September 16 - 30 , 2018 PHILIPPINE ASIAN NEWS TODAY SPORTS 29
Manny Pacquiao-Floyd Mayweather II this year ? Forget it .
A few days following their chance meeting in Tokyo where both announced their agreement to face each other anew this coming December in a repeat of their 2015 showdown , the Filipino legend and his American undefeated counterpart appeared to have changed their minds .
Pacquiao , early this week , has been quoted by Spin . PH as saying , he first wants to have a tune up match before that in December or early next year , before that planned rematch .
Mayweather , who even went into the record , he didn ’ t need a tune up , to repeat his unanimous decision win over Pacquiao four year ago , is now saying he ’ s coming back to the
The first time Geraldo “ Bong ” Ramos played in Indonesia was as a team captain of the ESQ Pasig Giants , who , in 1988 , invaded and eventually ruled the Asean
Inter-City basketball tournament .
So impressed by the performance of the tiny and speedy Filipino pointguard were officials of the Pelita Jaya squad that they hired Ramos as the team import for its campaign in the Indonesian basketball circuit , earning the distinction as the first ever Filipino to have played as such in that country .
Ramos saw action as Pelita Jaya ’ s court general for three years and was adjudged the “ best guard ” of the Pangdam Tanjangpura Cup in 1988 .
Not surprising really as Ramos was already an established star in the country ’ s amateur collegiate and commercial leagues first as co-captain of the NCAA champion Mapua Cardinals under coach Charlie Badion in 1981 when he was named in the league ’ s Mythical 5 and Over-all Top Scorer .
That ’ s apart from carrying the country ’ s colors as member of coach Ron Jacob ’ s Northern Consolidated national team in 1982-1983 , played for the Philippines under Coach Ron Jacobs in 1982-1983 with the Northern Consolidated National Team , 1981 - 1982 Co-Captain of National Youth Team to the ASEAN School Youth , 1983 Bank of Rizal Philippine Amateur Basketball League Selection in Malaysia , among others .
When imports were eventually banned from playing in Indonesia , Ramos became the Assistant Coach for Pelita Jaya . He returned to Manila
No way the Pacquiao-Mayweather II will happen this year
Japanese capital looking forward to fighting there , maybe in December , too .
In that Tokyo meeting , Mayweather , announced that he was coming out of yet another retirement and that he and Pacquiao would meet again in December in second serving of their fight that broke every economic record in combat sports , including selling 4.6 million pay-perview subscriptions .
Pacquiao , who ’ s now fighting under his own promotional outfit backed up Mayweather ’ s announcement , but there has been a change of plans . In a video posted on TMZ , the 50-0 win-loss record holder said on Wednesday that he is planning to fight another fight first .
“ I know everybody heard about
in 1991 to play here but suffered leg injury while training with RC Cola in the Philippine Basketball League when a player accidentally fell on his leg during a tune-up game .
The injury led Bong to hang up his playing uniform and , at age 30 worked as an account manager for Ivy League Workwear Shoes for 5 years .
In 1997 , Ramos returned to basketball as head coach of the Mapua Cardinals in the NCAA . The following year , Ramos started his professional coaching career as bench tactician of the Batangas Blades career in the MBA ( Metropolitan Basketball Association ).
Ramos coached the Indonesian team ASPAC-Texmaco to win a threepeat and quadruple championships in 2002 and 2003 in the emerging Indonesian basketball scene . He was named 2003 Coach of the Year of the Indonesian Basketball League , a credential that earned him the coaching job of the Indonesian national squad .
Ramos handled FedEx Express in he PBA from 2004 to 2005 ; Barako Bull when it was still carrying the Air21 brand name in 2011 ; assistant mentor of the PH team that won the 2001 Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur , 4th SEABA Championship the same year in Manila ; Aspac Texmaco in Jakarta 2002-2003 ; Kobatama Basketball League in Jakarta in 2002 ; 2003 Sister Cities Cup in Medan ;
Indonesian Basketball League in Jakarta in 2003 ; ABC Champion ’ s Cup in KL inn2003 ; Indonesian Basketball League in Jakarta in head coach of IBL All Star Champion Team in the IBL All Star Game in Yogyakarta , Indonesia in 2003 ; Hewlett-Packard ASPAC ; ABC Champions Cup in KL , all in 2003 .
Ramosalso handled the Rookie- Sophomore team in the PBA All Star Game in Laoag , Ilocos Norte in 2005 ; CLS Knights in Surabaya , Indonesia the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight , but before the Mayweather-Pacquiao rematch I will be back in Tokyo for a huge boxing event . Stay tuned ,” Mayweather , who was wearing a baseball hat with “ 50-0 ” on the front to signify the record he retired with after knocking out UFC star Connor McGregor in the 10th round last August in the second-highestgrossing fight of all time , said .
In view of these developments , how then these two still most popular fighters in earth face off again before 2018 ends ?
Only in the minds of the uninitiated media men , those ignorant of ins and outs boxing , who keep on bombarding the public of false news that the rematch is on this year .
Fighters , you see , prepare for a
Coach Bong Ramos , who ’ s he ?
in 2008-2009 ; Garuda Flexi Bandung in 2009 ; Brunei Barracudas in the Asean Basketball League ( ABL ); and Stapac in Jakarta in 2017 .
After years of shuttling back and forth from Manila to Indonesia and vice versa , Ramos came home last May on vacation but found himself calling the shots for the Blackwater Elite in the Commissioner ’ s Cup that followed .
He replaced Elite ’ s head coach Leo Isaac , who after leading the team to no higher than a quarterfinal appearance since acquiring a franchise in 2014 . Team owner Dioseldo Sy offered Ramos to take over .
He took the job thinking of making the Commissioner ’ s Cup part of the team ’ s preparation for the Governors ’ Cup . Ramos asked the Elite management to bring import Henry Walker immediately to work
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with the team that early , which Sy and brother Siliman , the franchise ’ s alternate governor in the PBA board , granted .
Ramos ’ idea look to be reaping fruits as his Elite , with Walker at the forefront if their reinvigorated campaign , have so far racked up four straight win against perennial top contenders Talk ‘ N Text , San Miguel Beer , defending champ Barangay Ginebra and Northport in what could very well put them within grasp of attaining their modest goal of at least making the playoff .
Why , the Elite , likewise , can convince their footloose coach to stay home for good . After all , he ’ s been in and away of the country for more than three decades that it ’ s time for he , wife Joy and daughters Nicole and Cecille to live together , for once , as one family .
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bout at least two months . Next week will already be October , or two months before new year . That leaves the ‘ Pacman ” and the “ Money Man ” only a fight each in that span . Meaning , if ever they , indeed , meet again for the second time , that encounter should wait for 2019 when Pacquiao would already be 40 and Mayweather 42 ,.
That brings us to another question -- Mayweather-Pacquiao II ? We saw it once , what good will it do ?
For one , should this push through , they will have to work out a deal without the help of Top Rank chief executive Bob Arum . The veteran promoter , Pacquiao ’ s and Mayweather ’ s former promoter , said that he wants nothing to do with the rematch .
“ Good luck to them . I don ’ t