I’m so proud of Manny Pacquiao’s fight against David Diaz today which ended in a knockout in Round number 9. Pacman showed very good skills in cutting the ring and outboxing Diaz. Manny Pacquiao showed excellent conditioning and hand speed which were instrumental in his victory against the now former WBC Lightweight champion, David Diaz. Manny Pacquiao is now the WBC Lightweight champion of the world at the 135-pound division - his fourth world championship title in four divisions.

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The much-anticipated rematch between Oscar Dela Hoya and Floyd Mayweather turned out to be a disappointment to boxing fans worldwide due to the retirement of Floyd Mayweather, Jr. from boxing Friday last week.

The announcement was actually the fourth (if I’m not mistaken) made by Floyd Mayweather, Jr. after announcing his retirement in 2006 just after his fight with Baldomir, and twice in 2007 after fighting Dela Hoya and Hatton for the Middleweight championship titles.

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Undefeated Juan Manuel Lopez of Puerto Rico knocked out Daniel Ponce De Leon on the first round for another impressive victory over the Mexican fighter. The match-up was great because the two fighters are hard hitters but Juan Manuel Lopez simply outclassed and outboxed Ponce De Leon tonight showing the world that he deserves to be number one in his weight class.

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I’ve just seen the Pavlik-Lockett fight on cable and the way I see it, the match was a mismatch. WBO/WBC middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik’s (33-0, 29 KOs) and challenger Gary Lockett (30-1, 21 KOs) squared off for three rounds and the challenger took the knee (knocked down) twice in the first round before he got knocked out in the 3rd round.

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Pacquiao vs. Diaz is going to be one hell of a match, I’m sure. Boxing experts (including this writer) predict that Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao will defeat David Diaz when they face each other on June 29 (Philippine time) for the WBC Lightweight Championship match in Las Vegas. The Pacquaio-Diaz fight is expected to be Pacquiao’s most challenging fight ever because it will be his first time to fight in the 135-lb division. Filipinos are crazy over the Pacquiao-Diaz match-up and all activities in the Philippines is expected to slow down (if not come to a halt) on June 29, 2008 (Sunday @ 9am to be aired on Solar All-Access). The Pacquiao-Diaz fight is predicted to be one of the biggest match-ups in boxing history.

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‘ve just seen the match between Bernard Hopkins and Joe Calzaghe a few minutes ago and I was so impressed with the fight given by Calzaghe to Hopkins. He totally dominated the fight and the decision should have a unanimous decision in my view. Their fight was tagged “Battle of the Planet”.

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Gerry Peñalosa won over a Knockout (KO) against Thai boxer Vorapin in the recently concluded Invasion: Philippines vs. World boxing event. Gerry Peñalosa showed everyone that being age 35 doesn’t mean retiring for good as he demonstrated excellent tactics, good hand speed and very strong punches against his opponent. This is Gerry Peñalosa’ first title defense of the WBO Bantamweight belt.

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