Pacquiao - Dela Hoya Fight

For days, or months even, we had been anticipating the match between Pacquiao and Dela Hoya ... For Filipinos, all fights of Pacquiao are considered national events ... It's the one day that there is zero crime; when all Filipinos unite regardless of religion, political affiliations, financial status; when there is no traffic (because all people are glued on their TV sets) ...

This morning, I woke up with excitement ... I knew this was the day ... But alas, the moment I went out of my bedroom, my brother informed me that there is a power failure --- we didn't have power since morning and there is no indication what time we'll get the power back! ... Dang! of all days, why does it have to be today??!!!

I suddenly remembered that I can watch it Live in my SMART 3G phone ... Although I have 3 bars of battery left, I knew that it would be enough if I tuned in only on the main bout ... before 12nn, I already started connecting .... voila! success!!! ... I put my Nokia N93i on top of a table so that my brothers and I can watch the fight ... My dad opted to just wait for the replay ...

1st round - Pacquiao round; 2nd round - still Pacquaio; 3rd, 4th, 5th - still Pacquiao ... At this point, we were already 80% sure that Manny Pacquiao will be the victor but we dare not rejoice yet because we know how good Dela Hoya is ... 6th, 7th, 8th - that's it! this is clearly Pacquiao's game ... we weren't surprised that Dela Hoya's camp didn't anymore allow the Golden Boy to continue with the 9th round ... In fact, we were hoping earlier on that they would already stop the fight because we saw how Dela Hoya is getting beaten up ... It was such a pity to see a great fighter lose that way ...

In Dela Hoya's interview, he was clearly a sportsman ... he gave credit where credit is due - which is Pacquiao's ... I admire him greatly for that ....

Congratulations Manny! To be honest, I didn't know if you can do it. But just the same, I had been rooting for you all through out! ... To Dela Hoya, you had nothing to be ashamed of! You did your best, it's just that your best was not enough for someone like Manny ...