PacMans' Sparring Session

Watching two upper-tier fighters/contenders spar while preparing for an upcoming fight is the highlight of any activity in a boxing gym. Sparring was my favorite part of training back in the day. So much so, that on the days I didn't spar I felt as though my workout was incomplete and was one day further away from getting to where I wanted to be. There's only one way for a fighter to improve and that is for him to spar and fight. The most intense sparring I've ever witnessed was between...

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Baltic's Beauty

 A dozen centuries-old shipwrecks — some of them unusually well-preserved — have been found in the Baltic Sea by a gas company building an underwater pipeline between Russia and Germany. The oldest wreck probably dates back to medieval times and could be up to 800 years old, while the others are likely from the 17th to 19th centuries, Peter Norman of Sweden's National Heritage Board said Tuesday. "They could be interesting, but we have only seen pictures of their exterior. Many of...

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Pacquiao's American Dream

It was a sunny June morning in 2002 and the Memphis International Airport was busier than usual. The night before, heavyweight champion Lennox Lewis had knocked out Mike Tyson in a fight that was the highest grossing pay-per-view event in history at the time. As long lines of fans and media members shuffled slowly toward the departure gates, a slender boyish-looking man sat alone, a tiny suitcase at his feet, unrecognized by the crush of travelers. He too had fought the previous evening,...

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Bobcats' Impressive Comeback over Heat

Stephen Jackson scored 17 points, Raymond Felton added 15 points and 11 assists, and the Charlotte Bobcats used a fourth-quarter comeback to beat the Miami Heat 83-78 on Tuesday night in a key game for playoff positioning in the Eastern Conference. The Bobcats (31-31) reached .500 at the latest point in their six-year history and moved into a tie with Miami (32-32) as they both tangle with Chicago for the last two playoff spots. Charlotte moved to 3-0 against Miami and clinched the tiebreaker...

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Cebu Pac Acquires Airbus

Gokongwei-led Cebu Air, Inc. will use the bulk of funds to be raised from a share sale to buy up to 20 more aircraft within five years, an executive of the budget airline’s parent said on Tuesday. Cebu Air, which operates budget carrier Cebu Pacific, has yet to set the date for its first-time listing on the stock exchange, from which it plans to raise P12 billion. It has obtained clearance from regulators. “It’s going to be for capital expenditures for purchasing airplanes. We have a purchase...

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Another Toyota Problem

Relatives of the three Filipino Americans and of California Highway Patrol Officer Mark Saylor who were killed in an August crash that initiated the recall of millions of Toyota vehicles filed a lawsuit March 2, blaming the giant Japanese carmaker for the deaths. The lawsuit filed in San Diego Superior Court also named Bob Baker Lexus as co-defendant. The El Cajon-based car dealership loaned Saylor a 2009 Lexus ES-350 sedan the morning of August 28, after Saylor took his car in for service....

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Top Filipino Boxers

  10: Greatest Filipino boxers by decade 1910s – Pancho Villa: First great Filipino boxer was 15-0 in the decade 1920s – Pancho Villa: Became...

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Pacquiao - Clottey Update

Jerry Jones was one of the nearly 70,000 people who packed the New Orleans Superdome to watch the 1978 heavyweight title fight between Muhammad Ali and Leon Spinks. The energy of the massive crowd, the roars cascading down from the upper deck and the sense of being part of something so big and grand has never left him. The Dallas Cowboys owner has seen fights everywhere from the Las Vegas Strip to small halls in his native Arkansas. Each is unique, he says. Yet, as you might expect with Jones,...

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