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Mayweather blames Pacquiao

2010-02-01T19:13:00.000-08:00

Undefeated fighter Floyd Mayweather, Jr. has found a new opponent in fellow American Shane Mosley, but he still has a mouthful to say about Manny Pacquiao, whom he was supposed to fight in March until negotiations crumbled.

“The question that people want to know is why didn’t Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather fight? It wasn’t my fault! I’m not duckin’ and dodgin’ nobody. 40 have came and 40 have came up short,” Mayweather said in a RadioPlanet.tv interview as quoted by Andre Zurbrug of FightHype.com.

Pacquiao and Mayweather were slated to fight on March 13 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena. Their blockbuster bout, however, did not push through as they disagreed on the drug testing procedure.

The Filipino boxing sensation will instead face Ghanaian Joshua Clottey on March 13 at the Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas while Mayweather will fight Mosley on May 1 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

The Mayweather vs Mosley deal is reportedly final, as Mosley already signed the contract, according to ESPN.com. Mayweather’s signature was to come “in the next few days.”

It is uncertain if Mosley, the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight super champion, will defend his title.

Mosley was supposed to take on Haitian Andre Berto in January but Berto pulled out because some of his family members died in the devastating magnitude-7.0 earthquake last January 12.

Drug testing issue

Mayweather and Mosley have reportedly agreed to undergo Olympic-style drug testing.

“Shane is fine with Olympic-style drug testing,” Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer told Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review-Journal. “He welcomes more stringent testing. He has nothing to hide.”

The drug testing spelled the end of the Pacquiao vs Mayweather blockbuster bout.

“So all I was saying is I’m just trying to clean up sports period. I’m saying that he’s not the only one that has to take a random drug test, I do too. That’s the only thing I was saying. I never met nobody in sports history that didn’t want to take a 25 million dollar drug test,” continued Mayweather.

“The thing is, what people don’t know about the sport of boxing, in a fighter’s career, a fighter starts off good and he be good all the way to end of his career or a fighter starts off good and goes downhill towards the end of his career. A fighter doesn’t start off like Manny Pacquiao, just ordinary, and then once he gets over the age of 25, he becomes an extraordinary fighter.”

Pacquiao sued Mayweather and some of his team members for their allegations that he was taking performance-enhancing drugs.

10 years in the making of their fight..

Both American boxers are said to be raring to get in the ring on May 1.

“It's a fight people have wanted to see for a long time, but never happened for whatever reasons,” Mosley’s lawyer Judd Burstein told the Los Angeles Times as quoted by ESPN.com.

“Now that it's going to happen, Shane is looking forward to doing what he and many of his fans have long thought he would do,” he added.

Tribu PAGHIDAET 2010

2010-01-26T01:20:00.000-08:00

2010 Dinayang Winners

2010-01-25T18:50:00.000-08:00

Winners of Dinagyang Ati Competition

Special Awards :

* Best in Discipline : Tribu Pan-ay (Fort San Pedro National High School)
* Best in Head dress : Tribu Paghidaet (Lapaz National High School)
* Best Costume Designer/Design: Tribu Paghidaet (Lapaz National High School)

Minor Awards :

* Best in Streetdancing : Tribu Pan-ay (Fort San Pedro National High School)
* Best in Music : Tribu Paghidaet (Lapaz National High School)
* Best in Musical Director : Raymond Perolino / Tribu Paghidaet
* Best in Costume : Tribu Paghidaet (Lapaz National High School)
* Best in Choreography : Tribu Paghidaet (Lapaz National High School)
* Best in Performance : Tribu Paghidaet (Lapaz National High School)

Major Awards :

* 4th Runner up : Tribu Silak (formerly Tribu Lunok of Iloilo City National High School)
* 3rd Runner up : Tribu Salognon (formerly Tribu Ang Taga-Jaro of Jaro National High School)
* 2nd Runner up : Tribu Pan-ay (formerly Tribu ni San Pedro of Fort San Pedro National High School)
* 1st Runner up : Tribu Bola-bola (Iloilo National High School)
* Champion : Tribu Paghidaet (Lapaz National High School)

Winners of Kasadyahan Competition

Special Awards:

* Best in Streetdancing (P10,000) : Tribu Patubas (Barotac Viejo)
* Best in Costume (P10,000) : Tribo Kasag (Banate)
* Best in Music (P10,000) : Tribo Kasag (Banate)
* Best in Choreography (P10,000) : Tribu Kasag (Banate)
* Best in Performance (P10,000) : Tribu Kasag (Banate)
* Best Choreographer (P10,000): Tribu Kasag (Banate)

Major Awards :

* Consolation Prize : Tribu Tinu-om (Cabatuan)
* 4th Runner up (P20,000) : Tribu Mandurriaonon
* 3rd Runner up (P30,000) : Tribu Pantat (Zarraga)
* 2nd Runner up (P40,000) : Tribu Patubas (Barotac Viejo)
* 1st Runner up (P50,000) : Tribu Tubung-tubong (Tubungan)
* GRAND CHAMPION (P100,000) : Tribo Kasag (Banate)

Winners of Search for Iloilo Miss Dinagyang 2010 Competition

* Angelie Joy Golingay – 1st place
* Mary Rayon Velez – first runner-up
* Ariane Gabriela – second runner-up
* Mary June Suria - third runner-up
* Jocelyn Caceres – fourth runner-up

MUSIC COMPETITION

Drum & Bugle Competition

* Elementary Level:
o 2nd runner up : Alibango Elementary School
o 1st runner up : Dingle Central School
o Champion : Guimbal Central School

* Secondary Level:
o 2nd runner up : New Lucena National Comprehensive High School Cabilawan
o 1st runner up : Guimbal National High School
o Champion : Iloilo City National High School

* Marching Band Competition
o 1st runner up : Sun Yat Sen Band
o Champion : Alimodian National Comprehensive High School Band

Kung tayo'y Magkakalayo Official Soundtrack

2010-01-22T22:51:00.000-08:00

If you haven’t heard yet about the Latest ABS-CBN’s teleserye "Kung Tayo'y Magkakalayo". You should see the video trailer from YouTube that I got just today. Kris Aquino, Gabby Concepcion, Albert Martinez, Gerald Anderson, Kim Chiu and Coco Martin topbills this new teleserye on primetime bida so do watch out for it.

You can watch Tayong Dalawa teleserye video trailer above to have an initial glimpse of the cast of characters of this new, upcoming and explosive teleserye. I just hope it opens up on time before Christmas. My mom is all excited upon hearing it from me last week.

"WELCOME BACK SHOWTIME"

2010-01-22T00:34:00.000-08:00

SHOWTIME

After 20 days of being band in the Philippine television air time. the best variety show in the country has come back. Hit talent-variety program “Showtime” had a mighty comeback Tuesday (Jan 19), a day after ABS-CBN announced that a temporary restraining order was issued by the Court of Appeals allowing the program to get back on air. The Movie Television Review and Classification Board put the program under preventive suspension last week due to remarks made by former guest judge Rosanna Roces. “Showtime” hosts, staff, crew, and studio audience were full of energy as they welcomed back the phenomenal morning show, which has provided a stage for ordinary Filipinos to shine and change their lives since it was launched last October 24.

SHOWTIME BEST VIDEO IS HERE

Haiti 2010 Earthquake!!!

2010-01-19T17:55:00.000-08:00

The 2010 Haiti earthquake was a catastrophic magnitude 7.0 Mw earthquake. Its epicentre was near Léogâne, approximately 25 km (16 miles) west of Port-au-Prince, the capital of Haiti. The earthquake occurred at 16:53:10 local time (21:53:10 UTC) on Tuesday, 12 January 2010,at a depth of 13 km (8.1 miles). The United States Geological Survey recorded a series of at least 33 aftershocks, fourteen of them between magnitudes 5.0 and 5.9.The International Red Cross estimated that about three million people were affected by the quake,and the Haitian Interior Minister, Paul Antoine Bien-Aimé, anticipated on 15 January that between 100,000 and 200,000 would have died as a result of the disaster,exceeding earlier Red Cross estimates of 45,000–50,000.[8] Haitian Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive announced on 18 January that over 70,000 bodies had been buried in mass graves.

The earthquake caused major damage to Port-au-Prince and the surrounding area. Most major landmarks were significantly damaged or destroyed, including the Presidential Palace (President René Préval survived), the National Assembly building, the Port-au-Prince Cathedral, and the main jail. Compounding the tragedy, most hospitals in the area were destroyed.The United Nations (UN) reported that the headquarters of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH), located in the capital, had collapsed and that the Mission's Chief, Hédi Annabi, his deputy, Luiz Carlos da Costa, and the acting police commissioner were confirmed dead.

Haiti 2010 earthquake is one of the most devastating earthquake in the history in numbers of damage, missing people and death.

Pacquiao vs Clotty

2010-01-17T22:52:00.000-08:00

Pacquiao vs Clotty
March 13, 2010

Jerry Jones and Bob Arum, owner of the Dallas Cowboys and chairman of Top Rank, respectively, announced today that Cowboys Stadium would be the site of the MANNY PACQUIAO vs. JOSHUA CLOTTEY World Welterweight Championship fight taking place on Saturday, March 13, 2010 and broadcast Live on Pay-Per-View. Formal news conferences at Cowboys Stadium and in New York next week will provide details on tickets and the pay-per-view broadcast. Pacquiao vs. Clottey will be promoted by Top Rank, in association with the Dallas Cowboys and MP Promotions. Pacquiao and Clottey boast a combine record of 85-6-2 (59 KOs) -- a winning percentage of 91% and a victory by knockout ratio of nearly 70%.

“I have wanted to bring a major boxing event to North Texas for many years, so why not bring in the biggest and the best?” asked Jones. “Manny Pacquiao is boxing’s No. 1 pound for pound attraction and the world champion. Manny defending his title against Joshua Clottey is not just a great fight, it’s a great event, and one we can showcase to the fullest in Cowboys Stadium. We’re going to promote this like it was the Super Bowl..” Cowboys Stadium will be configured for 40,000 fans for the event.

Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KOs), of General Santos City, Philippines, will be defending the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title he earned in his last fight, produced by a 12th round knockout of three-time world champion Miguel Cotto. Pacquiao’s victory made him the first man to win seven titles in as many different weight divisions, with his last three world championships coming by way of knockout. The consensus Fighter of the Year for the third time in the past four years, Pacquiao’s resume features victories over future Hall of Famers, including Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Marco Antonio Barrera, Erik Morales, Juan Manuel Lopez and Cotto. His knockout victories over Cotto and Hatton made him the 2009 pay-per-view king, exceeding two million buys combined.

Clottey (35-3, 21 KOs), a native of Accra, Ghana, now fighting out of Bronx, NY, captured the International Boxing Federation (IBF) welterweight title in 2008 by trouncing three-time world champion Zab Judah. His career has been a highlight reel of thrills featuring victories over two-division world champion Diego Corrales and undfeated contender Richard Gutierrez and a close decision losse to world champion Antonio Margarito. In his last fight Clottey lost a controversial split decision to defending WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto at Madison Square Garden. Clottey is currently world-rated No. 1 by the WBO and No. 4 by the World Boxing Association (WBA).