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Philippine Showbiz Today
Spectator
Cone nakulata kay Austria
March 8 - 21 , 2017
Basketball
By Al Mendoza
Bakit nagkatotoo ang aking mapangahas na prediksiyon ?
Na ang mananalo ng Game 4 ay tatanghaling tsamp sa PBA Philippine Cup ? Simple lang ang sagot . Kapag hindi nagloko ang First Five ng San Miguel Beer , walang tatalo sa Beermen .
Sa elimination round pa lang , 10-1 ang SMB . Disgrasya lang ang kaisa-isang talo ng Beermen sa Phoenix .
Tiklop din ang Rain or Shine na yumukod agad sa isang engkuwentro lamang laban sa SMB sa quarters .
Umabot sa Game 7 ang SMB- TNTsemifinals . Dito sinwerte ang Beermen nang hindi nakalaro si KaTropang Jason Castro sa
Game 7 .
Bumuhos din ang suwerte sa Ginebra nang malusutan nito ang Star sa kanilang Game 7 semifinals .
Pero sa Finals , naubos ang buwenas ng Ginebra matapos nitong masikwat ang Game 2 sa obertaym para itabla ang best-ofseven Finals sa 1-1 .
Gayunman , nang tinotoo na nina SMB First Five Fajardo , Santos , Lassiter , Cabagnot at Ross ang bakbakan , nanguluntoy ang Ginebra .
Hindi pa man naitatala ng SMB ang panalong 99-88 sa Game 3 , buong tapang ko nang sinabi rito na tsamp na ang mananalo ng Game 4 .
Kayat sa 94-85 na tagumpay ng SMB sa Game 4 para sa abanteng 3-1 , ang panapos sa seryeng 91-85 win sa Game 5 ng Beermen ay hindi na dapat pagtakhan pa .
Insulto wari kay Ginebra coach Tim Cone ang panalong 4- 1 ni SMB coach Leo Austria .
Kung boksing ito , tulog si Cone sa second round . Nakulata . ●
Five current and former world champions will etch their names into immortality in the “ Casting of Fists ,” a major highlight of the 17th Gabriel Flash Elorde Memorial Boxing Awards and Banquet of Champions on March 25 at the Tent City of the Manila Hotel .
On hand for the rites , which will honor three Boxer of the Year awardees for 2016 , are WBO welterweight and former eight-division champion Manny Pacquiao , former WBO world bantamweight champ Gerry Penalosa , former WBC light flyweight titleholder Rolando Pascua , former IBF light flyweight king Tacy Macalos and former IBF world flyweight champion Dodie Boy Penalosa .
The fists cast in stone will be permanent fixtures in the Elorde Boxing Hall of Fame , a museum of the Philippines ’ world champions ,
Pacquiao leads Elorde Boxing Awards rites from Pancho Villa in the pre-war era , to the post-war from Flash Elorde and other greats who
Filipino boxer Gabriel ‘ Flash ’ Elorde in the ‘ 60s have already passed away or have retired , to the present generation of active world titleholders .
“ The images cast from the fists of world champions still alive form part of a permanent collection of the pictures , records and memorabilia the sport of boxing has contributed to the development of the sport and make us proud of Filipino achievements on the world stage ,” said Laura Elorde , wife of Da Flash , the first Filipino also enshrined into the International Boxing Hall of Fame for his feat as the longestreigning world junior lightweight champion , from 1960-67 .
Taking center stage in the awards night , to be presented by the Elorde family , are Boxer of the Year co-awardees John Riel Casimero , the IBF world light flyweight champion , Jerwin Ancajas , the IBF world flyweight king and Marlon Tapales , the WBO bantamweight champion .
Also to be honored are
Pacquiao ’ s fight with Khan gets cancelled
2016 international , regional and Philippine champions , best promoter , trainer , judge and referee , best fight of the year , most promising boxer , and best male and female amateur boxers .
Citations and special awards will be presented to individuals and institutions who have contributed to the growth of the sport .
The Awards Night , held in conjunction with the 82nd birth anniversary of the legendary world champion , is sponsored by COBRA , Hapee Toothpaste , Philippine Amusements & Gaming Corporation ( PAGCOR ) Southpaw Bar & Grill , Cast & Frame , Elorde Sports Center & Bai & Mig Party Favors . ●
- D . Secuya , Philboxing
Big J turns 71
World boxing champion Manny Pacquiao and Amir Khan recently confirmed on social media that they would be in the same ring this April .
However , Top Rank promoter Bob Arum has now revealed that the fight would not push through .
Arum , who previously voiced out that he ’ s skeptical about the unnamed investment group , which was supposed to shell out $ 38 million for the fight , told ESPN that Pacquiao ’ s adviser Michael Koncz is on his way to
meet the boxer to talk about what happened .
“ Michael is on his way back to meet with Manny but it ’ s kaddish for the UAE deal . It ’ s dead . I ’ m talking to him about another proposal for another fight , not Khan . Khan won ’ t be Manny ’ s next opponent ,” he said .
Arum previously set up a fight with Australia ’ s Jeff Horn but Pacquiao focused on fixing the fight with Khan instead . ●
- J . Leary , Push
Robert Jaworski with Reyfort at the 2017 PBA Finals between Ginebra & SMB at the Big Dome