Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sports. Show all posts

Wednesday, April 27, 2011

Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao Vs."Sugar" Shane Mosley

Coach Freddie Roach, told in statement at Pacquiao will be the first boxer to knock Shane Mosley dead cold. Roach said in an interview before heading to the Wild Card Gym told reporters that Pacquiao was hungry for mitts. 14 rounds of nonstop action, Pacquiao was said to be burning on fire and is happy to have his trainer back to his next side. Roach said that Pacquiao will beat the crap out of him.
When asked regarding on his prediction, Roach said he is looking forward to see Pacquiao become to become the first boxer to finish Mosley in a TKO.
There is no denying that Pacquiao is a sensation of many boxing fans. With the lack of other superstar in his sport, Pacquiao may become the only show super star in town gathering famous attention of celebrities to the famed Wild Card Boxing Gym in hopes of seeing the superstar in person. With the retirement of De La Hoya, and the inactivity of Mayweather, Pacquiao seems to enjoy the spotlight entertaining fans for each and every jammed packed action he throws in the ring. Pacquiao is simply epic and with his May 7th fight drawing near, it looks like history is about to repeat itself one more time.

Monday, April 25, 2011

UFC 129 Georges St. Pierre vs. Jake Shields

UFC president Dana White confirmed the news to several different news outlets, including the Canadian Press.

The 29-year-old St. Pierre, who has captured the Canadian Athlete of the Year award three straight times, is considered by most observers to be one of the best pound-for-pound fighters in the world. A winner of eight consecutive fights, St. Pierre is coming off a one-sided win over Josh Koscheck just weeks ago at UFC 124.

It will mark the second straight title defense in his his home country for St. Pierre (21-2), who topped Koscheck in Montreal.

The Toronto show will be the UFC's first time in the province of Ontario, which just recently voted to sanction mixed martial arts.

UFC 129, which will take place at Rogers Centre on April 30, is expected to draw around 40,000 fans, a number which would shatter MMA's all-time North American attendance record. That mark was just set at UFC 124, with 23,152 fans filling Montreal's Bell Centre to watch St. Pierre retain.

Shields made his UFC debut in October, earning a hard-fought win in a split decision over Martin Kampmann at UFC 121. The 31-year-old jiu-jitsu specialist has one of the longest winning streaks in major MMA, capturing 15 straight wins.

During the time, Shields has beaten notables including Yushin Okami, Carlos Condit, Paul Daley and Dan Henderson in raising his record to 26-4-1. His last loss was in Dec. 2004, dropping a decision to Akira Kikuchi.