PS on Pacquiao, Hatton rumble

A tv commentator said the Manny Pacquiao-Ricky Hatton clash was a monumental fight. May also be called moneymental, yes?

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Before the fight, Ricky Hatton told the press in Vegas: “I’m going to surprise the world.” He did. Even the Brits were surprised at his two first-round knockdowns and his second-round knockout.

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Someone had predicted that the Pacquiao-Hatton fight would be a bloody affair. It was not. The fight was through in two rounds. No blood. The referee, though, shed more sweat than the Pacman.

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The exchange of insults and hot words between Floyd Mayweather Sr. (Hatton’s trainer), and Freddie Roach (Manny’s trainer) was more cruel than the actual trading of punches on the ring.

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Michael Buffer, the famous ring announcer, announced Manny Paquiao as being from Sarangani Province. Politically motivated without Mr. Buffer knowing it. Gimmick of someone in the Pacquiao camp to boost Manny’s foray into Sarangani politics where Manang Dionesia’s son is thinking of running for Congress.

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E-mail from Lambert of New York: “I’m from Cebu, the lovely place I left (by force of circumstance) 29 years ago. I read one column in a Manila newspaper where the writer took to task the presidential hopefuls for starting the 2010 poll campaign early. What’s wrong with that? Our country is still a free country, is it not? So why the fuss about this early campaigning? Let’s make more noise about the corruption that’s giving our country an ugly image...”

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Another e-mail, this time from Joe Haggerty Jr.: “My wife is Filipina from Cebu. Recently she went to Hong Kong for social and business reasons ... The HK immigration officers made passes on her and when she complained, she was threatened with detention ... Luckily, a Filipino journalist came to her rescue which led to the HK immigration authorities saying sorry ... Through your newspaper I would like to say thanks and to salute that journalist whose name my wife doesn’t want to be published.”

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I just read in The Honolulu Advertiser about a journalism professor’s suggestion that newspapers should professionalize their obituary sections. Meaning, they should hire good writers to produce obituaries that are worthy of the space they occupy. She says obituaries are a widely read section of newspapers. Kind of morbid ... but more on this in our next outing.

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