The Battle of East and West Fight Results Headlining Manny Pacquiao vs Ricky Hatton
In this page, I will be updating the latest results of the mega fight between pound for pound king Manny Pacquiao and 140lb king Ricky “Hitman Hatton together with the exciting under card bouts headlining Humber Soto of Mexico vs Benoit Gaudet of Canada. The fight entitled as the “Battle of East and West” is currently happening at the MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas. On the line are Ricky Hatton’s 140lb Ring Magazine and IBO championship titles and Manny Pacquiao’s pound for pound crown.
Main Event :
Manny Pacquiao vs. Ricky Hatton (light welterweight) – Pacquiao wins by TKO in Round 2
Undercard Bouts :
Humberto Soto vs. Benoit Gaudet – Soto by 9th round TKO
Daniel Jacobs vs. Michael Walker – Jacobs by unanimous decision
Matt Korobov vs. Rodrigo Aguiar (middleweight) – Korobov TKO 2nd round Read more
Tomasz Adamek defeats Steve Cunningham via split decision and captures IBF cruiserweight title
In a battle of cruiserweight, former WBC light heavyweight champion Tomasz Adamek of Poland (35-1, 24 KOs) won by split decision against cruiserweight champion Steve Cunningham (21-1, 11 KOs), claiming the world title on Thursday night at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Adamek dropped Cunninghum three times in their 12 round championship clash. Adamek dropped Cunninghum at the bell to end the second round. Adamek dropped Cunninghum again in round four after the Champion Cunninghum has hurt Adamek during the round. In round eight, Adamek floored Cunninghum again, although the champion has impressively boxed Adamek. Judges scored 114-112 Cunningham, 116-110, 115-112 Adamek. Read more
How come Manny Pacquiao is ranked no. 1 in the welterweight division but only ranked no. 11 in the pound for pound list of BoxRec?
I just came across the BoxRec site which is I think the largest boxing site in the web having a large database of the world’s boxer’s profiles, rankings, records and schedules. I curiously search for my favorite boxer Manny Pacqauio if what was the effect of his spectacular knockout win over Oscar De La Hoya last Saturday night in their dream match clash at MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas Nevada. Then, I excitingly browse the site and found out that Manny the “Pac Man” Pacquiao is already ranked no. one (1) ahead from Antonio Margarito and Shane Mosley. Wow! That was unexpected because I am only expecting Pacquiao to be ranked still in the lightweight division ahead from Juan Manuel Marquez Read more
Who will win in the Dream Match between Oscar “the Golden Boy” De la Hoya and Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao?
On December 6, 2008, at the famous MGM Grand Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, two of the worlds greatest, most famous and most exciting boxing icons will clash in a battle entitled the “Dream Match”. Consider as the biggest fight of the year 2008, Oscar “the Golden Boy” de la Hoya will battle the current No. 1 pound for pound boxer Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao in a welterweight (147 lbs) clash.
As the counting of days comes to an end, many boxing analyst had given their own predictions of this historical battle. By reading and basing lots of posts, articles and commentaries around the web, I figured out that the Pac Man is an underdog of this fight. With Pacquiao jumping from 135lbs to 147lbs and facing a larger, a stronger, an Olympic gold medalist and a ten times world champion in six divisions fighter in the name of Oscar de la Hoya, many believe that this fight is a mismatch. The Golden Boy had knocked out the Read more
