March 16, 2010

March 14, 2010

Pacquiao-Clottey Fight Dissected....

Once again Manny Pacquiao showed his impressive talent and boxing skills against Clottey. For some it was boring, but for me it was as excited as ever and a total domination by Manny against a legitimate Welterweight, bigger, taller, stronger fighter. As the news echoes to all corners of the planet, write-ups, and blogs (like this one) sprung the cyber space like China and India's population combined... Manny has done it again in a very intimidating fashion.

Now, what is really boring?

I beg to disagree, Clottey performed better than Dela Hoya, Hatton and Cotto. What happened was.... it was just too overwhelming for Clottey. They said that Manny maybe a little bit distracted during the training camp due to his political aspiration, movie career and being a rock star (lol). In the fight it was evident that Clottey was the one who wasn't prepared for all of it. Clottey was reduced to a sparring partner or even worst a punching bag for that matter... WHY? simply because Manny was the more prepared fighter in all aspects of his being. Physically he is like a Tasmanian devil, a Siberian husky who seems can box all night long. Psychologically, even more equip with his faith and ever more focus for that fight. A welterweight would throw and average of 50 punches per round, Clottey's average on that fight was 30-35. Pacquiao on the other hand relentlessly exploded 90+ punches per round, and this is the guy who started at 106 lbs. In the 12 rounds Manny threw over 1,200 punches.....whooooo I think that's the most punches his ever thrown in his whole boxing career. Manny has to do that to win the fight because Clottey was not punching, he just stood there being too conservative and yet cautious for he knew Manny can knock him down easily if he didn't.

Some did appreciate Clottey for surviving and for being a good sport. But, I don't----- for god sake, that was a championship fight. Yet Clottey did not even act like he wants the belt or Manny was just too much for him? the later maybe will be the closer answer. From round 1 until the end of the fight Manny was saying..."you are not having my belt, if you want it come and beat me"....that's the attitude of a TRUE champion. Even though he was clearly winning he did not stop, the hunger, the heart was there and that's a champion from inside out. Manny even acted like that he was the challenger and Joshua????, well,,,disappointing....

What did we witnessed?

Plainly the majestic talents on Manny Pacquiao, and we can see that it is not powered by Performance Enhancement Drugs as the delusional Mayweather's claimed. It remains to be seen who can unseat Manny Pacqauiao on his insurmountable throne, if no one can level Pacquiao's game plan, it seems that all,,,, is just another antagonist's fantasy.

Without a doubt, Manny Pacquiao, is the most excited, developed, talented, promising and unbelievable specimen in modern boxing, the best of the best, and it is what it...... We will see the outcome of Mayweather-Mosely fight, maybe one of them can steal the spotlight (which I doubt). But one thing we DO KNOW, it was not and will never be Joshua Clottey.

Pcquiao-Clottey Fight Replay

Here is a bit of the action on that Pacquiao clinic against Clottey, This replay starts from the 5th round.

March 04, 2010

The Event (Pacquiao vs Clottey)

As the countdown drawing near to "The Event" the pride of the Philippines Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao will defend his WBO welterweight belt against a naturally bigger fighter Joshua "The Hitter" Clottey from Ghana on March 13, 2010 at the Dallas Cowboy Stadium. For the information of some, there is no catch weight on this fight, it is set to the limit of 147 pounds, meaning after weight in Clottey may will fight the Filipino at a whopping 157 pounds. That will be a big factor for the Pacquiao team to consider. Not only bigger, Clottey is a hitter, He can punch and can certainly put up a fight.

What is the determining factor for Manny?

Once again I believe it will the tremendous speed and accuracy of Manny, combined with power, that's a winning card altogether. Not to mention the stamina that Manny has, Clottey will not survive 12 rounds if he will fight with Paquiao's pace. Manny will not go for the body, he will punish Clottey in the head and may will knock him out in the middle rounds. I am sure it will a great fight between these two warriors.

Pacquiao has a record of 50-3, 2 draws and 38 KO's, and Clottey has 35-3 and 21 via KO's.


March 03, 2010

What's next for Apple for this decade?

The year it all started was 2007, ever since Apple aimed big and even bigger.

iPhone 4G, More Advance but Cheaper?

Great news for all, the latest rumors is that Apple will release the next generation iPhone sometime in June 2011. If you have been using Apple's product then you might be familiar with their marketing strategy, I am talking about the price drop when a new product-line comes in or the latest model of such hardware. Apple will likely to subsidize the new iPhone to lure new customers and to retain the current ones.

What to watch......

Since the release of the first iPhone mid 2007 it has been a battle of contentment and satisfaction with the device capability and hardware armory. If Apple will indeed release the 4th generation iPhone, we will be looking more on the specifications the will be real head turner. At least 5 mega pixel camera, WiFi N, an A4 chip clocked at 600MHz, or even faster, and AMOLED touchscreen from Samsung, much bigger memory 32gig up, a built in FM radio, a front facing camera and the most important thing that I will be keeping an eye on is the battery time, software will not be enough for this specs Apple has to come up with a better physical battery to address the demand of all iPhone users which is a BETTER BATTERY TIME....

What about the data contract? Well I guess it will change, O2-UK already started some changes. The data traffic from iPhone devices will be considerably considered. I am just hoping that the unlimited data will not cost a fortune and FCC will favor the consumer rather than Apple and the TelCom.