Watch Manny Pacquiao v Antonio Margarito Live Online
Nov/100
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What a lot of hot air has enveloped Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito ahead of their allegedly “light-middleweight” title fight in Texas on Saturday.
Some smart writers have totally bought into “stories” that Congressman Pacquiao is said to be too wrapped up in his political duties and trained poorly in the Philippines before going to the Wild Card in LA. Really? Now, of course, the fight is no longer the one-sided smashing of a seasoned pro (six defeats in 45 fights, remember) but an even-money affair, so roll up, roll up.
Pause for a minute: 32-year-old Margarito is a legitimate opponent; he did, after all, do a number on Miguel Cotto (although who knows how legal his gloves were that night). He also had to hold off an ambitious Roberto García over 10 rounds in May.
But he has lost to the following: way back in 1994 to Tijuana tumbler Victor Lozoya, who was coming off a kayo loss and went on to lose to nine other no-names; Larry Dixon (ditto), who lost three more and quit boxing in 1998; Rodney Jones, a decent fighter whose last fight was three years ago, losing to Cory Spinks over 12 rounds for the IBF light-middle title; Daniel Santos (on cuts); Paul Williams three years ago at welterweight; and, most significantly, to Shane Mosley in his last real test.
In January 2009 – that’s 22 months ago – Mosley demolished Margarito with the last dregs of his once phenomenal hand speed and movement – and nobody moves more quickly or quirkily than the Pacman.
But the seers say he is distracted, off his game, complacent. Pacquiao has lived with chaos and hardship since he was an urchin on the streets of General Santos City, juggling boxing with survival. He has an entourage bigger than the president. He lets some of them sleep at the foot of his bed. And he fits all of that in around the toughest training regime in boxing. A couple of blisters from wearing dress shoes to fancy functions in Manila a few weeks ago are not going to worry him in a mere fist fight.
What still worries Pacman’s coach, Freddie Roach, apparently, is the prospect of Margarito sneaking some help into his gloves. “You have fucking rocks in your hand, you know it,” he told BoxingScene.com. “Against Santos and Williams and so forth, he doesn’t look like he’s that big a puncher. Against [Kermit] Cintron [whom he cut in half with a vicious body shot] and Cotto, something was different.”
So, presuming it’s clean, Pacquiao should do a number on Margarito – who I still don’t think should be anywhere near a boxing ring after being caught with loaded gloves moments before the Mosley fight, and then was banned for only a year.
Similarly, though, it is a liberty that Pacquiao should be allowed to make this fight at three pounds inside the light-middleweight limit of 154lbs. After the weigh-in, Margarito will add at least half a stone; I doubt it will do him much good. If Margarito wins, it will be the shock of the year – but at least the fight writers who fell for the hype will be able to say I told you so.
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Watch David Haye v Audley Harrison Live Online
Nov/100
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For a fight David Haye was initially reluctant to take, because the World Boxing Association heavyweight champion wanted to test himself against the very best, this defence against Audley Harrison is expected to net him more than £6 million.
Haye refused for several months to agree, but was persuaded by Adam Booth, his trainer and manager, to take the contest. Behind the scenes, the Sky Box Office pay-per-view event could gross more than £12 million.
On the Haye-Harrison undercard George Groves defends the Commonwealth super-middleweight title against Kenny Anderson.
Groves, the only fighter who is promoted by Haye, has already been picked out by Joe Calzaghe, the former undefeated two-weight world champion, as a future world title contender in the 168lb division.
The Groves v Anderson contest also doubles as an eliminator for the British 168lb title, being contested on Dec 11 in Liverpool when local fighter Paul Smith defends against Beijing Olympic Games gold medallist James DeGale.
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Rice art crops up in Japan
Aug/090
ARTY farmers have put together these extraordinary murals — by planting different coloured rice in giant paddy fields.
The stunning creations emerge in the late summer months after the rice plants have had chance to grow.
The farmers sketch out their designs on computers first so they know exactly where the rice needs to be planted.
Then hundreds of villagers and other volunteers pitch in to help plant the four different coloured varieties of rice in the huge fields.
The tradition began in the village of Inakadate, 600 miles north of Toyko, Japan, in 1993.
Each year a different design is on show and more than 15,000 visitors turn up to see the creation, which have included a Japanese Sengoku warrior on horseback, a giant frog and a butterfly.
The farmers create the murals by planting purple and yellow-leafed kodaimai rice along with their local green-leafed tsugaru roman variety.
