Manny! Manny!

Choosing a topic is the most difficult thing in blogging… heh! as if I’ve been here long enough. Only my second post ladies and gentlemen. Thank you!

Last night’s fight was so lopsided. I believe everybody would agree. I have never seen this guy David Diaz fight nor have I ever heard anything about him up until this fight’s promotion. According to most boxing analysts, he’s a very good fighter with power being his typical advantage. On the other corner, Pacquiao has not been on the ring as a lightweight. Many thought including me that his speed would be compromised with his weight. Not!

I may have been swayed to believe that Diaz is a real good fighter but in this fight, Pacquiao made him looked average. I would consider Diaz to be tough though. From the get go, he appeared undermatched. Everybody was just waiting for him to go down, yet he stayed til the 9th. Both of them started with white trunks. One ended bloody pink. This PacMan win, coupled with Pretty Boy Mayweather’s retirement, could easily put Pacquiao as the top pound for pound fighter. Congratulations! He sure makes us Filipinos proud.

One interesting note on last night’s fight. After the fight, there was an interview with David Diaz and he dropped f bombs after f bombs. He effin looked cool in front of Cable TV. Effin thank you it’s on effin HBO! The coolest poft-fight interview I’ve seen. A real sport! MHOTY.

So why that picture you asked? Nothing. Just because I saw it printed huge in the center of the ring as one of the game’s sponsor. Shot @ f/1.8 - .005 seconds using two speedlights off-camera. One below facing the bottom of the bottle and the second slightly right of the camera facing the bottle triggered using built in flash through Nikon CLS.

Other than these bandwagonners. It’s a totally fun night!

29 June 2008 | Sports | Comments