Pacman KOs Cotto in 12th, Earns 7th World Title

Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV - Top Pound-for-Pound Fighter of the World Manny Pacquiao made history as he defeated Miguel Cotto for the WBO Welterweight Championship belt to become the first boxer to hold seven titles in seven weight classes, 15 Nov.

The fight started with Cotto the aggressor, landing combinations of punches to the face and body. In the succeeding rounds after sizing up and finding his range Pacquiao started landing solid jabs, but Cotto managed to protect his guard and counterpunch effectively. In the fourth round, Pacquiao caught Cotto in the chin and scored his first knockdown of the fight. As the fight progressed, Cotto started to wear down and found it difficult to catch up with the speed of Pacquiao. In the eighth round, Cotto got caught again by a solid jab putting him up against the canvas and giving Pacquiao his second knockdown. From there Cotto gassed out and hasn't been able to recover, fighting and punching by sheer instinct. Near the end of the eleventh round Pacquiao scored yet another knockdown and in the last round he caught Cotto up against the fence and put up a slugfest. With Cotto being unable to defend himself and fight back, the referee stopped the fight giving Pacquiao his well-deserved victory.

The victory over Cotto gave Pacquiao his record seventh title. The previous record was held both by Pacquiao and Oscar de la Hoya with six championship belts. Pacquiao's next opponent is still in the talks, but his recent victory puts him up inevitably against the former Top Pound-for-Pound Fighter Floyd Mayweather, Jr. in what could be the Fight of the Century.

I'm Back!

I'm back, finally, after a month-long hiatus. Been very busy within that time that's why I chose to do away from my blog. So many things have happened in one month. Remember the training I told last month? I happened to get an extra slot from the roster of trainees because one of the supposed to be trainees (who happened to be one of my former classmates) backed out days before the start of the training. She had to take a refresher course for the October 2009 Electronics Engineering Licensure Examination, and fortunately she passed! Congratulations, Dianne! As part of the celebration, she took us out on a fancy local resto, and as it ended we were full, especially I was heaping, haha! The Mechatronics Servicing NC II class started 12 Oct and ended 07 Nov. Then we took the final assessment 11 Nov, and not so lucky me I failed one of the practical exams, but it's just fine. I guess I just have to review for the retake. Plus I finally had my job at a semiconductor company Monday. So now I'll be updating this blog again starting now. Happy blogging to me! :)