Friday, April 29, 2011

Royal weeding Look Alike

Royal Wedding brought forward? No, it's a William & Kate lookalike competition

Onlookers would be forgiven for thinking the Royal Wedding was being held two days early.

But the regal bride and groom posing for pictures were in fact taking part in a William & Kate lookalike contest.

Orsola Rossi and Simon Watkinson UK were flown to London for the competition final, organised by EasyJet.

And the winners are: Orsola Rossi from Italy and Simon Watkinson from the UK win the William & Kate look-a-likes competition

And the winners are: Orsola Rossi from Italy and Simon Watkinson from the UK win the William & Kate look-a-likes competition

Hot competition: Ten couples took part to win one year's worth of flights with EasyJet

Hot competition: Ten couples took part to win one year's worth of flights with EasyJet


The pair - dead ringers for the future King and Queen - were the obvious winners and went home with one year's worth of flights with the budget airline.

Besides being a mirror image of the Royal love birds, they had to impress judges by waving like a Royal, acting out a romantic wedding proposal and throwing the bridal bouquet.

Simon Watkinson said: 'I’ve often been told that I look like Prince William, particularly since the Royal engagement was announced, but I can’t believe that I’ve been crowned the winner.

On bended knee: Couples were judged on romantic proposal...

On bended knee: Couples were judged on romantic proposal...

Flower power:...and bouquet throwing skills

Flower power:...and bouquet throwing skills


'I’m so excited to have won a year’s worth of free easyJet flights and to be in London for the big day.'

His partner was equally pleased.

Orsola Rossi, 30, from Milan, said: 'To be voted the best double to one of the most famous women in the world is very exciting.

This really is a once in a lifetime opportunity and there isn’t a better place to be to enjoy the celebrations.'

Standing tall: Hundreds of people from Europe entered the contest but only ten finalists were chosen

Standing tall: Hundreds of people from Europe entered the contest but only ten finalists were chosen

Royal wave: The panel judged William look-alikes on their waving abilities

Royal wave: The panel judged William look-alikes on their waving abilities


The duo were among ten couples, from all over Europe, to take part.

The contestants were judged on resemblance, curtseying, throwing of bouquets, and proposal speeches.

The contest is just a small part of the Royal Wedding fever gripping the nation ahead of Friday's nuptials.

Swept off her feet: Orsola and Simon, from Italy, will stay in London to watch the real Royal Wedding celebrations

Swept off her feet: Orsola and Simon, from Italy, will stay in London to watch the real Royal Wedding celebrations


Simon and Orsola will stay in London to watch the real Royal wedding celebrations and take in the sights of the city with a friend courtesy of the low-cost airline.

Paul Moore, Communications Director at easyJet said: 'The competition has been fierce with hundreds applying to be crowned the best Will and Kate look-a-likes Europe has to offer.

'However, Simon and Orsola stood out as they bear such a striking resemblance to our future King & Queen.

'It has been great fun to fly look-a-likes from all over Europe to London to enjoy the wedding celebrations and crown our very own easyJet Royal couple.'

Helping hand: A bride helps another to pin her veil

Helping hand: A bride forgoes her competitive streak to help another to pin her veil back

Thursday, April 28, 2011

Victor Ortiz: Winning!

MGM GRAND FOXWOODS, CT ~ On a busy April weekend of casino entertainment that included performances by tough talkers Victor Ortiz and Charlie Sheen, boxing fans who were lucky enough to be in attendance for the vicious version of "winning" saw something very special indeed, perhaps even the Fight of the Year.

Vicious Victor Ortiz (now 29-2-2 w/ 22 KO's) more than lived up to his nickname in defeating WBC Welterweight Champion Andre Berto (now 27-1 w/ 21 KO's), his upset victory in effect winning over many of his critics. For Ortiz, it was a fan friendly - breakout performance to be sure, one he needed and one he promised.

At the post fight press conference following Ortiz's victory, manager Rolando Arellano joked, "if anyone wants to know why Victor Ortiz performed the way he did tonight, it's because Charlie Sheen is here and he gave Victor some of his tiger blood!"


Performance enhancing blood? That explains it.

Whatever it was, tiger blood or pressure from the boxing world, it turned Victor Ortiz into a combination of a tiger and a man possessed. Like unsuspecting prey, Champion Andre Berto never knew what hit him.

Duh, Winning!

Leading up to the fight, WBC Champion Andre Berto stressed the simple importance of winning, "coming up with that win is all that matters" - while Victor Ortiz guaranteed it to anyone who would listen, saying repeatedly - "I will win this fight!", and so it went on April 16th that Victor Ortiz walked the walk of his big talk, live on HBO Championship Boxing where winning in the ring is really all that matters. While Charlie Sheen and Andre Berto merely talked about winning, Victor Ortiz went out and did it. 

In an early Fight of the Year candidate, the new and improved Victor Ortiz beat the previously undefeated Andre Berto to lift the WBC Welterweight title at MGM Grand Foxwoods by unanimous decision. The fight featured multiple knockdowns and thrilling action throughout. Berto was down in the first, Ortiz in the second. The sixth was an instant classic as both fighters went down, first Ortiz from a huge right hand and then it was Berto's turn to crash with only seconds left in the round, courtesy of an Ortiz left hook. It was simply an amazing fight and both fighters were indeed elevated on the strength of their respective performances.

Let's take a Round by Round look at this great fight:

Round 1: A fast paced feeling out round. Berto goes down early from what looked like an Ortiz left hand behind the ear, the referee rules it a slip. A flurry of punches including vicious uppercuts from Ortiz sends Berto slumping into a corner with a minute left in the round. That is no slip. Berto is up quickly though. A crafty Berto avoids serious follow up from Ortiz and even lands a big shot of his own. Good opening round.
~Ortiz round 10-8  (All three official judges score it 10-8 for Ortiz)

Round 2: Berto seems to still be recuperating for the first minute of the second round. Berto is using the whole ring to avoid an aggressive Ortiz. A big right hand clips Ortiz on the chin while moving forward and punching. Ortiz goes down backwards, his glove breaking his fall. That's a knockdown. Ortiz up quickly. Great start to the fight.
~Berto round 10-8  (All three official judges score it 10-8 for Berto)

Round 3: A very aggressive Ortiz swarms Berto. It's a slugfest and they are trading punches. Ortiz literally snarls when he punches and Berto continually invites him to the inside for exchanges that Ortiz gets the better of in this round.
~Ortiz round 10-9 (All three official judges score it 10-9 for Ortiz)

Round 4: "Stay off the ropes!" they are telling Berto between rounds. The fighters trade shots early in the round and against the wishes of his corner, Berto is right back on the ropes where Ortiz is abusing him with a variety of punches. Berto invites him in and Ortiz obliges him by, you guessed it - punching him.
~Ortiz round 10-9 (All three official judges score it 10- for Ortiz)

Round 5: Ortiz is warned between rounds by referee for punching behind head. More boxing from Berto to start the round until Ortiz backs him to the ropes and a similar pattern emerges of Berto inviting Ortiz to hit him. Which he does, often.
~Ortiz round 10-9 (All three official judges score it 10-9 for Ortiz)

Round 6: Berto's corner is urging him to box and stay off the ropes. Berto looks determined to stay off the ropes and hit Ortiz in the middle of the ring which he does with a powerful right hand that sends Ortiz slamming to the canvas. Incredibly he rises at "three", though dazed. Berto swarms a hurt Ortiz and lands a huge right hand. With only seconds left in the round and the referee apparently getting in a position to stop the fight, a right-left-left combo to the head from Ortiz sends Berto tumbling backwards and down! Berto rises very quickly. Early candidate for Round of the Year.
~Even round 10-10 (One official judge scores 10-10, the other two score 10-9 for Berto)

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Round 7: Grueling round with some early holding developing. Berto lands a huge right hand that Ortiz walks through as they trade power shots. Berto having a good round and he does just enough to win it by staying off the ropes and avoiding Ortiz's fight.
~Berto round 10-9 (All three official judges score it 10-9 for Ortiz)

Round 8: Berto is using his boxing skills to outwork Ortiz. Both fighters seem a bit tired. Ortiz is warned again by the referee for hitting behind the head.
~Berto round 10-9 (All three official judges score it 10-9 for Berto)

Round 9: "Be ballsy!" they tell Ortiz between rounds. Pace is slowing down despite some fairly even exchanges. Ortiz warned once again for a shot behind Berto's head. Berto wins the round by controlling the tempo of the round and fighting his fight.
~Berto round 10-9 (Two official judges score 10-9 for Ortiz, one judge scores 10-9 for Berto)

Round 10: "All you have to do is box, it's so simple", they implore Berto between rounds. Another shot behind the head costs Ortiz a point and it's more from Berto selling it than Ortiz doing it flagrantly. Despite the best efforts of Berto to box as instructed, Ortiz takes the round on effective aggression though he loses a point for punching behind the head.
~Ortiz round 10-9 (-1 from Ortiz) (All three official judges score it 10-9 for Ortiz and remove one point from Ortiz for a foul)

Round 11: An aggressive Ortiz gets a tired Berto back where he wants him with Berto's back to the ropes and he punches away with fury like earlier in the fight. Uppercuts are landing through the guard of Berto as Berto again beckons Ortiz in. When Berto tries to box, Ortiz either outboxes him or out punches him. Showcase round for Ortiz. 
~Ortiz round 10-9 (All three official judges score it 10-9 for Ortiz)

Round 12: They are telling Ortiz in his corner that he is far ahead on the cards going into 12th round, by as many as five points. Berto is being told he needs a knockout to win. The fighters actually embrace to start the final round. Berto is getting in some potshots against Ortiz, who seems to fight the last round like he thinks he has the fight won but does not want to be accused of taking the last round off, which he more or less does, giving the round to Berto.
~Berto round 10-9 (Two judges score 10-9 for Berto, one scored 10-9 Ortiz)

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KO Digest final score of the fight was 113-113, a Draw. Without the point deduction, Ortiz wins 114-113. On paper, it was a closer fight than it looked in the ring.  

Official Scores were 115-110, 114-112, 114-111, unanimous in favor of Ortiz.

Several ringside scribes had it even closer.

One particularly well known scribe even had Berto winning by a point. 

As noted, KO Digest scored the fight a draw live at ringside and scored it a draw when watching it again the next day on HBO. After the fight, we specifically asked Ortiz about the scores and whether or not he was certain of a victory after the final bell. Apparently he was, saying, "I was certain of the victory, I didn't know the scores. But in my mind and my heart a fighter always knows if he won or lost or if it was close. I didn't see it as close and I knew I had pulled off a victory."

The defeated Berto said surprisingly little to HBO's Larry Merchant after the fight, "that wasn't me in there - nothing was falling in place, I couldn't let my hands move. He was just the better man tonight." Grim reality. By contrast, the new WBC Welterweight Champion Victor Ortiz was all smiles at the post fight press conference following his impressive victory.

The new WBC Welterweight Champion was also very gracious and very respectful, even allowing fans and media to handle and pose with his new WBC Welterweight title - "here we are with the green belt!" - beamed an ecstatic Ortiz, clearly proud of what he had just accomplished in the ring.  Marcos Maidana? "Maidana doesn't have anything on me. I honestly believe Morales beat Maidana and Morales is past his prime. People say I gave up in that fight. I didn't give up. They stopped it on my behalf."

On this night, both in the ring and in his demeanor, Victor Ortiz presented himself to the world as a man in the midst of his own redemption.

"Berto hits hard, but my head is like a rock. Nothing but respect to Andre Berto."

Winning!

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

After Shane Mosley they consider Marquez

Talks are already rife about Pacquiao’s next fight penciled for November possibly against Mexico’s master counter-puncher, Juan Manuel Marquez, in case Floyd Mayweather finally wakes up one day realizing that it’s about time to face the Filipino sporting icon. But assuming Mayweather remains deaf and callous to the public clamor, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum has already somebody in mind to close out 2011 with a bang.

Still, even if a script is already made for the next move, an unforeseen circumstance lurks behind, something that should put everything upside. A hundred miles away from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, Shane Mosley is plotting the destruction of boxing’s premier attraction when they finally come face-to-face and mano-a-mano on May 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Holed out in Big Bear, nestled in the San Bernardino mountains that is almost 8,000 feet above sea level, Mosley has been training since early-March as though he would be up not only against Pacquiao but against the gazillions of Pacquiao fans.

“You just have to keep going, and going and going (in training),” said Mosley from his high-altitude training camp, his voice oozing with heightened optimism.

Even Arum sounds a bit concerned of what a cagey veteran like Mosley can bring to the ring.

“Shane can take a good shot and he is so resilient,” said Arum.

Obviously, Pacquiao realized very early that despite the lackluster ending of Mosley’s last two fights, taking him for granted is tantamount to giving the other guy an advantage.

After Shane Mosley they consider Marquez

Talks are already rife about Pacquiao’s next fight penciled for November possibly against Mexico’s master counter-puncher, Juan Manuel Marquez, in case Floyd Mayweather finally wakes up one day realizing that it’s about time to face the Filipino sporting icon. But assuming Mayweather remains deaf and callous to the public clamor, Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum has already somebody in mind to close out 2011 with a bang.

Still, even if a script is already made for the next move, an unforeseen circumstance lurks behind, something that should put everything upside. A hundred miles away from the glitz and glamour of Hollywood, Shane Mosley is plotting the destruction of boxing’s premier attraction when they finally come face-to-face and mano-a-mano on May 7 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

Holed out in Big Bear, nestled in the San Bernardino mountains that is almost 8,000 feet above sea level, Mosley has been training since early-March as though he would be up not only against Pacquiao but against the gazillions of Pacquiao fans.

“You just have to keep going, and going and going (in training),” said Mosley from his high-altitude training camp, his voice oozing with heightened optimism.

Even Arum sounds a bit concerned of what a cagey veteran like Mosley can bring to the ring.

“Shane can take a good shot and he is so resilient,” said Arum.

Obviously, Pacquiao realized very early that despite the lackluster ending of Mosley’s last two fights, taking him for granted is tantamount to giving the other guy an advantage.

Sony announces two Android 3.0 tablets


Sony announces two Android 3.0 tablets

Sony Tablet: the S1 and S2 devices will hit the market later this year

Sony Tablet: the S1 and S2 devices will hit the market later this year


Sony has announced its intention to crash into the tablet PC market with two devices set for release later this year. Codenamed S1 and S2, both models will support WiFi and WAN (3G/4G) connections and run on the tablet-oriented Android 3.0 OS.

There's little in the way of specifications available at this stage, but Sony is clearly looking to stand-out from the crowd in terms of form-factor. The S1 features a 9.4-inch display and looks pretty much like a "traditional" tablet aside from its wedge-shaped "off-center of gravity" design aimed at improving stability, grip and comfort.

S2 gets a little more radical with its portable, horizontally hinged design and dual 5.5-inch displays which can be used separately (using the bottom screen as a soft keyboard for example) or combined as a single large screen for viewing video or web content.

The tablets will be of course be linked with the company's gaming, ebook and Qriocity music and video service. The S1 will also pack infrared technology so it can be used as a universal remote control for Sony AV devices and DLNA functionality will allow content on the tablet to be shown on big screen TVs or played through wireless speakers.

Sony's new tablets will become available in autumn 2011 and – although it's out of the starting gates a year after Apple's iPad and now faces stiff competition from big players like Samsung, Motorola, HP and RIM as well – Sony wants to catch up fast, having previously stated its intention to hit the number two position in the market by 2012.

That's a big challenge ... and it's a big market. In 2012, IDC forecasts worldwide tablet shipments of 70.8 million units. In Q3 2010 Apple shipped 4.2 million units – an almost 90% share worldwide. What in-roads the newcomers can make in this fast changing landscape remains to be seen.

Saturday, April 23, 2011

The Comeback of Kelly Pavlik

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Former Undisputed Middleweight Champion Kelly "The Ghost" Pavlik took a break from training on Friday to address the media via international conference call in promotion of his upcoming comeback fight. Pavlik (36-2 w/ 32 KO's) is scheduled to face the undefeated Alfonzo Lopez (21-0 w/ 16 KO's) on the undercard of the the Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley Showtime Pay Per View card scheduled for May 7th in Las Vegas.

This fight will be Pavlik's first since losing the Middleweight Championship of the World to Sergio Martinez last year and also his first at super middlweight. Pavlik has made the move to super middleweight because of the difficulty he was having in making the middleweight limit of 160 lbs. Is Pavlik at all concerned about his power carrying up to the super middleweight division? "I see my power at 168 being better than 160." Pavlik also spoke a great deal about the recent out of the ring adversity he has faced in his quest to overcome alcoholism as well as a dangerous staph infection. Pavlik checked himself into the Betty Ford Clinic in California last year and reports that he is now healthy; doing well in recovery as well as in training, "I haven't had this much energy for a fight in a long time. I'm a lot more mature now in all aspects of life. I can see the big picture and I can do things in the gym now that I couldn't do before."

Pavlik understands that he must win his comeback fight if he wants to get back to the big time and fight the big names at super middleweight.

"This is one of the most important fights of my career. I have to win and look good, that's why we're taking it so seriously."

KO Digest asked Kelly Pavlik about his recovery from alcoholism, a potential rematch with Sergio Martinez at super middlweight, and his thoughts on the upcoming Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley fight. 

KO Digest: Hi Kelly, welcome back to boxing and congratulations on your recovery.

Kelly Pavlik: Thank you.

KO Digest: What is your sobriety date? How much clean and sober time do you have?

Kelly Pavlik: November 1st or 2nd of last year.

KO Digest: Any relapses or slips?

Kelly Pavlik: No or I'm sure you guys would have heard about it. No issues with that. No concerns to me right now. That's the least thing on my mind. There's so many more things out there. Everything is going better than it ever has and it would just take a bonehead to go out there and blow any situation or opportunity that I have right now.

KO Digest: Did anything in your previous boxing experience help you or in any way prepare you for rehab, sobriety, and recovery?

Kelly Pavlik: There's a lot that helps, the mental strength to get through things. As far as me, I knew going in - and I gotta be careful how I say this - some people say, well I'm not this or that type of alcoholic. There are no certain types of alcoholics, but in my opinion there are different stages of alcoholism and I think that I treated mine at an early stage. It didn't come to the point of where it was like I couldn't function without alcohol, it just came to a point where I got in that party mode and it just kept escalating. When things didn't go my way, and I got mad, drinking was my way to keep doing what I was doing, and that's exactly what happened. It was good to bite it in the ass before it escalated to a point of where things started going bad, to where I started losing my money, my house, or my family. Unfortunately, that's one of the horrible consequences that comes with addiction. I didn't want it to get that far. I worked so hard in my life to get what I have now and I didn't want it to get out of control to that point.

KO Digest: Did you or have you found any similarities between recovery and boxing, any common ground between those two endeavors?

Kelly Pavlik: Alcohol is the last thing on my mind when I wake up in the morning. It hasn't put an effect on my life like boxing has. Boxing has been my career, my lifeline, my support, food in my kid's mouths, a roof over my head, so boxing is an everyday thing in my life and has been since I was 9 years old. Alcohol isn't. I don't wake up thinking I gotta drink 9 beers before I go do this, to where I wake up now and  say I gotta run 3 miles today. The difference between boxing and the drinking, the one thing I can say, there is no similarity. What I do is just wake up and keep myself busy throughout the day and I go about my business. There's no temptation. Of course once in a great moon, you know like an Ohio State football game, where you say man I wish I could go to the bar with my buddies and have a beer, that's always gonna happen, that's inevitable but as far as thinking about it one time a day, everyday of my life, it's not a concern.

KO Digest: Care to make a prediction on Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley?

Kelly Pavlik: I never make predictions on fights because it's too hard with boxing. It's one of those fights where if Mosley's power and speed is still there at his age, the fight could easily be over if he catches Pacquiao. But overall I think the longer the fight goes, I just think it's totally in Pacquiao's favor; his punch output, his energy level, and plus his hand speed and how he just busts fighters up is unbelievable and I think it will be a late round stoppage for Pacquiao.

KO Digest: Are you officially done at middlweight and if so, are you interested in a rematch with Sergio Martinez at 168?

Kelly Pavlik: Yes. Yes I would and as far as 168, unless you go find somebody to cut a limb off me and I can still perform the way I do now, that's the only way I'll go back to 160. But definitely we are at 168 and that would be a good fight. Of course not in my favor if that ever happens, they would say Martinez is not even a big middlweight, that it's stupid for him, all the bad that will come with that. You know for me, for my own personal sake, I would love it.

Friday, April 22, 2011

ESPN Friday Night Fights Star Boxing Results

Story/Photo: Jeffrey Freeman
Breidis Prescott W10 Bayan Jargal (Main Event Junior Welterweights)
~ Prescott (best know for his upset KO of Amir Khan in 2008) controls the opening round by stalking Jargal with his jab and occasional right hand. Two hard left hooks from Prescott late in the round hurt Jargal. More jabs from Prescott to start the second. Prescott is mixing up his shots now and Jargal is doing next to nothing. In the third it is more of the same with Prescott outboxing and out-punching Jargal, who seems to have no answer for Prescott. The fourth looks like the third as Prescott again controls the action with a slick left jab and good movement. In the fifth, Prescott is settling down on his punches and a big right hand shot followed by a left hook again rocks Jargal, who is taking a paint job from Prescott. Big rights and lefts hurt Jargal late in the round as Prescott goes for the finish. Jargal's left eye beginning to swell from flush right hands from Prescott who controls the sixth with his jab and right hands. Prescott has won every round so far.

Big right hand from Prescott opens the seventh as it looks to be more of the same, with Prescott pitching and Jargal catching. Jargal never stops trying but he can't catch the fleet footed Prescott and when he does he can only land one punch at a time. A good even exchange in the corner starts the eighth round but Prescott would rather box than trade shots with Jargal and that's what he does, getting back to the jab and controlling the round with his boxing skills. A relatively uneventful ninth round is controlled again by Prescott's long left jab. Jargal goes for broke in the tenth but eats flush lefts and rights from Prescott for his efforts. Prescott cruises to a unanimous decision, the scores 100-90, 99-90, 99-91 all in favor of Prescott who improves to 24-2 w/ 19 KO's. Jargal falls to 15-2-3 w/ 9 KO's.  

Demetrius Andrade KO 2 Omar Bell (Junior Middleweights)
~ In a junior middlweight co-main event contest, a nice left hook from Demetrius Andrade dispatches the game but overmatching Omar Bell at 1:31 of the second round in the first fight of the night. Andrade improves to 13-0 w/ 9 KO's while Omar Bell falls to 8-2 with 5 KO's.



Kevin Rooney Jr W4 David Navarro (Junior Middleweights)
~ Big left hook from the debuting Kevin Rooney Jr drops David Navarro early in the first for a four count. Crowd favorite Rooney swarms and applies steady pressure through the round but could not finish. A big right from Rooney hurts Navarro in the second before dropping him again late in the round. In the third, another Rooney left hook stuns Navarro. Rooney again applies tremendous pressure but cannot finish his wounded foe who even manages to get in a few good shot of his own. Fighters touch gloves to start the fourth. Rooney is relentless to the heard and body but cannot get a finishing shot through the guard of Navarro who holds on to hear the final bell by covering up, moving around, and only very occasionally punching back. Successful pro debut for the son of legendary trainer Kevin Rooney. Scores were unanimous in favor of Rooney Jr, all three judges scoring it 40-34.

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Joe Hanks TKO5 Terrell Nelson (Heavyweights)
~ The over-matched and out of shape Terrell Nelson does not answer the bell for the 5th round against heavyweight prospect Joe Hanks. Hanks, who wears his hair like Lennox Lewis and Shannon Briggs, scored a knockdown in the second round with a huge overhand right and he controlled the whole fight with a jab and powerful right hands. Nelson was never in the contest and by the third and forth rounds he was reduced to clowning and eating punches. Hanks is known as "The Future" but he looks to need seasoning, so maybe that nickname should be "Distant Future." Hanks improves to 16-0 w/ 10 KO's while Nelson falls to 8-12 w/ 5 KO's.

Kevin Cobbs KO1 Nicholas Lavin (Cruiserweights)
~ Successful pro debut for Cobbs as he blows Lavin away in a minute and a half. Time of the KO 1:30 of round one. Cobbs now 1-0 w/ 1 KO while Lavin falls to 2-1 w/ 2 KO's.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Pacquiao vs Mosley Undercard Match

The biggest names on the Top Rank roster are too big to be in the co-feature slot. Boxing fans are probably excited to witness the fight of the year in the world’s boxing arena in Las Vegas. Perhaps, they just can’t wait to watch Pacquiao vs Mosley and see if who gets knocked-out between two of the famous boxers of the world. All boxers from the Pacquiao vs Mosley Undercard fight already begun training themselves. The May 7, 2011 mega fight of Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley. Aside from the much awaited Pacquiao vs Mosley Fight, the most interesting fight Pacquiao vs Mosley undercard matches are also being looked forward to be watched. Among the list will be mentioned below:
  • Humberto Soto vs Urbano Antillon for WBC Lightweight Championship Title
  • Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. vs Jorge Arce for WBO Super Bantamweight Championship Title
  • Kelley Pavlik vs Alfonso Lopez III for a 10-round Super Middleweight Bout
Watch Manny Pacquiao vs Shane Mosley live on May 7, 2011 from MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Current Boxing Ratings

Top 10 Pound For Pound

1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Sergio Martinez
3. Floyd Mayweather
4. Nonito Donaire
5. Juan Manuel Marquez
6. Timothy Bradley
7. Andre Ward
8. Yuriorkis Gamboa
9. Lucian Bute
10. Bernard Hopkins

HEAVYWEIGHT
Championship Vacant

1. Wladimir Klitschko
2. Vitali Klitschko
3. David Haye
4. Tomasz Adamek
5. Alexander Povetkin

CRUISERWEIGHT 
Championship Vacant
1. Steve Cunningham
2. Marco Huck
3. Krzysztof Wlodarczyk
4. Troy Ross
5. Danny Green

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT
Champion: Jean Pascal

1. Bernard Hopkins
2. Tavoris Cloud
3. Chad Dawson
4. Glen Johnson
5. Adrian Diaconu

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT
Championship Vacant
1. Andre Ward
2. Lucian Bute
3. Mikkel Kessler
4. Carl Froch
5. Glen Johnson

MIDDLEWEIGHT
Champion: Sergio Martinez

1. Felix Sturm
2. Sebastian Sylvester
3. Paul Williams
4. Kelly Pavlik
5. Sebastian Zbik

JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT
Championship Vacant
1. Miguel Cotto
2. Kermit Cintron
3. Alfredo Angulo
4. Ryan Rhodes
5. Saul Alvarez

WELTERWEIGHT
Championship Vacant
1. Manny Pacquiao
2. Floyd Mayweather
3. Victor Ortiz
4. Sugar Shane Mosley
5. Andre Berto

JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT
Championship Vacant
1. Timothy Bradley
2. Amir Khan
3. Marcos Maidana
4. Devon Alexander
5. Eric Morales

LIGHTWEIGHT
Champion: Juan Manuel Marquez

1. Brandon Rios
2. Humberto Soto
3. Robert Guerrero
4. Miguel Acosta
5. Michael Katsidis

FEATHERWEIGHT
Championship Vacant
1. Yuriorkis Gamboa
2. Chris John
3. Orlando Salido
4. Juan Manuel Lopez
5. Daniel Ponce De Leon

BANTAMWEIGHT
Champion: Nonito Donaire

1. Anselmo Moreno
2. Abner Mares
3. Fernando Montiel
4. Joseph Agbeko
5. Eric Morel

Period Ending April 17, 2011
~ Compiled by Jeffrey Freeman

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Ortiz Berto: Round By Round Scoring




Round 1
A fast paced feeling out round. Berto goes down from what looked like an Ortiz left hand behind the head, the referee rules it a slip. A flurry of punches including vicious uppercuts from Ortiz sends Berto slumping into a corner with a minute left in the round. That is no slip. Berto is up quickly though. A crafty Berto avoids serious follow up from Ortiz and even lands a big shot of his own. Good opening round.
~Ortiz 10-8
(All three official judges score it 10-8 for Ortiz)

Round 2
Berto seems to still be recuperating for the first minute of the second round. Berto using the whole ring to avoid an aggressive Ortiz. A big right hand catches Ortiz on the chin moving forward while punching and Ortiz goes down, only his glove breaking his fall.  Berto responds to Ortiz by scoring a knockdown of his own! Ortiz up quickly. Great start to the fight.
~Berto 10-8
(All three official judges score it 10-8 for Berto)

Round 3
A very aggressive Ortiz swarms Berto. It's a slugfest and they are trading punches. Ortiz literally snarls when he punches and Berto continually invites him to the inside for exchanges that Ortiz gets the better of in this round.
~Ortiz 10-9
(All three official judges score it 10-9 for Ortiz)

Round 4
"Stay off the ropes", they are telling Berto between rounds. The fighters trade shots early in the round and Berto is right back on the ropes where Ortiz is abusing him with a variety of punches. Berto invites him in and Ortiz obliges him by punching him.
~Ortiz 10-9
(All three official judges score it 10- for Ortiz)

Round 5
Ortiz warned between rounds by referee for punching behind head. More boxing from Berto to start the round until Ortiz backs him to the ropes and a similar pattern emerges of Berto inviting Ortiz to hit him. Which he does, often.
~Ortiz 10-9
(All three official judges score it 10-9 for Ortiz)

Round 6
Berto's corner is urging him to box and stay off the ropes. Slow start to the round. Berto looks determined to stay off the ropes and hit Ortiz in the middle of the ring which he does with a devastating right  hand that sends Ortiz slamming to the canvas. Incredibly he rises at "three", though dazed. Berto swarms a hurt Ortiz and lands a huge right hand. With only seconds left in the round and the referee getting in a position to stop the fight, a right-left-left combo to the head from Ortiz sends Berto tumbling backwards and down. Berto rises very quickly. Early candidate for Round of the Year.
~10-10 Even
(One official judge scores 10-10, the other two score 10-9 for Berto)

Round 7
Grueling round with some holding developing. Berto lands a huge right hand that Ortiz walks through as they trade power shots. Berto having a good round and he does enough to win it by staying off the ropes and avoiding Ortiz's fight.
~Berto 10-9
(All three official judges score it 10-9 for Ortiz)

Round 8
Berto using his boxing skills to outwork Ortiz. Both fighters seems a bit tired. Ortiz warned by referee for hitting behind the head.
~Berto 10-9
(All three official judges score it 10-9 for Berto)

Round 9
"Be ballsy!", they tell Ortiz between rounds. Pace slowing down despite some decent fairly even exchanges. Ortiz warned again for a shot behind Berto's head. Berto wins the round by controlling the tempo of the round and fighting his fight.
~Berto 10-9
(Two official judges score 10-9 for Ortiz, one judge scores 10-9 for Berto)

Round 10
"All you have to do is box, it's so simple", they implore Berto between rounds. Another shot behind the head costs Ortiz a point and it's more from Berto selling it than Ortiz doing it flagrantly. Despite the best efforts of Berto to box as instructed, Ortiz takes the round on effective aggression though he loses a point for punching behind the head.
~Ortiz 9-9
(All three official judges score it 10-9 for Ortiz and remove one point from Ortiz for a foul)

Round 11
An aggressive Ortiz gets a tired Berto back where he wants him with Berto's back to the ropes and he punches away with fury like earlier in the fight. Uppercuts are landing through the guard of Berto as Berto again beckons Ortiz in. When Berto tries to box, Ortiz either outboxes him or out punches him. Showcase round for Ortiz. 
~Ortiz 10-9
(All three official judges score it 10-9 for Ortiz)



Round 12
They are telling Ortiz in his corner that he is far ahead on the cards going into 12th round, by as many as five points. Berto is being told he needs a knockout to win. Fighters actually embrace to start the final round. Berto is getting in some potshots against Ortiz, who seems to fight the last round like he thinks he has the fight won but does not want to be accused of taking the last round off. He basically gives the round to Berto.
~Berto 10-9
(Two judges score 10-9 for Berto, one scored 10-9 Ortiz)

KO Digest Final Score: 113-113, a draw!

KO Digest scored the fight a draw live and scored it a draw when watching it again the next day on HBO. That is why at the post fight press conference we specifically asked Ortiz about the scores and whether or not he was certain of victory after the final bell. Apparently he was, saying, "I was certain of the victory, I don't know the scores. But in my mind and my heart a fighter always knows whether he won or lost. I didn't see it close and I knew I had pulled off the victory."

Photo Credit to Tom Hogan

Update: This blog caused a mini shit storm when I posted on the Boxing Scene FORUMS

Despite the protestations of the masses, George Kimball brings the matter into clarity for me by saying:

"While Berto seemed to have battled his way back into the contest, in the end it was a matter of too little, too late. Ortiz prevailed on the scorecards of all three ringside judges. Dr. Clark Sammartino had it a whopping 115-110, Julie Lederman 114-111, and Glen Feldman 114-112. Most ringside scribes had it much closer than that, and a sizeable proportion of press row narrowly favored Berto."

Thanks George!

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WAR ORTIZ! Weekend Results

Victor Ortiz W12 Andre Berto (Wins WBC Welterweight title)


In an early Fight of the Year candidate, Victor Ortiz answered many of his his critics and beat the previously undefeated Andre Berto to lift the WBC Welterweight title last night at MGM Grand by unanimous decision, 115-110, 114-112, 114-111. The fight featured multiple knockdowns and great action throughout. Unquestionably the 6th round was one for the ages as both fighters went down, first Ortiz then Berto. It was simply an amazing fight and both fighters were elevated on the strength of their respective performances.


Orlando Salido KO 8 Juan Manuel Lopez (WBO Featherweight title)

UPSET! Hear that flushing sound? That's the sound of a JuanMa Lopez vs Yuriorkis Gamboa Superfight going down the drain because promoter Bob Arum apparently thought he could wait forever to make this fight. The unheralded Salido STUNS JuanMa in Puerto Rico and shakes up the whole division with his victory. Lopez down hard in the 5th round. In the 8th round, Lopez was hurt and the referee stopped the fight with JuanMa on his feet. IMO, the stoppage seemed a little premature. Easily the current front runner for Upset of the Year.

Friday, April 15, 2011

Watch House Season 7 Episode 19

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Watch House Season 7 Episode 19

Watch House Season 7 Episode 19 this coming Monday, April 18, 2011 on FOX. The new episode of House Season 7 Episode 19 entitled “Last Temptation”. The best doctor in town will offers another chance to make the evening filled with great moments and boisterous laughter. After the airing of the previous account which made the House to venture into another distance. House Season 7 Episode 19 is soon to be aired to continue the story. In this new upcoming of House episode 19, House and the team treat a teenage girl who collapses just before embarking around a potentially record-breaking boating trip around the world. Meanwhile, Masters must decide if she wants to continue her schooling in order to become a surgeon or accept an offer to stay on House’s team permanently. She then makes a decision regarding the patient’s treatment that shocks even House.

Watch 90210 Season 3 Episode 18

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Thursday, April 14, 2011

Buy satellite and provide free Internet

ahumanright.org plans to buy satellite and provide free Internet access for entire world



ahumanright.org is a charity group that plans to buy a used satellite, and use it as the f...

ahumanright.org is a charity group that plans to buy a used satellite, and use it as the first step in a network that would provide free Internet access to everyone in the world

For those of us who live in the developed world, internet access has become pretty much a given. It’s become so ubiquitous that we almost expect to have it at all times and in all places, but even in this “Information Age,” the majority of the world’s population lacks access to the internet – either because service isn’t available where they are, or they can’t afford it. Kosta Grammatis has a plan, however. Through his charity group ahumanright.org, Grammatis aims to set up a network of satellites that will provide free internet access to everyone in the world. He’s starting by attempting to buy a single used satellite that’s already in orbit and moving it to a location above a developing country.

The spacecraft in question is the Terrestar-1 communications satellite. Given that the company that owns it, Terrestar, has recently filed for bankruptcy, it may soon be up for sale. Grammatis’s plan is to raise US$150,000, so that his group can put together a business plan for funders, process the legal and business aspects of submitting a bid, and hire engineers to figure out how to move and repurpose the satellite. At the time of this publishing, he has raised a total of $37,687.For those of us who live in the developed world, internet access has become pretty much a given. It’s become so ubiquitous that we almost expect to have it at all times and in all places, but even in this “Information Age,” the majority of the world’s population lacks access to the internet – either because service isn’t available where they are, or they can’t afford it. Kosta Grammatis has a plan, however. Through his charity group ahumanright.org, Grammatis aims to set up a network of satellites that will provide free internet access to everyone in the world. He’s starting by attempting to buy a single used satellite that’s already in orbit and moving it to a location above a developing country.

Once it has the money, ahumanright.org will make a bid on Terrestar-1, begin developing a low-cost modem, acquire an orbital parking spot and radio wave spectrum, and draw up plans with partner governments. The final phase of the project would involve actually moving the satellite into position over a partner country or countries, distributing the modems, and beginning service.

Grammatis told Gizmag that the idea first came to him at Palomar 5, a think tank for 30 people under the age of 30 that took place in Berlin. There, he heard the story of Malawi’s William Kamkwamba.

“Re-inventing the wheel isn't something we would wish upon anyone, but William Kamkwamba's story provides an example of the information disparity slowing down progress for the brightest minds,” said Grammatis. “William couldn't afford the US$80 per year it cost to attend school so he spent his time at the library instead ... over the span of four years he re-invented the windmill to provide himself with electricity. He shared his first Google experience with journalists: ‘He said, Do you know Google? and I said, What animal is a Google? And when I Googled windmill I found there was millions of applications! I said, Where was this Google all this time?!’”

While some people might worry that free web access for all would put internet providers out of business, Grammatis doesn’t think it would be a problem. “All over the world free television and radio is beamed to millions of people,” he said. “It's free, and that service has never threatened cable or satellite TV, in fact, people are happy to pay a premium for a premium service. We have the same vision – basic internet access would be free. It wouldn't be great, but it would do the job.”

While there is currently no price tag attached to Terrestar-1, ahumanright’s Buy This Satellite fundraising website points out that a used Iridium communications satellite was sold in 2000 for $23 million – a steal, considering it reportedly cost $5 billion to build new. Still, the whole venture sounds quite daunting, and it likely wouldn’t be possible without the help of highly-motivated volunteer “ambassadors” who are promoting the charity around the world.

“We're not going to do this alone, and the response has been outstanding,” said Grammatis. “If we all sat around and waited for someone to solve our problems, we'd be waiting a long time.”

What a fantastic idea! Good luck.