FREE: Where to watch Pacquiao, Mayweather Fight of 2015

Here's a list of venues, compiled by Inquirer (Thanks!), where you can watch the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight this Sunday. It's going to be one of the greatest matches in boxing history!

Manila

– MP Tower Sampaloc Manila
– San Andres Sports Complex
– Tondo Sports Complex
– Tolentino Sports Complex (formerly Dapitan Sports Complex)
– Rizal Sports Complez, Rizal Ave. Sta Cruz Manila
– Patricia Sports Complex, Gagalangin Tondo
– Sarmiento Sports Complex, Sta Mesa Manila

Marikina City

– Marikina Freedom Park
– Parang Playground
– Marikina Heights Covered Court

Quezon City

– QC Amoranto Stadium

Navotas City

– Navotas Sports Complez

Caloocan

– Caloocan City Hall Gazebo
– Caloocan High School
– University of Caloocan City (UCC) South campus
– Bagong Barrio Elementary School
– Caloocan City Hall – North
– Glorieta Tala
– Camarin-D Elementary School
– Bagong Silang Phase 1 Auditorium
– Bagong Silang Phase 10 Kaliwa
– Bagong Silang Phase 7 Kanan
– Deparo covered court
– Northville Bagumbong covered court

LAS PIÑAS

– Verdant Covered Court, Brgy. Pamplona 3
– LP Central Elem. School Covered Court, Brgy. E. Aldana
– Saging Covered Court, Brgy. CAA
– Timog Covered Court, Brgy. CAA
– Golden Acres Covered Court, Brgy. Talon 1
– TS Cruz Covered Court, Brgy. Almanza 2
– Talon 4 Covered Court, Brgy. Talon 4

Makati

– Makati Coliseum in Barangay La Paz – open starting 7 am; 1,000 tickets to be given to senior citizens and persons with disabilities for priority seating. First come, first served seating for viewers without tickets.

San Juan

– Filoil Flying V arena – open starting 9 am

Taguig

– Cayetano Sports Complex
– Hagonoy Gym
– Tipas Elementary School
– Ususan Covered Court
– Bagong Lipunan Condominium covered court
– Bagong Tanyag covered court
– Em’s Signal Village Elementry School
– Maharlika Elementary School
– Pinagsama Phase 2 covered court
– Taguig City University auditorium

Valenzuela

– Valenzuela City Astrodome
– Our Lady of Lourdes Gymnasium

San Mateo, Rizal

– Brgy. Ampid 1 covered court
– Brgy. Sto. Nino Elementary School
– Brgy. Sta Ana covered court
– Justice Vicente Elementary School

Rodriguez, Rizal

– Municipal Gymnasium

Where to watch live Pacquiao vs Bradley fight in Manila

On Sunday, the city of Manila will be providing free live viewing service of the fight of Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao vs American boxer Timothy Bradley.

A big screen and satellite dish have been set up at the San Andres Complex, which can accommodate at least 10,000 people, located along San Andres Street. Manila Mayor Joseph Estrada is expected to watch the Pacquiao vs Bradley rematch. Tickets have been released earlier through barangay officials.

Other viewing areas available for the public are:

1. Dapitan Sports Complex (Port Area)

2. Delpan Sports Complex (Port Area)

3. Tondo Sports Complex (Tondo, Manila)

4. Patricia Sports Complex (also in Tondo. Manila)

5. Rasac Covered Court on Rizal Avenue (Sta. Cruz, Manila)

6. Sarmiento Covered Court (Sta. Mesa, Manila).

SPOTTED: Jessica Sanchez own version of Lupang Hinirang during Pacquiao vs Rios bout

Here's a very inspiring, chilly, spine-buzzing rendition of our national anthem Lupang Hinirang sang by Filipino-Mexican American Idol Jessica Sanchez. What she sang during the Pacquiao vs Rios boxing fight was really great! It raised our morale and pride. 

Post by Genelyn Sandaga.

LIVE: Manny Pacquiao vs Brandon Rios

Watch the fight for Yolanda victims of our very own internationally recognized Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao vs Mexican-American Brandon Rios.

Pacquiao vs. Rios weigh-in results: Manny at 145 lb., Rios at 146.5 lb. The two men stepped on the scales in Macau and both came in under the welterweight limit. "I'm so happy that the fight is in Asia and very close to the Philippines," Pacquiao told HBO's Max Kellerman. "This fight is going to be different because I started early and it's been one of the longest camps of my career. We did it like when I was young."

Pacquiao-Rios fight not available? Watch it thru this link: Pacquiao vs Rios Fight

Pacquiao vs Marquez Fight 4 Results | Pacquiao Estimated Earnings

Marquez vs Pacquiao Fight 4 Update:
In an expected turn of events, Manny Pacquiao got knocked down by Marquez in the remaining seconds of Round 6 in their much-awaited match, Pacquiao vs Marquez 4, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

A powerful left hit Marquez at the early stages of the sixth round, yet his determination to take down Pacquiao pushed him to succeed with a strong right while Pacquiao was about to launch his move.

Prior his sudden KO, Pacquiao won round 5 with a 10-8 score.

Still, Pacquiao left the ring not empty-handed as he was still set to earn a huge sum of earnings from his fight contract plus those which he earned in HBO's pay-per-view subscription.

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International boxing icon Manny Pacquiao (54-4-2, 38 KO) will once again be fighting with Juan Manuel Marquez (54-6-1, 39 KO) in the arch-rivals' 4th and (hopefully) final boxing match in Las Vegas, Nevada on Saturday (December 8).

Watch the Pacquiao-Marquez 4 fight on local TV through Solar Sports. You may also watch Manny Pacquiao vs Juan Manuel Marquez fight live online through Xoom's pay-per-view. 

In its press release,

The Pacquiao-Marquez bout will take place on Saturday, December 8, as they meet for the fourth time in Las Vegas. New Xoom customers who send a money transfer to the Philippines will receive a $60 Visa® Reward Card (the cost of the fight in SD; taxes may be extra). The upcoming Pacquiao-Marquez fight will be just the 13th time in boxing history that opponents have faced one another four or more times. 

“The Pacquiao-Marquez matchup has become one of boxing’s most prevalent rivalries of the past decade,” says Julian King, Xoom’s Senior Vice President of Marketing and Corporate Development. “Xoom is proud that fans can get the chance to watch this upcoming fight for free--and discover how convenient, safe and fast it is to send money home with Xoom.” 

Customers must visit the website to make their first money transfer to the Philippines from November 26 through December 8, 2012. Then, order the Pacquiao-Marquez 4 fight from their television service provider, receive a reward code via email, redeem the code from December 9 -13, 2012, and receive the $60 Visa Reward Card to reimburse customers the cost of the fight. Terms and conditions apply.

Some other live stream links of the Pacquiao vs Marquez fight 4 may be placed here, so keep visiting this website for updates or follow the blog on Facebook or Google.

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In another news, looks like Pacquiao will receive anew for his purse almost 1 billion pesos or more in assured earnings from his Saturday (US time) title-defending match with Marquez.

It's been reported on Yahoo! News and elsewhere that, not considering  his HBO pay-per-view income, he is guaranteed a paycheck of $23 million or approximately P943 million. That's a huge amount!! Now, add to that what he'll earn from the pay-per-view subscription of international boxing fans!

Top Rank chief Bob Arum said Pacquiao, after the match, would be getting between $28 million (P1.1 billion) to $30 million (P1.2 billion). His winning in his fight with Marquez, which is expected mostly by Filipinos everywhere in the world, will definitely boost the morale and help Pablo victims get on with life.

According to Forbes, Pacquiao is among the highest-paid athletes in the world. For the June 2011-2012 period, he earned $56 million in purses and $6 million in endorsements landing at second place in the Forbes list of highest-paid athletes, sitting next to another international boxing superfighter Floyd Mayweather with $85 million in earnings.

One cannot deny Pacquiao is bearing the fruits of his hard labor and unbeatable discipline. He's still flying high in his boxing career.

Three Pacquiaos to run for office in 2013 elections

Three (3) members of the Pacquiao clan will run for government positions next year as they filed their certificates of candidacy (COC) for next year's midterm elections.

Filipino boxing pride Manny Pacquiao will run again as representative of Saranggani's lone district, while his wife Jinkee will aim for the position of Vice Governor. Jinkee, who never expressed interest in running for public office, revealed she decided to run for Vice Governor to help her husband carry out his public works in the province.

Pacquiao's younger brother Roel filed his COC Thursday. He will run for a House of Representatives seat in Koronadal City, South Cotabato's 1st District.

Pacquiao is supported by UNA's kings, Vice President Jejomar Binay and former President Joseph Estrada.

Pacquiao, Marquez to fight this December

It's all systems go for the fourth match of Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez.

In a reported disclosure to The Times, Wednesday, two unauthorized-to-announce-about-the-deal sources close to the negotiations revealed that Pacquiao (54-4-2, 38 knockouts) will fight Marquez December 8 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, after rejecting a rematch with recent-fight mate Timothy Bradley.

We're gonna have a rumble this December 2012!! Here's a more comprehensive source of the incoming Paquiao-Marquez match.

Pacquiao vs Marquez fourth match possible

A new boxing deal between Manny Pacquiao and Juan Manuel Marquez is almost reaching completion. 

With this, fans of the boxing legends worldwide can now expect the fourth Pacquiao-Marquez face-off which will tentatively happen on December 8, Fernando Beltran of Zanfer Promotions revealed.

Moreover, Beltran also said  that the only thing that keeps the match from happening is a written signed contract coming from Pacquiao's side.

It can be recalled that Marquez survived three KOs from Pacquiao and ended up with a draw in 2004. In 2008, Pacquiao defeated Marquez by a margin from split decision. November of 2011, Pacquiao once again brought down his Mexican rival by a unanimous decision.

With reports from ABS-CBN News.

Pacquiao-Bradley Fight Results, Updates, News and Comments

Pacquiao-Bradley Fight Update:

A friend of mine revealed that Pacquiao was defeated by Bradley in a split-decision. It's unfortunate but refreshing to see Pacquiao realizing there's someone better than him in the ring. A huge blow it must be, but there's still room for Pacquiao to improve in serving his country through politics and showbiz. 

The triumph of Bradley will not even alter Pacquiao's top rank in the 2012 list of richest House of Representatives members.

 Hundreds of negative reactions popped out after the fight. Twitter hash tags like #PacShet and #ClauBradley circulated around social networking sites. One tweeter even joked putting airport scandal-infamous Claudine to join the ring and fight head on with Bradley.

Commotions in Twitter world are starting; these also include relating Pacquiao's defeat to the Bayo ad, with netizens saying that Pacman lost because he has no "foreign blood", unlike other celebrities hyped as "special and superior". Meanwhile, a Facebook user created a mimicry of the lyrics of sensational song "Call Me, Maybe", by posting "Hey, I just met you and this is crazy, my name is Manny so hug me Bradley".

Pretty sure, Filipinos all over the world who were very supportive and confident of Pacman's winning, are just laughing this defeat off and moving on with their lives, AS USUAL. ;)

And to all the government officials out there who supported Pacquiao in the ring, go home now. We have a lot of stuff to do, like providing food, shelter and jobs to the kababayans in need.

Pacquiao-Bradley Fight UPDATES PER ROUND: 

This big fight between Pacquiao and Bradley made history creating hot-heads in the Philippines, as an unpredictable yet close outcome changes its course depriving Pacquiao of one of his titles. 

The Pacquiao-Bradley fight commenced at MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas today. Pacquiao's opponent Tim Bradley has never lost in any ring in his entire boxing career, as opposed to Pacman's countable losses. 

Round 1 

Pacquiao agressively releases strong knocks and straight jabs making a great round pitted against Bradley. 

Round 2 

Bradley evades Pacman's jolting left, but receives good left hook in the end. 

Round 3 

Pacquiao unleashes left hook and good combination, giving Bradley a shaky head. 

Round 4 

Pacquiao evil goes bad, hits ferocious slicing shots, thereby punishing Bradley. 

Round 5 

Pacquaio's left sting almost brings down Bradley, while the latter still fights. 

Round 6 

Pacquiao's mouth bleeds though he seems to rule the round; however, good show off between the two fighters makes it nicer. 

Round 7 

Pacquiao makes whistling combos; Bradley keeps the play balanced.

Round 8 

Combo body hits spells Pacquiao's strength. Bradley makes pretty uppercut. 

Round 9 

Bradley complains about his foot, while Pacman is still in good composure. The audience spells out their support for the fighters. 

Round 10 

Bradley reverses round giving Manny pretty good body shots. Pacman fights back with nice fires; a heavy exchange is evident here. Cheering crowds make the environment more tense. 

Round 11 

Bradley becomes more tough despite Pacman's attack; still a great exchange of blows is evident. 

Round 12 

Tired and gaunt, both fighters make the battleground so awesome that the crowd roars the upbeat. Bradley scores split-decision from judges garnering scores of 115-113, 113-115,115-113! The indisputable Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao loses, suffering his first defeat in 7 years. 

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Pacquiao-Bradley Prediction:

In my opinion, Pacquiao still has control of this magnanimous fight over Bradley. Just wait for a few rounds and I really hope the universe will be in favor of the famous boxer turned politician, Manny Pacquaio.

I guess I failed in this attempt to predict who will win in this mega fight. Pacquiao did make a great performance. As to Bradley, I extend my heartfelt congratulations and support!