I had this nagging suspicion that Inquirer columnist Conrad de Quiros wouldn’t pass up the opportunity to write about Manny Pacquiao’s comment about same-sex marriage. And I was right. I must say, however, that even though I agree with De Quiros’s column as a whole, I disagree with him on the following point:
Did Pacquiao really [...]
May 22nd, 2012
Categories: Boxing Dispatches . Author: Mark Lorenzana . Comments: Comments Off
First off, I don’t think a lot of people will disagree with me when I say that Granville Ampong, who rode on Manny Pacquiao’s coattails via a sloppily written article just to get a couple of hundred hits for his website, is a terrible writer. The guy even had the cheek to blame other writers after [...]
May 18th, 2012
Categories: Boxing Dispatches . Author: Mark Lorenzana . Comments: Comments Off
Sorry, I just had to post this here; after all, this is still a fight blog, right?
More on this brouhaha here, here, here, and here.
May 8th, 2012
Categories: Entertainment . Author: Mark Lorenzana . Comments: Comments Off
Hamilton Nolan over at Gawker had a nice little rant about the pretentious Justin Bieber, who was seen with Floyd Mayweather’s entourage last Sunday for Floyd’s fight with Miguel Cotto. I also noticed Bieber, along with 50 Cent and Triple H, holding one of Mayweather’s belts after Floyd was introduced and he and his entourage [...]
May 8th, 2012
Categories: Boxing Dispatches . Author: Mark Lorenzana . Comments: Comments Off
Last week, a coworker e-mailed a bunch of us fight fans at the office about a betting game that he devised himself for the Miguel Cotto-Floyd Mayweather fight. A participant could bet fifty pesos for Cotto or Mayweather based on any of the following possible outcomes: knockout/TKO, unanimous decision, split decision, majority decision, or draw. [...]
May 8th, 2012
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