The Purefoods Giants delivered the final blow and knocked out the Alaska Aces in the championship series of the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup.
The Giants finished the hopes of the Aces to extend the series by winning game number 4 86-76 at the Araneta Coliseum, Wednesday night. Top seed Alaska Aces looking for their 13th championship since they joined the league 1986 but the 3rd seed Purefoods has other things in mind.
A flagrant foul 2 call against Ranidel de Ocampo prompted Tropang Texters coach Chot Reyes to order his team to walk out of their quarterfinals game of the KFC-PBA Philippine Cup against Ginebra Friday night at the Araneta Coliseum.
De Ocampo fouled the driving Tubid of Ginebra in mid-air which the referee called as flagrant foul 2 which meted a penalty of being thrown out of the game.
Referee Bruce McTavish was forced to stop the fight in the remaining 1:45 of the final round thus proclaiming Colombian Carlos Tamara as the new International Boxing Federation (IBF) light-flyweight champion.
Viloria was leading on the scorecards until the 9th round when Tamara start unleashing the punches. Brian Viloria appeared to be wobbly at the beginning of the 12th round and after 14 unanswered punches from Tamara, the referee was forced to stop the fight.
Tickets for the Pacquiao vs. Clottey match at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas will be on sale starting Saturday, January 23, 2010, 10AM Central Time. Ticket prices are $700, $500, $300, $200, $100, and $50, buyers can get their ticket at the Cowboys Stadium box office in Arlington, or by calling Ticketmaster at 800-745-3000. Tickets can also be purchased online at www.ticketmaster.com .
The Cowboys Stadium will be configured for over 40,000 fans for THE EVENT with elevated floor seating similar to NBA games.
Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer announced Monday that they are working on a possible match-up between Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather, Jr. and Sugar Shane Mosley.
‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley is about to fight the Haitian-American boxer, Andre Berto for the WBA-WBC Welterweight belt unification bout which is scheduled on January 30, 2010. But due to the recent earthquake in his hometown, Berto withdrew from the fight.
The world’s pound-for-pound king Manny ‘Pacman’ Pacquiao was tested negative for performance enhancement drugs, this is according to the results of his drug test released by the Nevada Sports Athletic Commission (NSAC).
The results came out 9 days after the collapse of the talks for the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight.
Boxing at the Bay Philippines is presenting the IBF Flyweight Championship bout between the champion Fil-Am Brian ‘The Hawaiian Punch’ Viloria and the challenger Colombian Carlos ‘El Olimpico’ Tamara.
The Fil-American Viloria will defend the IBF Flyweight Championship belt that he won against Ulises “Archie” Solis on April 19, 2009 at the Araneta Coliseum. Viloria knocked-out Solis with a vicious right hand on the 2:56 mark of the 11th round.
This will be Viloria’s second defense of his Flyweight belt, the first was against Jesus “El Azul” Iribe, August 9. 2009 at the Blaisdell Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. Viloria won via unanimous decision (118-110, 117-112 and 117-111) and retained the IBF Flyweight crown.
With the cancellation of the much anticipated bout between Manny Pacquaio and Floyd Mayweather, Jr., the world’s pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao will face Joshua Clottey on top of the ring to defend his recently won WBC Welterweight belt against Miguel Cotto.
The Pacquiao vs. Clottey fight will happen on March 13, 2010 (the original schedule of the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather, Jr. fight) at the New Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
It’s final, one of the most anticipated match-up and what other call as the (would be) fight of the century is off, yes the Pacquiao vs. Mayweather, Jr. is out of the picture. This is despite the efforts of Team Pacquiao and Top Rank to compromise on the conditions of the Mayweather camp.
Just recently, Team Pacquiao accepted a compromise proposal of to bring the blood test closer to the fight date from his original 30 day cutoff period to 24. Mayweather camp. This and despite the mediation of retired federal judge Daniel Weinstein who spent nine hours with both parties on Tuesday, nothing was apparently achieved.
Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) 99: The Comeback was held on June 13, 2009 at the Lanxess Arena, Cologne, Germany. No championship bout was scheduled, here’s the complete result:
