If you didn’t watch the Pacquiao-Diaz fight on Saturday, here’s the decisive ninth round. Pacquiao landed several good punches in this round, before finally knocking out his opponent. One can hear the crowd clearly rooting for “Manny! Manny!”.
UPDATE: The video I describe above is no longer available, so instead, here’s the post-fight press conference:
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It’s belt number 4 for Manny Pacquiao!
The Pacman sealed his place in boxing history with the win over David Diaz on Saturday, June 28, 2008, at the Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas. Even after 8 rounds, Manny still looked fierce. In the ninth round, he claimed the WBC lightweight championship by knockout. It is his fourth championship in four weight classes, already having belts in the flyweight, junior featherweight and super featherweight divisions.
Image details: Manny Pacquiao v David Diaz served by picapp.com
More fight photos after the cut:
This weekend I’m all about “Manila, oh Manila“… and scouring the internet Flickr has brought me a lot of treasured finds. One of those are photos of Malacañang Palace.
Malacañang is the official residence of the President of the Philippines, as well as the executive branch of government. It’s the White House of the Philippines, if you care to compare.
But the palace is not just two wings to a building, rather it’s a complex of several buildings altogether.
I’ve never been inside the Palace so I was intrigued that some lucky Pinoys got to enter and tour it …read more
Just a shout out that the June edition of the Philippine blog carnival is now live at Manilenya. Appropriately hosted I thought… Manilenya. Manila. Get it? And Melai did a great job rounding up the bloggers who joined this month’s project.
Check it out and reminisce about Manila in the old days. There are videos capturing the glory of the old city in the 1930s. Would you believe how Manila and Chicago are so alike architecturally? You’ll have deja vus if you’ve been to either one. Speaking of architecture, Filipina Soul featured one of the iconic landmarks in the city. Back …read more
Have I told you I love Flickr? Well, I do, since I’ve been meeting engaging photo-enthusiasts that side of the Pacific. (By that, I mean Philippines). They have generously shared their photos of their travels across the Philippines such as in the Tubbataha Reef, the Malacanang Palace of the North, Paoay Church, Ilocos Norte sand dunes, Intramuros and many others.
Just last night I emailed one cool guy who let me use his photos, with proper permission, and then pointed me to one great resource for travel! OLD MANILA WALKS! Yes, I did use “walk” and “Manila” in one sentence. …read more
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First, Miss Saigon. An Olivier, a Tony, a heaping of awards. Then, Eponine. Last year, Fantine. Now, Cinderella.
This July 11, a Disney!
Award-winning artist Lea Salonga is having a concert at the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, where the most celebrated classical artists have performed. She will kick off the series “Global Pop at the Music Center” which will feature some of the most celebrated international pop music stars performing today.
Tickets for both Global Pop concerts are now on sale at the Walt Disney …read more
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Translated from Spanish for “within the walls”, the 400-year old city called Intramuros was once the seat of power in the Philippines. Within its walls, Intramuros displayed the best of Spain in the newly conquered archipelago of the Philippines.
Intramuros was designed after a star fort (very flat structure composed of many triangular bastions, specifically designed to cover each other, and a ditch). Surrounded by 8 feet thick stone walls that rise up to 22 feet, the city was built to protect the Spanish government and citizens from raiding Chinese pirates.
But the city was also a picture of how …read more
Manny Pacquiao on April 14, 2007, right after capturing the WBC International Featherweight Championship.
Manny Pacquiao has a fight.
Saturday, June 28, 2008 at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. His target: the WBC Lightweight Championship. His opponent: Mexico’s David Diaz, who is the current champion in the 135-lb division.
In March 2008, Pacquiao defeated Juan Manuel Marquez by the slimmest of margins, for the WBC super featherweight crown. I watched that fight live on TV, and those with me commented that Pacquiao didn’t look too healthy/strong in that weight division. It seems it’s about time that he moved …read more
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Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo’s trip to the U.S. continued today with a meeting with U.S. President George W. Bush.
In their joint press appearance, PGMA addressed our countrymen in Tagalog. Her short speech is translated, as follows:
Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo is in the U.S. Yesterday, June 24, 2008, she met with Filipino-Americans in Fresno, California, attending mass with them, and discussing the tragedies caused by Typhoon Fengshen. A live video conference with officials back in the Philippines occurred before the Fil-Am community. During the conference, the president proposed
1) “to make rice hoarding and profiteering economic sabotage, with disaster as aggravating circumstance”,
and 2) that “the state of calamity should include imposing a maximum of price of rice”.
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