Manny Pacquiao Wins Against Joshua Clottey in 12th Round by Unanimous Decision!

Manny Pacquiao once again won the fight against Joshua Clottey in 12th round by unanimous decision.

The judge in favor of Manny Pacquiao with a score of 119 against Josuha Clottey with the score of 109.

The Philippines is once again very proud of Manny Pacquiao, the unbeatable boxing fighter, by winning this fight against Joshua Clottey.

To Manny, our Philippines Hero, we congratulate you, in behalf of all Pinoys here in Bahrain. Manny we are very proud of you.

Mabuhay ka! Mabuhay ang Pilipinas!

God bless Philippines!

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News Patrol: Pacquiao triumphs over Cotto

Pacquiao the best I've seen, says promoter Arum

Pacquiao the best I've seen, says promoter Arum
By Kieran Mulvaney

LAS VEGAS (Reuters) - Boxing promoter Bob Arum has worked with Muhammad Ali, "Sugar" Ray Leonard and Marvin Hagler but he believes Filipino Manny Pacquiao is the best he has seen.

Pacquiao stopped Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto in the 12th round of their title fight in Las Vegas on Saturday to become WBO welterweight champion and win a seventh world title in an unprecedented seventh weight class.

"I've promoted Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, and Manny Pacquiao is the best fighter I have ever seen," Arum told reporters at the MGM Grand after Pacquiao's win.
Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach endorsed Arum's statement.

"Compared to all those names, he's as good as any of them," Roach said. "He's the greatest fighter of his era, for sure. 100 percent."

The fighter himself, however, was reluctant to make comparisons.

"I don't want to compare my achievement to any fighter," said Pacquiao, 50-3-2 (38 KOs).

"I'm just doing my job, to give a good fight. My goal is to give happiness and enjoyment to the people who are always watching us."

Cotto began the contest strongly behind a stiff left jab, but his opponent found his range in the second round and scored knockdowns in the third and fourth.

In the second half of the bout, the Puerto Rican champion, bloodied and bruised, mostly circled and retreated hoping to survive until the final bell.

But a Pacquiao barrage prompted referee Kenny Bayless to halt the fight after 55 seconds of the 12th round.

"Miguel Cotto has always been a courageous fighter," said Arum.

"He was just in with a guy tonight who showed me ... that he is certainly the best fighter of this era and maybe of all time."

Pacquiao had bruising around his eyes and a bandage around his head after his left ear was drained of blood by doctors following the fight.

Cotto did not appear at the post-fight news conference as he was taken to hospital for precautionary scans.

Cotto said in a statement he was OK.

"I know I'm cut, I know I'm swollen. I just had a fight, that how I'm supposed to look," he said.

"I did my best. I just fought the best fighter I ever fought. I hope the fans enjoyed a great fight."
(Editing by Peter Rutherford)

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Philippines celebrate Pacquiao despite disasters

Philippines celebrate Pacquiao despite disasters

By Oliver Teves

Manny Pacquiao, of the Philippines, holds the championship belt at the finish of his WBO welterweight boxing title fight against Miguel Cotto, of Puerto Rico, Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 in Las Vegas. Pacquiao won the fight by TKO in the 12th round. (AP Photo/Isaac Brekken)

MANILA, Philippines -- Filipinos erupted into deafening cheers in bars, gymnasiums and army camps Sunday as Manny Pacquiao - their boxing hero - relentlessly pounded Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto to win his seventh title in as many weight classes.

Pacquiao took the WBO welterweight crown from Cotto in Las Vegas on Saturday night when the referee stopped the fight in the 12th round.

The victory, which followed Pacquiao's stunning second-round knock out of Ricky Hatton in May, gave a morale boost to the country. The Philippines has been wracked by terrorism, Muslim and communist rebellions and recent back-to-back storms that caused the worst flooding in and around the capital in more than four decades.

"It was like a small respite for my townmates and it created a spirit of bonding and a little rest after the series of storms," said Mayor Joric Gacula of lakeside Taytay township, which was inundated in the September floods.

He said he paid 72,000 pesos (about $1,500) in pay-per-view from his own pocket to show the fight to more than 2,500 residents, mostly flood victims, who packed the town gymnasium.
"The people were very excited. It was like they were not affected by the storm," he said.

The crowd watched the bout as they munched on biscuits - food aid from the World Food Program - and peanuts, which they washed down with bottled water donated by a mall owner.
Gelyn Cruz said her husband, a motorcycle taxi driver, left for work before dawn so they could watch the fight with their 4-year-old son and neighbors.

"I am really very happy because our idol won again," she said. "I hope he could visit our town so he could help us."

From Singapore where she is attending the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo said Pacquiao's victory showed that "Filipino grit and determination triumphed over great odds."

At the Manila bayside international Christmas bazaar, shoppers cheered after a woman made "a very important announcement" over the public address system that Pacquiao had won.

In Zamboanga city, which is at the front line of anti-terror campaign in the volatile southern Mindanao region, people packed roadside canteens chanting "Manny, Manny!" as Pacquiao pummeled Cotto. Many were motorcycle taxi drivers and vendors who emptied the streets during the fight.

Driver Domingo Angeles said he stopped plying his route to just watch the match.

"I wish there would be many more like him who will bring honor to us, and I hope Manny will be able to help the poor people of Mindanao," Angeles said.

In northern Baguio city, which was hit by massive landslides and floods by another storm in early October, one collector had to return 200,000 pesos ($8,400) to bettors because not one placed a bet on Cotto.

Southern Davao city's streets were virtually deserted and Mayor Rodrigo Duterte canceled his regular radio program to watch the fight.

Soldiers also took a rest from chasing rebels to watch in camp gyms. Muslim and communist rebels have said they also watched Pacquiao's previous fights but there was no immediate word from them.

At Manila's suburban armed forces headquarters, Defense Secretary Gilberto Teodoro and his son took the front seats at the army gym to watch the fight with thousands of officers and soldiers and their family members.

"That's what I call a war," Teodoro said after the fight. "The tenacity of Manny Pacquiao is really admirable."

The Rev. Michael Sinnott, the 79-year-old Irish missionary priest who was recently released from a month of jungle captivity in the south by suspected Muslim rebels, said his kidnappers had been eager to set him free because they wanted to also watch the Pacquio-Cotto match.

"'Your freedom is our freedom. We don't want to be here for a long time, too, and we want to watch Pacquiao's fight,'" Sinnott told the CBCPNews, the news service of the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP), quoting his kidnappers.

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Manny Pacquiao Wins Against Miguel Cotto in 12th Round TKO

The whole world stops for a moment watching the best boxing fights between Manny Pacquaio versus Miguel Cotto. And now the whole Filipino people around the world are very proud of Manny Pacquiao for winning the boxing game.

This is the 7th times that Manny won in different titles in the boxing arena. Manny is now the legendary boxer of all time in the history of mankind.

Long live Manny Pacquiao! Long live Philippines!


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Pacquiao stops Cotto to win 7th title
By TIM DAHLBERG (AP)


LAS VEGAS — Manny Pacquiao's speed and power were way too much for Miguel Cotto's heart.
Pacquiao put on yet another dominating performance Saturday night, knocking down Cotto twice and turning his face into a bloody mess before finally stopping him at 55 seconds of the 12th round.

The Filipino star used his blazing speed and power from both hands to win his seventh title in seven weight classes and cement his stature as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world. Cotto took such a beating that his face was a river of red from the fury of Pacquiao's punches but he refused to quit even as his corner tried to throw in the towel after the 11th round.

The fight was billed as a 145-pound classic, and in the early rounds it didn't disappoint. The two went after each other with a vengeance and Cotto more than held his own as they traded punches in the center of the ring.

Pacquiao dropped Cotto with a right hand early in the third round, but he wasn't badly hurt and came back to finish the round strong. But after Pacquiao put Cotto on the canvas with a big left hand as Cotto was advancing forward late in the fourth round, the Puerto Rican was never the same again.

"Our plan was not to hurry but to take our time," Pacquiao said. "It was a hard fight tonight and I needed time to test his power."

Cotto fought gamely but in the later rounds he was just trying to survive as blood flowed down his face and Pacquiao kept coming after him relentlessly. It looked as if his corner was trying to stop the fight after the 11th round, but Cotto went back out to take even more punishment before a final flurry along the ropes prompted referee Kenny Bayless to call the fight to an end.
Cotto's face was swollen, blood was flowing from his nose and his cuts, and he simply couldn't stop Pacquiao from bouncing inside and throwing both hands at will.

"I didn't know from where the punches were coming," Cotto said. "Manny Pacquiao is one of the best boxers I ever fought."

Pacquiao, coming off of spectacular wins over Oscar De La Hoya and Ricky Hatton, added another one against Cotto, who had lost only once and held the WBO version of the welterweight title. Pacquiao did it in trademark fashion, throwing punches in flurries and from all angles until Cotto began to slow down and then pursuing him relentlessly until the fight finally ended.

The fight will likely set up an even bigger fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr., and many in the soldout crowd at the MGM Grand arena began chanting "We want Floyd! We want Floyd" after the fight ended.

"I want to see him fight Mayweather," trainer Freddie Roach said.

Mayweather may have second thoughts after Pacquiao did what no fighter has done before and win a belt in a seventh weight class. More impressive, though, is how he has fought, dismantling opponents despite moving up consistently from 106 pounds to the 144 he weighed for the fight.
The welterweight ranks will be the last ones Pacquiao conquers, though. He said he will not move up any more in weight.

"This is the last weight division for me," Pacquiao said. "It's history for me and more importantly a Filipino did it.

He was so dominant in the later rounds that Cotto was fighting backward most of the way, simply trying to survive. Pacquiao was credited with landing almost twice as many punches — 336-172 — as Cotto.

Pacquiao earned a minimum $13 million, while Cotto got $7 million

Pacquiao was favored, largely off his last two performances in which he forced De La Hoya to quit on his stool and then knocked out Hatton with a huge left hook in the second round. Some in boxing, including Roach, thought Cotto had been slowed by his devastating loss last year to Antonio Margarito and would be further slowed by having to come in 2 pounds lower than his normal weight.

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The Republica Strikes Back: Chronicling the past 10 years of boxing’s best (part 4)

by Dennis dSource Guillermo

"The Republica Strikes Back"

After shocking the boxing world and making his name known especially among the Mexican fight fans, Manny Pacquiao was on cloud nine. He went back home and was greeted like a conquering hero in the Philippines as he was honored by the Phillipine government for his accomplishment. The Mexican fight community also honored Pacquiao by giving him the distinction of being hailed as the nation's "Republica Enemy No.1" for destroying Barrera the way he did in November of 2003.

Pacquiao definitely became a marked man among the Mexican boxing community which boasted the best the lower weight classes had to offer and hailed Barrera as one of their most revered fighters for his exploits inside the ring. The way Pacquiao manhandled the future Hall of Famer left a bitter taste in Mexico's mouth but at the same time, Pacquiao's come-forward and fighting nature also earned their respect. It is after all why they love Barrera so much and is the trademark "Mexican Warrior" fighting style- because he comes in and fights and leaves everything in the ring the way the likes of Julio Caesar Chavez did before him.

Pacquiao became a hot commodity overnight. Everybody wanted a piece of Pacquiao, and Pacquiao promoter Murad Muhammad was more than ambitious and eager enough to take on all comers and cash in on his newfound pot of gold. Muhammad announced that Pacquiao will be coming for Mexico's two other greats in Juan Manuel Marquez and Erik Morales. During that time, the three Mexicans including Barrera, had a chokehold on the division and were considered the cream of the crop. And so they went on their quest to slay Mexico's three-headed monster.

Next in line was Juan Manuel Marquez. At that time, Marquez was the lesser known of the three Mexican legends and was also said to have been the most avoided because of his skill but did not have that star power and Mexican following like Barrera and Morales to lure opponents with a big payday. Muhammad and Pacquiao however were on a mission and Marquez was simply the next challenge in their quest.

The fight was held at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on May 8, 2004. A raucous crowd of more than 7,000 showed up attributing to Pacquiao's rising popularity. People came, hoping for different results but one thing they expected after seeing the little tiger from the Philippines fight was that there would be a lot of action. And from the get-go, Pacquiao did not disappoint.

Pacquiao came out of the gates like a house on fire. HBO commentator Jim Lampley narrated how Pacquiao's aura has been surrounded by much fanfare the way only last seen from figthers like Mike Tyson. Stories of sparring partners coming home with broken ribs, knockouts coming day after day at the Wild Card Gym where Pacquiao trained started spreading like wildfire adding to Pacquiao's mystique. And as if on cue, after Lampley's elaborate description of the mythology that surrounded the Filipino slugger, Pacquiao floored Marquez in the 1:31 mark of the opening round. A second knockdown would follow shortly as Marquez seemed beffudled and did not know what hit him. Pacquiao's killer left was landing at will as if it had a homing device to Marquez's face. Whatever skill Marquez boasted off prior to the fight seemed to have been lost in his dazed and confused state as the only thing he did well in the ring at that moment was to block Pacquiao's punches with his face.

A third knockdown came at the 35 second mark and at this point, people were just wondering how Marquez was still able to get up and survive the onslought Pacquiao was putting on him. The round ended with Marquez still eating Pacquiao's punches and willing his body to stay up while back pedalling until the bell sounded. Marquez showed a tremendous amount of heart and resolve just to survive the round. A lesser man would've definitely quit. Looking back, Pacquiao seemed the smaller man against Marquez on this night. It's amazing in a sense because today Pacquiao has fought a lot of bigger fighters like Oscar De la Hoya and Ricky Hatton and to see not too long ago he was fighting with a much smaller frame is mind boggling.

Marquez would slowly bounce back after the first round as he was starting to get familiar with Pacquiao's assault. Pacquiao was looking more and more predictable and towards the late rounds, Marquez was starting to read him like an open book. Amazingly, Marquez was able to regroup and make the fight competitive as the rounds went on and what seemed to have been a one-sided affair in the beginning, was turning out to be a hellacious back-and-forth blood bath between two gladiators. Pacquiao was still edging Marquez out for most of the rounds but the dramatic comeback Marquez displayed made an impression everyone who witnessed it. How could it not? The fight displayed the best of both spectrums boxing can offer. Pacquiao showed the ferocious and violent side of a beat down while Marquez displayed the technical brilliance of the sweet science.

The fight went the full 12 rounds and ended in a disappointing draw. One of the judges would issue an apology and admission of error in scoring when he inappropriately scored the first round 10-7 instead of 10-6 because of the three knockdowns Pacquiao had on Marquez. The point would've given Pacquiao a split-decision victory. Personally I felt Pacquiao did deserve the win although a draw wasn't such a travesty either. I can't say Marquez won that fight however contrary to some people say. I think the dramatic comeback Marquez put on and the impressive way he was able to stay up and mount a comeback gave him a moral victory and earned the respect of any person who saw the fight. If you try to look closer though round by round, it's hard to find enough rounds for Marquez to clearly win the fight. There were a lot of rounds that can go either way but I felt Pacquiao still had the edge but because of the way Pacquiao dominated in the beginning and how Marquez was performing better may have swung people's favor to Marquez direction. It's unfair to judge something because of a replay though, but then again, I have the luxury to review it so I'm just calling it how I saw it. Hindsight is 50/50 however so ultimately, the draw I think was for the best. Pacquiao and Marquez would just have to do it again if they truly wanted to prove who was the better man.

After the fight Pacquiao and Marquez were quoted in an article by USA Today,

    "I thought I won and I didn't think it was close," Pacquiao said. "I thought I took his fight away from him. If they want a rematch, no problem."

    Said Marquez, "I think he won the first round and maybe one another round. I thought I won the fight. I don't need a rematch but if everybody wants it, let's go."

The fight would be hailed as 2004's Fight of the Year. After the draw, Pacquiao returned to the Philippines and was greeted by more fans and bigger motorcades. The draw and the perception of being "robbed" of a victory endeared Pacquiao more to his countrymen who themselves know how it is to be handed the shorter end of the stick on a daily basis. The sensational performance did not make Pacquiao any more beloved in Mexico however as his notoriety grew and added to his label as the nation's "Republica Enemy No.1".

There was still another Mexican legend waiting in the sidelines however and he was indeed paying attention. Erik Morales would be next, and he would give Pacquiao the biggest challenge and put him to the test. Manny Pacquiao has definitely come far from where he started. Check back tomorrow for part five of this article as I chronicle the next few years of Manny Pacquiao's career, as he struggles through adversity and meeting the man who would make him taste defeat in "El Tirreible" on top of personal and managerial conflicts that almost destroyed his career.

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Manny Pacquiao: Chronicling the past 10 years of boxing’s best (part 3)

by Dennis Guillermo

"Defining Moment"

After Manny Pacquiao’s four impressive knockout victories since the draw against Agapito Sanchez in San Francisco, Pacquiao was not only starting to make boxing fans look, he was also starting to catch the attention of big names in the sport. One of those big names was Marco Antonio Barrera. Barrera noticed Pacquiao and said to have seen something in the explosive Filipino that reminded him of himself.

The only difference was that Pacquiao isn’t Mexican. Barrera at that time had just signed with Golden Boy Promotions had requested Richard Shaeffer to arrange a fight against Pacquiao as the Mexican legend did not enjoy watching Pacquiao demolish his Mexican countryman Emmanuel Lucero.

At the time, Pacquiao was being promoted by Murad Muhammad. Muhammad had lofty goals for Pacquiao as he had envisioned for “The Destroyer” to run through the best Mexico and the weight class had to offer and become a household name. Although in hindsight the plan might have been too hasty and ambitious, it proved indeed beneficial for Pacquiao’s career since not only did it give him recognition, it also gave him valuable experience that pushed him to become the fighter he is today. And so the Barrera fight was set for November 15, 2003 in San Antonio, Texas.

Pacquiao entered the ring donning a San Antonio Spurs home Tim Duncan jersey as Pacquiao is a big basketball fanatic. The predominantly Mexican crowd in any case wasn’t having any of it as the numbers dramatically favored Barrera. Pacquiao started the first round focused and determined as he should for the biggest fight of his career yet.

It’s hard to stress enough how significant this fight was for Pacquiao’s career. His determination however would be quickly put to test as he fell victim to another bad case of officiating when he slipped in the beginning of the first round but was ruled a knock down. Pacquiao knew coming in that he was going against the odds and his camp did not expect him to win a decision in Barrera’s backyard. The knockdown ruling only amplified what Pacquiao already knew he was up against as he knew he needed to get a knockout victory in order for him to come out of San Antonio with a win. And that he did.

As if sensing his opportunity quickly slipping away from him before he can even taste it, Pacquiao put forth an inspired effort since the slip. He went for the jugular and laid everything on the line and made no secret of his intentions. He was going to knock Barrera out. Pacquiao constantly attacked Barrera with his right jab and left straight combinations. Pacquiao landed 31 out of 63 power shots in round 2 as his reach, speed and constant motion seemed to have been bothersome for Barrera. Pacquiao’s punches, as skinny as he was then, had that devastating pop usually reserved only for fighters in the heavyweight division. He was throwing haymakers, crosses and straights at Barrera like he was Roger Clemens throwing fast balls in his prime- without the juice of course.

In round 3 Pacquiao carried his momentum from the previous rounds and was able to even the playing field when he floored Barrera with a spine busting hard left straight on the button. Barrera had that befuddled look as he sat on the canvas that seemed to say “what the hell did I get myself into?” As Jim Lampley commented, it was the most desperate he had ever seen Barrera look but the way the fight played out, Pacquiao kept fighting like the desperate man in total disregard of the scorecards.

He just kept going after Barrera as if Barrera was the person who ate his dog as a child. (All kidding aside, one of the incidents that allegedly got Pacquiao into boxing was when he ran away from home back when he was young kid because his father ate his dog) Pacquiao grew up in poverty with challenges and struggles not a lot of people have had to go through. Floyd Mayweather Jr. asked what Pacquiao was doing during the times he was dominating the sport in his teens, well my answer to that would probably be that he was in Manila just trying to find ways to put food in his belly while trying to sustain a career in boxing. The fact that Pacquiao did not have the tools and head start most boxers here in America get just makes his accomplishments all the more impressive.

Pacquiao relentlessly continued his assault on Barrera. He was marking Barrera similar to the way he was reconfiguring oscar De la Hoya’s face last December. Round after round, Pacquiao was looking more and more like the sport’s next superstar. He was throwing combinations straight from a Bruce Lee movie and smiling in the process like he was dealing with a sparring partner. And round after round, Barrera was looking older by the minute. Although Barrera would see better days after this fight like his victory over Morales in the third installment of their trilogy and climbing up as the linear champ of the 130 division, as well as being one of the pound for pound best of the sport, against Pacquiao that night in 2003 however, he looked like a man who needed to hang it up.

Barrera kept fighting though, exposing some chinks in Pacquiao’s armor in the process like leaving himself open whenever he goes for the kill as Barrera tagged him with several good counters. Barrera tried every trick in the book and resorted to some rough tactics when he tried to head butt Pacquiao, but the man from the Philippines was simply too strong, too fast and too good for him that night. He went to war with his AK-47 against a soldier who carried Optimus Prime’s artillery on his back. Barrera was simply outgunned.

The end came in round 11 as Pacquiao kept fighting like he wanted to go 30 more rounds, bombarding Barrera with punches from all angles that seemed to hit every single time. Pacquiao threw jabs, devastating left crosses, straights, upper cuts and the kitchen sink at Barrera. Barrera’s corner in return had to throw in the towel. The night belonged to Pacquiao. From that night on, Pacquiao’s star was born.

Manny Pacquiao has definitely come far from where he started. Check back tomorrow for part four of this article as I chronicle the next few years of Manny Pacquiao's career, as he struggles through adversity fighting the other 2 Mexican legends on top of personal and managerial conflicts that almost destroyed his career.



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