The P4P king engages Matt Iseman, host of Sports Soup in a no holds barred verbal tussle during a lull in his training at the Wild Card Gym for Saturday's Firepower fight against Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas.
Tuesday, November 10, 2009
Pacman the Funnyman
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Friday, October 30, 2009
Verbal Sparring: Floyd Mayweather, Jr. versus R.A. The Rugged Man
This is Sirius talk.
R.A. The Rugged Man virtually whopped Floyd's sorry ass in their face-off on Sirius Satellite Radio.
Mayweather who has never lost a fight before this one took a serious beating and finally took one on a disqualification when he ducked the questions thrown at him and went off the air.
Listen to the verbal sparring below--
Monday, October 26, 2009
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Pinoy Power 2
The Pinoy Power 2 boxing showcase at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas did not live up to its billing. At least, 'power'-wise.
Although the massive fireworks expected by the crowd and predicted by experts did not occur, still, the fight card assembled by Top Rank was competitive and entertaining because of some unpredictable events that occurred in the fight.
The Filipinos in the card, namely Nonito Donaire Jr, Bernabe Concepcion and Mark Jason Melligen, had contrasting fortunes when the night was over.
The Filipino Flash Nonito Donaire, Jr won a 12- round unanimous decision despite riding his bicycle up to the finish line in his super flyweight debut against a really tough opponent in Rafael Concepcion of Panama. The Panamanian who earlier failed to make the weight and was fined with 20% of his prize money gave Donaire all that he could handle in the fight.
In the early rounds, many ringside observers felt that Donaire would be too much for Concepcion and it will be a short night as the Filipino connected with several power blows that rocked his opponent. But Concepcion withered the storm and came back with a fury of his own against the Filipino. He rocked Donaire on numerous occasions with his heavy right hand especially in the middle rounds whenever he would engage him.
Sensing that Concepcion’s added weight could handle his power punches and he was getting hit in close-quarter exchanges, the Filipino Flash switched to his dancing shoes as he sniped and countered the game Concepcion from afar for the rest of the fight to earn the decision.
It was not an impressive one for Donaire but he did what he had to do to make his debut in a higher weight class a success. A win is a win but he needs a lot of work in order to emulate Manny Pacquiao’s success in hopping from one division to another.
The much-hyped Bernabe Concepcion who’s being groomed by some quarters as the next Manny Pacquiao was quite a disappointment. Sure, he has the moves and power like the Pacman as shown in his previous fights but tonight he was nothing but a very ordinary and boring fighter.
When he finally showed his vaunted power to his opponent, it was too late. It was too late because when he sneaked a vicious right hand into Luevano’s chin that flattened him to the ground, the bell ending the 7th round had sounded. Hence, the well- deserved disqualification.
WBO Featherweight champion Steven Luevano, a pitty-patty puncher with sound fundamentals gave him a neat boxing lesson and showed us that one doesn’t need to have a lot of power in one’s hands to be a champion.
Despite Freddie Roach’s presence in his corner, he is still a work in progress and needs a lot to learn on how to adjust his game plan in the ring.
Of the three Filipino fighters in the card, it was Mark Jason Melligen’s power that impressed us the most when he delivered a masterful beating en route to a fourth round demolition of Mexican veteran Ernesto Zepeda.
Slowly but surely, Melligen’s stock is rising as he has now won his 10th straight fight and boosted his record to 16-1, 12 of which inside the distance.
Let's re-live Bernabe Concepcion's 'impressive' hard right at the bell-
and Mark Jason Melligen's frantic finish--
video credits: S2p0r0a0y9
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Yes, He KHAN!
Amir Khan’s convincing win over WBA light- welterweight crown-holder Andreas Kotelnik at the MEN Arena in Manchester Saturday night to become one of the youngest world champions in British boxing history proved once again that there is life after a devastating knockout loss with the right formula.
And the right stuff that help Amir Khan’s remarkable comeback to the top (after being knocked out cold by Breides Prescott in less than a minute in the first round 10 months ago) was Freddie Roach.
They wrote him off after that bitter loss as nothing but a pretender with a glass chin; a product of British media hype long hungry for another boxing hero. But he did the right decision when he left England to hook up and train with the venerable trainer in his Wild Card Gym in Hollywood right after his loss to Prescott.
And he showed improvement in his arsenal since then. Still, his win on a technicality over Marco Antonio Barrera was branded a fluke because of the Mexican Hall of Famer’s cuts and many thought that he, fighting for the title just 10 months and three fights off his knockout loss was premature.
But Roach said that his ward will be ready and will win the title come fight night. And Khan did not disappoint and proved the skeptics wrong when he fought a calculated, slick and effective fight on the way to victory against Kotelnik, a fellow Olympic silver medalist from Ukraine.
Obviously he gained a lot of confidence by holding his own with Roach's prized fighter P4P- King Manny Pacquiao in their sparring sessions at the Wild Card Gym. And with that kind of exposure, any boxer worth his salt will come out a lot better fighter than expected.
He showed his improvements in various departments: his footwork was great; his lateral movements were a sight to behold; his defense improved; his hand speed was fast and his jabs were effective. But Khan certainly needs to pack more power in his fists if he wants to be considered an elite fighter and be in the hunt for bigger prize money in the future.
Amir Khan’s chin will always be suspect until he face and overcome a heavy-handed hitter like his fellow Brit Ricky Hatton. But for now, he showed that he was able to handle a big fight and overcome the pressure of being in the ring with a veteran like Kotelnik. Surely, he is not yet in the Pacman’s class at this stage of his career but he is surely taking some small baby steps in the right direction.
After all, he is only 22 and still has a lot to learn to improve his game. And with Freddie Roach beside him, we can only see a bright future in the ring for this young lad from Bolton.
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Byváy Andrei ?
Andrei Arlovski, the Belorussian former UFC Heavyweight champion suffered a humiliating loss in the first round to unheralded Brett Rogers in a Strikeforce card at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis, Missouri last night.
Arlovski, whom celebrated boxing trainer Freddie Roach once proclaimed as the best boxer in the MMA and has hopes of invading the ranks of professional boxing was exposed by Rogers and was never in the match as he took a left-right-left combination to the head and dropped on all fours to the mat that forced referee Big John McCarthy to call for an early stoppage.
Truly, after his brutal knockout loss to Fedor Emelianenko, Arlovski is a different fighter now. And with his glass chin, he should reconsider his ambition of boxing full time with or without Freddie Roach in his corner.
So, is it Byváy (goodbye) Andrei?
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