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A community portal about Boxing with blogs, videos, and photos. According to Wikipedia.org: Boxing, also called pugilism, prizefighting or the sweet science, is a sport and martial art in which two participants of similar weight fight each other with their fists in a series of one to three-minute intervals called "rounds". In both Olympic and professional divisions, the combatants avoid their opponent's punches while trying to land punches of their own. Points are awarded for clean, solid blows to the legal area on the front of the opponent's body above the waistline, with hits to the head and torso being especially valuable. The fighter with the most points after the scheduled number of rounds is declared the winner. Victory may also be achieved if the opponent is knocked down and unable to get up before the referee counts to ten or if the opponent is deemed too injured to continue. For record-keeping purposes, a TKO is usually counted as a knockout when calculating the total knockouts.

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Pacman beats Golden Boy

Written by ginoray on

From: profoundmatters.wordpress.com

Credits to http://www.philstar.com/

Las Vegas, Nevada —

Manny ‘Pacman” Pacquiao made Filipinos proud once more by defeating Oscar ‘Golden Boy’ De la Hoya in their fight yesterday dubbed the Dream Match. The MGM Grand Arena was filled with 15, 000 eager boxing fans including celebrities and sports icons such as Thomas Hearns, Mike Tyson, Ricky Hatton, Shane Mosley, Antonio Margarito, Bernard Hopkins, Charles Barkley, Magic Johnson, Eva Longoria, Jennifer Lopez, Mark Walhberg and Russell Crowe to see the non-title but much-awaited fight of the year.

Though perceived by many as the underdog due to the tremendous advantage of De la Hoya in height, reach, and also experience, Pacquiao made De la Hoya look sluggish by beating him to the punch and connecting with regular jabs, left straight punches, and combinations to the head and the body. It was an amazing showcase of Pacquiao’s skills with speed being his greatest tool. He made De la Hoya realize that “you can’t hurt what you can’t hit“. After two rounds, the outcome was clear, Pacquiao is the better fighter and the only question left is until which round will De la Hoya last. By the end of round 8, De la Hoya had given up and conceded the victory to Pacquiao.

To Manny, one of the greatest Filipino boxers of all-time, thank you for the honor you continue to bring our country. Congratulations Pacman, mabuhay ka, mabuhay ang Pilipino!

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