as a regular performer on RAW. She was traded to WWE SmackDown! after the 2005 Draft Lottery, but was quickly traded back to RAW after Candice claimed that SmackDown! General Manager Theodore Long thought she was too hot for network TV. Fans were able to judge for themselves when Candice graced the cover of the April 2006 PLAYBOY.
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