Justin Bieber posts offensive photos of Pacquiao's KO on Instagram

Leave it to Bieber (to post offensive photos). On Sunday, Canadian singer Justin Bieberuploaded on Instagram what many Filipinos consider to be insulting pics of Manny Pacquiao's knockout at the hands of Juan Manuel Marquez.

One altered photo shows Pacquiao alongside Michael Jackson, while another shows a Disney character alongside theboxing champion. Following his devastating sixth round knockout loss to Marquez, Pacquiao was taken to University Medical Center as a precaution.

While results of the CT scan were negative, Justin Bieber wanted to amuse his 4.2 million followers on Instagram and to impress upon them that Floyd Mayweather, Jr is the best fighter on the planet.

On Monday, Justin Bieber was unapologetic after thousands of negative comments were left on his social media accounts, many from Pacquiao fans and Filipinos.

If they were beliebers I know they wouldn't leave my side over an Boxing opinion I have

 source: examiner.com/

Marquez knocks out Pacquiao in 6th round

LAS VEGAS—The unthinkable happened as Manny Pacquiao got knocked out by Juan Manuel “El Dinamita” Marquez on Saturday night (Sunday afternoon in Manila), sending shock waves back home.

As he unleashed a left jab, the favored Pacquiao ran smack into a thunderous Marquez right that sent the Filipino flat, face down, to the canvas, motionless for more than a minute.

The decisive punch came with barely a second left in the sixth of the 12-round fight before a full-house crowd of 16,348 at MGM Grand Garden Arena.

The scene was so frightening that Pacquiao’s wife Jinkee turned hysterical on the front row. Wanting to get near her husband, she was restrained and consoled by promoter Bob Arum.

“I got hit with a punch I didn’t see,” the 33-year-old Pacquiao said before being taken to the nearby University Medical Center for a checkup. “I thought I was getting him in the last couple of rounds but I got hit by a strong punch. I did not expect that punch.”

Marquez’s own face was a bloody mess from a barrage of lefts by Pacquiao.

“I am very, very happy,” said Marquez, who fought with a bruised nose for the last few rounds. “How do you tyink I feel? This is a result of all the hard work I did.”

Pacquiao was promised more than $20 million for the fight while Marquez was expected to take home $6 million.

source: sports.inquirer.net/

Marquez has unfinished business with Pacquiao

LAS VEGAS– Mexico’s Juan Manuel Marquez says people keep telling him he beat Manny Pacquiao in their three previous fights, but he is not going to rest until the referee raises his hand in the center of the ring.

“A lot of people feel I beat him,” Marquez says. “But I want to have my hand raised. I want the judges to really look at what they are doing and get it right this time.”

Marquez lost a controversial decision to Pacquiao 13 months ago. He lost a tight split decision in 2008 and they fought to a draw in their first fight in 2004.

Organizers have decided to use Kenny Bayless as the referee who will be in the ring with the two fighters. The three judges, John Keane, Steve Weisfeld and Adalaide Byrd, were not part of any of the three previous bouts.

“The only thing I am asking for them is to be fair and for them to qualify what is happening in the ring,” Marquez says. “It is a great selection of judges. They are very professional.”

When Filipino southpaw Pacquiao and Marquez enter the ring Saturday for their non-title welterweight bout at the MGM Grand Hotel it will be the fourth time in eight years they have fought.

Neither one goes out of his way to antagonize the other but they aren’t chummy.

“We are both professionals,” Marquez said. “I don’t think there is any hate there. There’s a rivalry but it is professional.

“Looking back on the last three fights, I know I can compete with him and beat him. I’ve prepared myself better than I ever have.”

The undercard will feature one title fight, a 12-round IBF lightweight bout between Mercito Gesta of the Philippines and Mexican Miguel Vazquez.

Gesta, who has 26 wins and no losses, is fighting for his first championship belt.

Gesta’s father, Anecito, 49, is a former Muay Thai champion in the Philippines and also serves as a sparring partner for his son.

Former world featherweight champ Yuriorkis Gamboa is also on the undercard, fighting Filipino Michael Farenas in a junior lightweight bout.

source: Inquirer.net

Is Bob Arum Being Unfair?

Bob Arum had seen enough shams over his lengthy boxing career to know that Timothy Bradley’s victory over Manny wasn’t legit. He didn’t need to think about it. He didn’t need to contemplate how the judges had come to their decision. He didn’t need to hear anyone’s justifications.

He knew what was what.

And so, in the direct aftermath of that horrible, horrible June 9 end result, Arum gave a very open and honest interview.

"I've never been as ashamed of the sport of boxing as I am tonight," Arum said (via ESPN). 

"Can you believe that? Unbelievable. I went over to Bradley before the decision and he said, `I tried hard but I couldn't beat the guy.' "

Naturally, Bradley didn’t respond particularly well to his promoter’s comments. Regardless of whether Arum was telling the truth or not, Bradley wasn’t going to let his words just hang there. 

"I thought I won the fight," Bradley responded. "I didn't think he was as good as everyone says he was. I didn't feel his power."

And later:

"I never told Bob that at all. He's a liar and I will tell him that to his face," Bradley said (via Yahoo! Sports). "I told Bob I did the best I can. I got injured. That was it. That's all I said to Bob. I didn't say, 'Bob, I couldn't beat that guy.' I would never say that, because I thought I won the fight.

"Bob's going to say that because that's his cash cow. The fact he lost to me, that is hard on him. That's hard on everyone," said Bradley.

Now, some of that is true. Pacquiao is Arum’s cash cow. Arum does favor him over Bradley. And yes, over the course of his career, Arum has shown on more than occasion that he isn’t opposed to lying.

That doesn’t change the reality of what happened, though.

Arum’s personal bias doesn’t change the fact that Pacquiao landed 253 of his 751 punches, and that Bradley landed 159 of his 839 punches. It doesn’t change the fact that Pacquiao landed 190 power punches and Bradley landed 108 power punches. It doesn’t change the fact that Pacquiao landed more punches than Bradley in 10 rounds and Bradley landed more punches than Pacquiao in two rounds.

So, no – Arum wasn’t wrong. He was entirely right in his assessment that Bradley’s win over Pacquiao was a joke.

The next and more important question, however, is this: was Arum being fair when he said what he said? Yes, he was right – but was he fair?

Was it fair to embarrass Bradley like that with the whole world watching? Was it fair to, more or less, make Bradley the scapegoat for a decision that was made by three incompetent judges? Was it fair to publicly out a client that Arum had signed on to represent, as a fraud?

No, it wasn’t fair. 

You can’t blame Arum for being vocal about what he perceived to be an injustice; but, by the same token, you also can’t blame Bradley for thinking that his promoter did him kind of dirty.

My say: Everyone has their own opinion on what happened on Pacquiao vs. Bradley fight but i guess the best thing to do about it now is how to stop the same scenario from happening again. People are paying good money to watch a good fight and like what the referee always say before starting each fight ""You are both professionals so I expect a good, clean fight" but how can there be a clean fight when the judges who will decide on the match is biased or incompetent? Just my two cents...