SECOND STRAIGHT BPC AWARD FOR JAY-WASH

JAY Washington has just joined an elite company, but refuses to rank himself among his new companions. At least not yet.

The do-it-all forward of San Miguel Beer was named the PBA Philippine Cup Best Player of the Conference Sunday, putting him alongside some very notable Most Valuable Players.

Washington emerged as the runaway winner in votes by the PBA, television coveror Solar and the media to amass a total of 1,393 equivalent points.

“It’s a great individual accomplishment but my goal remains to win the championship,” said Washington after being awarded the handsome plaque by PBA commissioner Chito Salud and chairman Rene Pardo.

The award was given before Game 4 of the championship duel between SMB and Talk N Text at the Araneta Coliseum.

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Maidana defeats Corley

WBA light welterweight interim champion Marcos Maidana (29-1, 27 KO's) went life and death with former WBO light welterweight champiom DeMarcus Corley(37-14-1, 22 KO's) on Saturday night, beating him by an unimpressive 12 round unanimous decision at the Estadio Luna Park, in Buenos Aires, Destrito Federal, Argentina. The final judges' scores were 117-111, 115-112 and 116-110. Maidana looked to have won the fight by two or three rounds. It was a closer than I thought it would be, but a lot of credit has to go to Corley.

Briggs says Klitschko will be A 30-Second First Round Knockout Victim

There are three pretty big boxing news items currently circulating on the net. Firstly, Shannon Briggs, who will challenge WBC heavyweight king Vitali Klitschko in Germany on October 16th, said today at a press conference in Kiev, Ukraine, that he will make “Dr. Steel Hammer” his “30-second first-round KO victim.”

Briggs, 38 and having won his last three bouts via 1st-round KO, says a lot of his fights tend to end in quick time, and that this will be the case in October. “The Cannon,” 51-5-1(45) also told the gathered media that it was Klitschko who inspired him to make the comeback he set out on after his poor showing against Sultan Ibragimov.

Mayweather too Quick For Mosley

This was one of the fights that I find it boring. It was a lopsided fight in favor of Mayweather. Mosley has his own share in the 2nd round but it was all that he can account of, as Mayweather started to switch back to a boxer style and establishing full dominance from then on. Speed was the name of the game by Mayweather as he repeatedly tagged Mosley with right straights and left hooks on his way to a unanimous decision with two judges scoring the bout 119-109 and the third judge scored it 118-110 for Mayweather. Mosley looks too tired in the fight and not making some headways in the match. He was contented to become a counter puncher. And, Mayweather initiates the fight. Mayweather deserves to win that fight and might have a possible boxing showdown with Manny Pacquiao this year.

Shicking News: Edwin Valero is Dead

WBC Lightweight Champion Edwin Valero, with 27 wins, no loss, 27 knockouts, committed a suicide in his cell after having killed his wife. The past few months of Valero is such a one hell of his life. After harassing and killing his wife, everybody is in shock with his death.

Valero will remain in the 300 years as the only fighter who as a world champion had a career of 27 knockouts in 27 wins (100% of KO).

Sergio Martinez Upsets Kelly Pavlik

No one expected that this fight turned to be a bad beating for the champion as the challenger rose to the occassion. Bloodied in all over his face, the champion Kelly Pavlik is no match for the Argentinean warrior Sergio Martinez. Early in the fight, Martinez established its fight plan to fight Pavlik as an unorthodox, made some early one-two punch combination and circling the ring that caught Pavlik off-guard. Halfway through the fight Pavlik found his rhythm and connecting solid right hands to Martinez and scored a knockdown in round 7. Pavlik would on his way to retain the title, but Martinez re-establishes the fight with a one-two-three-four combination in the Round 9 cruising to Round 12 and left Pavlik a bloody mess on the face. That proved to be the telling factor in the fight as Sergio Martinez was named the new WBO/WBC Middleweight champion, winning it by unanimous decision, 115-111, 116-111 and 115-112.

He is the first Argentinean lineal middleweight champion since the legendary Carlos Monzon.

Drian Francisco Overwhelms Ricardo Nunez

Fresh from his 10th round TKO over former champion Roberto Vasquez, the WBA's No. 3 rank and the WBA's International Super Flyweight Champion Drian Francisco "Gintong Kamao" Francisco stops WBA's No. 2 rank Ricardo Nuñez in a one-sided match, with a fifth round stoppage. Francisco drops Nuñez twice in the first round with a left hook sending the Panamanian to the canvas. It looks like that Francisco smells victory, but Nuñez was able to get himself up. In round 2 it look like the Filipino looks to end the fight but Nunez keep answering back with body shots at Francisco. At round 4, Francisco saw the opening, hitting Nunez with looping left that saw the Panamanian in deep trouble. Nuñez fought back in the fifth round, but Francisco connects with a series of lefts and hitting Nuñez with a right sending him back to the canvas again. Battered once again, Nuñez fight back only to be hit by Francisco with a series of combinations capped by a left hook. Referee Bruce McTavish did not bother to count Nunez anymore, halting the end of the fight and giving the Filipino fighter the victory.

Drian Francisco will wait for a possible showdown in a bid of a title shot at the winner of the Hugo Cazares and Noubu Nashiro.


Supporting Bouts results:

Niño Magboo retains the WBO Asia-Pacific superbantamweight with a unanimous decision over Rey Las Piñas of General Santos City

Al Sabaupan of the Philippines knockouts Heri Andriyanto of Indonesia in the third round

Lloyd Franciso, younger brother of Drian Franciso, won over Leonardo Doronio in their superbantamweight contest

Manny Pacquiao Vs Floyd Mayweather?

If this fight happens, there's no way that Floyd Mayweather will beat Manny Pacquiao. Mayweather is a thinking,defensive and the bigger fighter between the two, but Pacquiao has the speed and power. I think that this would be a hard fight for Manny but I strongly believe that he will remain on top. Mayweather is a boring fighter with the defensive style and counter punching as his ability. With the stamina and the all out attack by Pacquiao, Mayweather will have a hard time dealing with that.

Fearless forecast: Pacquiao will win by unanimous decision