"From Pillar to Post" - Pacquiao, Morales to Settle the Score

[grayfist]

What do you think of Arnaoutis? I think this fight will either show him as a potential star or expose some weakness in him. I honestly haven't seen much to get excited about thusfar, I'm not going to jump on any bandwagons here.

I don't know enough of Mike Arnaoutis, pal. The little that I do has not gotten me converted to his cause. He was held to a draw by the lefty Juan Urango a couple of years back and what Urango showed late last June against the Tunisian-Australian Ben Rabah wasn't convincing, though it was officially declared a win for Urango (even Urango's fans at the Seminole Hard Rock Arena in Florida booed the decision). That, to me, shows that Urango still has much to work on (although he shall be facing Ricky Hatton early next year, it was said), and the same can be said of Mike.

Another indication is that fight against Roberto Sta. Cruz where Arnauotis had some problems.

One thing sure, though, Arnaoutis brings power every time. Of the 9 KOs he has on his record I think more than half of those came in the very first round, three of those first rounders were in his last three fights, and two of his last three victims were undefeated fighters coming to their respective meetings. Not only were they undefeated, they too had power: Jose Leo Moreno had 10 stoppages in 12 fights and Marc Thompson had 9 in 13 fights. In his last outing Arnaoutis fought at Welter and KOd Mike Walker with 30 seconds remaining in the first.

Arnaoutis has had so many early stoppages one wonders what he can bring to the late rounds at championship level. In the few times he went the full route, he has not shown much that can put questions to rest. Last year, he dominated Marteze Logan over 10 rounds in his last-whole distance encounter, but who's Logan? Before Logan, his previous full-route fights were Santa Cruz and Urango and he won neither in decisive fashion.

Ricardo Torres-- though he fought mostly in his native Colombia and the names of his 27 KO victims (in 29 wins) are unrecognizable-- has shown top level kind of power. Last year, in his first and, as yet, only appearance on US soil, Miguel Cotto floored him in the 1st round but he returned the favor in the second, before going on to kissing the canvass three more times and bowing out in the 7th.

It was Cotto's first time to hit the floor. And, it was the first time he was seen atop the ring in real trouble.

Torres is an unrelenting fighter. He's such a bull.

The Torres-Arnaoutis meeting is therefore clearly a convention of powerful shots. It shan't be a surprise if the fight turns out to be short. Who'll remain standing? Honestly, pal, I dunno and I won't dare hazzard a guess.

Edit:But I surely want to find out.

[Mr. Ryan]

I don't know enough of Mike Arnaoutis, pal. The little that I do has not gotten me converted to his cause. He was held to a draw by the lefty Juan Urango a couple of years back and what Urango showed late last June against the Tunisian-Australian Ben Rabah wasn't convincing, though it was officially declared a win for Urango (even Urango's fans at the Seminole Hard Rock Arena in Florida booed the decision). That, to me, shows that Urango still has much to work on (although he shall be facing Ricky Hatton early next year, it was said), and the same can be said of Mike.

Another indication is that fight against Roberto Sta. Cruz where Arnauotis had some problems.

One thing sure, though, Arnaoutis brings power every time. Of the 9 KOs he has on his record I think more than half of those came in the very first round, three of those first rounders were in his last three fights, and two of his last three victims were undefeated fighters coming to their respective meetings. Not only were they undefeated, they too had power: Jose Leo Moreno had 10 stoppages in 12 fights and Marc Thompson had 9 in 13 fights. In his last outing Arnaoutis fought at Welter and KOd Mike Walker with 30 seconds remaining in the first.

Arnaoutis has had so many early stoppages one wonders what he can bring to the late rounds at championship level. In the few times he went the full route, he has not shown much that can put questions to rest. Last year, he dominated Marteze Logan over 10 rounds in his last-whole distance encounter, but who's Logan? Before Logan, his previous full-route fights were Santa Cruz and Urango and he won neither in decisive fashion.

Ricardo Torres-- though he fought mostly in his native Colombia and the names of his 27 KO victims (in 29 wins) are unrecognizable-- has shown top level kind of power. Last year, in his first and, as yet, only appearance on US soil, Miguel Cotto floored him in the 1st round but he returned the favor in the second, before going on to kissing the canvass three more times and bowing out in the 7th.

It was Cotto's first time to hit the floor. And, it was the first time he was seen atop the ring in real trouble.

Torres is an unrelenting fighter. He's such a bull.

The Torres-Arnaoutis meeting is therefore clearly a convention of powerful shots. It shan't be a surprise if the fight turns out to be short. Who'll remain standing? Honestly, pal, I dunno and I won't dare hazzard a guess.

Edit:But I surely want to find out.

DAMN! That'll work for me

[grayfist]

DAMN! That'll work for me

Glad to toss in the little I can, buddy. I've been reading your pieces and enjoyed each one. Rich lode of information and the craftmanship is pretty good! Keep 'em coming pal.

[Mr. Ryan]

Glad to toss in the little I can, buddy. I've been reading your pieces and enjoyed each one. Rich lode of information and the craftmanship is pretty good! Keep 'em coming pal.

Thanks alot bro, really. I'm trying to be the guy in my avatar.

[grayfist]

Thanks alot bro, really. I'm trying to be the guy in my avatar.

Any time pal. Thanks too for those articles and interviews.

You're on your way, buddy. And, the way I see it, you're close.

[Mr. Ryan]

Any time pal. Thanks too for those articles and interviews.

You're on your way, buddy. And, the way I see it, you're close.

Man, all I want to do is get on a newspaper and given a mouthpiece. I promise to make it interesting

Village Voice or The Post, that's all I'm asking.

[grayfist]

Man, all I want to do is get on a newspaper and given a mouthpiece. I promise to make it interesting

Village Voice or The Post, that's all I'm asking.

The way you're going, it won't be a surprise that you'll get your wish a lot sooner than you think, pal.

Boxing is not mainstream the way it is. But I am confident it shall be again fairly soon. With merely 86 players in all of the NBA born on American soil and US teams having won only one world championship in the past decade, basketball is not the way it used to be. Tennis does not have the big draws anymore. Cycling and track events are tough to put together and , thus are seldom done, not to mention the obvious downturn in those sports. Football may still be there and the Superbowl may still be among the biggest sporting events on the annual calendar, but it's not a year round sport. There are slots and even voids that boxing can fill.

It used to be that one cannot read anything about boxing in Phoenix. Now they've got some quantity of paper devoted to it.

When boxing does become part of mainstream awarness, current newspaper staffs shall be ill-prepared for it, they having, in most times, blithely overlooked the sport. Editors will be forced to scan the horizons for people who know boxing and can put words together well.

So keep pounding the beat, and putting em down on paper, so that when editors begin looking around, you'll be right there, front and center, buddy.

Note: Thanks for the Ks and the nice comment pal. Sorry, they still won't let me give you some.

[Mr. Ryan]

The way you're going, it won't be a surprise that you'll get your wish a lot sooner than you think, pal.

Boxing is not mainstream the way it is. But I am confident it shall be again fairly soon. With merely 86 players in all of the NBA born on American soil and US teams having won only one world championship in the past decade, basketball is not the way it used to be. Tennis does not have the big draws anymore. Cycling and track events are tough to put together and , thus are seldom done, not to mention the obvious downturn in those sports. Football may still be there and the Superbowl may still be among the biggest sporting events on the annual calendar, but it's not a year round sport. There are slots and even voids that boxing can fill.

It used to be that one cannot read anything about boxing in Phoenix. Now they've got some quantity of paper devoted to it.

When boxing does become part of mainstream awarness, current newspaper staffs shall be ill-prepared for it, they having, in most times, blithely overlooked the sport. Editors will be forced to scan the horizons for people who know boxing and can put words together well.

So keep pounding the beat, and putting em down on paper, so that when editors begin looking around, you'll be right there, front and center, buddy.

Note: Thanks for the Ks and the nice comment pal. Sorry, they still won't let me give you some.

With a voice in the press, you can change alot of things. I want to cover boxing predominantly, but I also want to make changes in my area. I want to chase down slumlords, dirty politics and that type of thing. We're on this world for a short time and we have to do good.

[flipside]

have you tried to submit a piece for a paper in the PI?

[Mr. Ryan]

have you tried to submit a piece for a paper in the PI?

I've tried to submit to Filipino papers in NJ, but they don't return my messages.