Bernard Hopkins - Kelly Pavlik is ON
Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008
When the executioner meets a ghost.
That’s probably the mindset promoters of this Bernard ‘’The Executioner’’ Hopkins vs Kelly ‘’The Ghost’’ Pavlik extravaganza are in. Hopkins, even at the late stages of his career, is still one of the best in the game right now but when he’s matched up against an undefeated Ghost like Pavlik, you have to ask yourself, how can you execute a ghost?
And when you’re talking about the world middleweight champion Kelly ‘’The Ghost’’ Pavlik, trying to slay THE Ghost is more of an impossibility.
After all, he is not the undisputed king of the middleweight division for nothing and after surprising the world by beating then champ, Jermain ‘’Bad Intentions’’ Taylor, Kelly Pavlik has arrived with a bang and by the looks of it, he’s here for the long haul.
STILL, if there’s one guy who can shock the world, it’s Bernard ‘’The Executioner’’ Hopkins. There are not many boxers who can claim they can stay on top of the game at 40. B-Hop has.
Hopkins is 43 and he can still go toe-to-toe with the best of them. When Hopkins’ mother, Shirley Hopkins, passed away in 2003, she made her son promise that he will retire by the age of 40. Five years later, Hopkins is still mixing it up with the best in the business and since he can still keep pace with these younger guys, why retire?
Hopkins has already become the most exceptional over-40 fighters ever. STILL, he is facing a tough opponent in…
Nadal looks to win the U.S. Open
Monday, September 1st, 2008
Right now, the clay court king is THE king in all of tennis.
Rafael Nadal, after beating Roger Federer TWICE in a Grand Slam tournament this year, has become the new world No.1, taking along with him the no.1 seed in the last Grand Slam of the tennis calendar, the 2008 United States Open Tennis Championships.
Also an Olympic gold medalist in the men’s singles in the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Rafael Nadal will now deal with the pressure of having one huge target on his head.
After all, that’s what being on top of the food chain is all about in sports.
For some reason, Rafael Nadal has never gone pass the quarterfinals in the U.S. Open. Must have something to do with the way he struggles on tournaments not played on clay surfaces.
Now that he has been able to overcome that after beating Roger Federer on grass, that being this year’s Wimbledon, Rafa is on the verge of proving to everybody that he’s no longer just the master of clay.
He likes his chances of winning another Grand Slam title at the U.S. Open and I don’t blame him.
‘’When you are playing well you feel comfortable on all courts. In the past when I was playing well, I did well on hard courts, too. I feel good for sure. I won two tournaments in Toronto and the Olympics, and I played semifinals in Cincinnati,’’ Rafael Nadal said.
Nadal, 22, has won eight titles this year including…
De La Hoya V Pacquiao on Dec. 6
Friday, August 29th, 2008
Oscar De La Hoya wants to prove that he’s still the very best.
And for his retirement match, he chose the boxer who has been on a mean streak lately, Manny Pacquiao.
Thursday, the ‘’Golden Boy’’ Oscar De La Hoya officially announced his scheduled bout with the lightweight champ on December 6. If De La Hoya pulls off a win over Pacman, he will be walking away on top like the champion that he is.
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum still refuses
to confirm what could be the biggest fight of the century. What he did told everybody is De La Hoya making a big announcement about who’s going to be his next opponent.
‘’We’ll know who is he is fighting tomorrow,’’ Bob Arum said from Youngstown, Ohio, where he was attending a promotional event for the Kelly Pavlik - Bernard Hopkins fight that he is co-promoting with De La Hoya’s Golden Boy Promotions.
‘’I made a commitment that I wouldn’t say anything and that tomorrow there would be an announcement. I’m not allowed to make any comments. Everything will be clear on Thursday.’’
Pacquiao has a knack for scheduling bouts with boxers who are either old or retiring, we all saw that when Pacquiao beat a retiring Erik Morales, an aging Marco Antonio Barrera and barely coming up with a win over an older and slower Juan Manuel Marquez despite the fact that I clearly saw the older Mexican winning it.
This scheduled…
2008 Beijing Olympics Ends with Michael Phelps on Top
Tuesday, August 26th, 2008
The Olympics have concluded and Phelps has obtained greatness.
Sensational American swimmer Michael Phelps did the impossible, winning eight gold medals, seven of them world records, in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The United States is lucky to have this guy playing for them. The question now is, is he the greatest American Olympian ever?
The answer is a resounding yes. Michael Phelps has beaten the 36-year-old record set by fellow American Mark Spitz, whose seven swimming gold medals at Munich in 1972 were the most at a single Games. That’s until Phelps came up with eight this year.
His remarkable feat is considered to be one of the greatest accomplishments in Olympics history. The 23-year-old cemented his name to Olympic greatness as he won all of the gold medals in all of the events in swimming so far.
Michael Phelps now has 14 gold and 2 bronze medals in his Olympic career. He won six of the his gold, including a couple of bronze medals, in Athens 4 years ago. The rest he won this year, in the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, China.
One reporter agrees that Michael Phelps is indeed the best Olympian ever, saying that Phelps has a wide variety of skills to be considered as the Willie Mays of swimming. He also added that Phelps swims for distance, for sprints, for relays, in free, in butterfly.
He is the ultimate…
2008 Beijing Olympics dominated by Michael Phelps
Friday, August 15th, 2008
Seems nobody can stop Michael Phelps.
That’s exactly what US Olympian Michael Phelps has shown in the swimming competition of the 2008 Beijing Olympics. As this year’s Games continue to unfold, swimming is one of the most exciting sporting events in this quadrennial event and Phelps is already being crowned with the title ‘’best swimmer in the world’’ after winning gold medal after gold medal in the biggest sporting event of the year.
Michael Phelps, as many people say, could re-write Olympic history in the field of swimming where he is believed to dominate and capture all eight gold medals in all of the events that he will participate in.
Obviously, the 23-year-old American is the heavy favorite to win the gold medal in the men’s 200m freestyle as well. And the expectations don’t end there, Phelps is also the favorite to win gold in the 100m butterfly, favorite to win gold in the 200m butterfly, favorite to win gold in the 200m men’s individual medley and the favorite to win gold in the 400m men’s individual medley.
Phelps already won eight medals in the 2004 Athens Games, six gold and two bronze medals.
Eamon Sullivan of Australia and Alain Bernard of France are listed as co-favorites to win the men’s 100m freestyle as well while Grant Hackett of Australia is also one of the favorites to win a gold medal in the men’s 1500 m freestyle.
Although I won’t be betting on any of these guys if Phelps will be competing.
In the women’s side, Federica Pellegrini of…
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