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BBM’s are reprogrammed and ready to go! To all the regular readers out there that noticed I was gone, JM's BBM's are back after about a monthlong layoff. To make a long story short, I've been dividing my time between work during the week and Las Vegas on the weekends for the World Series of Poker, which I'll document at a later post. Needless to say, time has been in short supply, but as the Series closes I'm finding the time to knock out these weekly posts once again. Let's dive right in to see what's going on in the world of Pil-Ams in sports.
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Congressman Pacman: photo from PhilBoxing.com
This week's theme in sports is celebrating the champion. In the Philippines, international sports icon Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao ran for a seat in the Philippine congress. Rising star UFC fighter Mark "The Filipino Wrecking Machine" Munoz will be honored as one of the newest members of the California State Wrestling Hall of Fame. The Conference finals for the NBA have been set for both the East and West and within a couple weeks we will have 2 teams square off to win the coveted Larry O Brien trophy. Let's get a little more in depth into each of these main stories as we are almost halfway through the year 2010.
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The first week of March is upon us and March Madness isn't only taking place on the college basketball courts. The Pilipino boxing Pound for Pound King is set to fight in less than 10 days in the glitz and glamour that only Jerry Jones' new stadium can bring to you. Here are some of the more noteworthy items that have developed involving the two main combatants, Manny Pacquiao and Joshua Clottey, in the headline bout cleverly titled "The Event", set to take place March 13 in Dallas at Cowboys Stadium
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A lot of mainstream media exposure as of late for Pilipino-American athletes. Here are a few of the more notable pieces published for the viewing public
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Photos by Biboy Montuano
World Boxing Champ Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao led the exciting grand opening fiesta of Island Pacific Seafood Market at Canoga Park last Friday, February 12, 2010. Over 1,500 eager guests and customers awaited the legendary hero’s mini concert with songwriter Lito Camo and his MP Band. The first lucky 150 customers received an autographed photo of Pacman, while the others received gift certificates and t-shirts as giveaways of the event.
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Fans worldwide have been begging for a mega fight between the top two Pound-for-pound boxers - Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Floyd “Money” Mayweather, for a while now; and a person with knowledge of the discussions has said that in the end, there was enough up-front money for both camps to agree to an equal split of the purse.
Pacman & Money will get $25 million each from the initial $50 million pot that has been pooled together to get both fighters to agree to what has been billed as potentially the richest fight in boxing history.
This is going to be an exciting fight,” Pacquiao said on Philippine national TV Friday, December 4th. “I want to fight Floyd Mayweather very badly. It’s the fight that everyone wants to see.”
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Photo Credit: Richard Gali
Las Vegas, NV - Ramiele Malubay had the opportunity to perform the US National Anthem on November 14, 2009 prior to the Manny Pacquiao vs. Miguel Cotto fight at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Ramiele 's performance received positive reviews from the millions of viewers worldwide who tuned into the fight, as well as from Ramiele's fans from TV reality show, American Idol, in which she was a part of. Reviews are still coming in through several media outlets as through social networking websites such as Twitter and Facebook.
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Speed against Power & Strength
Flash against Grit
The Philippines against Puerto Rico
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By Claire Ramos
Manny Pacquiao. “Pacman”. Pound-for-pound best Boxer. Singer. Humanitarian.
And now…Actor!
If you weren’t previously aware, and didn’t catch Manny’s recent appearance on Jimmy Kimmel Live , this may be news to you. Pacquiao stars in “Wapakman”, a movie to be released Christmas Day (Dec. 25) 2009 in the Philippines at the Metro Manila Film Festival. Directed by Topel Lee and featuring WWE Superstar Batista and Nicole Scherzinger of the Pussycat Dolls, the film is said to fall under the genres of Action, Comedy, and Sci-Fi. In addition, this film also features Rufa Mae Quinto, Keanna Reeves, Jojo Alejar, Benjie Paras, Long Mejia, Mica Torre and Olympic Boxing Silver Medalist Onyok Velasco.
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This coming Saturday, Nov 14th is shaping up to be an extremely special night for Pilipino & Pilipino-American fighters as well as for their fanatical followers! Boxing’s Pound-for-pound King, Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao will be battling his most dangerous foe in a career chock-full of superlatives when he faces Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto this weekend. In turn, the Ultimate Fighting Championships (UFC) has countered by scheduling the most decorated of the growing number of Pil-Ams in their roster, Brandon "The Truth" Vera, to fight MMA legend Randy “The Natural” Couture that very same night to headline UFC 105.
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