The Ring Magazine has called WBO super bantamweight champion Nonito “The Filipino Flash” Donaire Jr. as today’s top one-punch knockout artist in boxing.

Donaire, a 4-division world champion, ranked first on the list that includes Marcos Maidana, Juan Manuel Lopez, Wladimir Klitschko, and Sergio Martinez.

Donaire is The Ring’s No. 4 pound-for-pound best boxer in the world.

Don Stradley of the ring said Donaire’s stoppages over Vic Darchinyan and Fernando Montiel as the best examples of The Filipino Flash’s knockout prowess.

Boxing Promoter Bob Arum revealed that Floyd Mayweather Jr. knows Manny Pacquiao is a hard fighter to figure out which is the reason why he is having second thoughts to fight the eight-division champion.\

“Mayweather is a great fighter, there’s no question about that. Manny Pacquiao is a guy that would be very difficult for Floyd to figure out because he’s so quick,” the Top Rank Inc. CEO said in an interview with Rope-a-Dope Radio.

Arum said Mayweather always had trouble fighting southpaws.

What more if he faces  Pacquiao, added Arum.
 

Adidas, Giant  in sports apparel company has formally showed  the latest uniforms for the 2012 NBA All-Star Game which is scheduled  on February 26 in Orlando, Florida.

The jerseys have oversized block lettering inspired by the uniforms used in the 1992 NBA All-Star Game, which at the same time  held in Orlando. The red West jersey has gold accents on the sides, while the blue East jersey has silver stripe

Replicas of NBA All-Star uniforms are sold in the Philippines at P2,495 each.

Just after his boxing victory, the newly crowned World Boxing Organization super bantamweight champion Nonito "The Filipino Flash" Donaire received a good news when  a hand specialist found out  that there are no broken bones in his left hand.

Earlier, Donaire said in his interview that he hurt  his left hand in the early part of his match  against Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. last Saturday in San Antonio (Sunday in Manila). In spite of  the pain, Donaire was able to get  a split decision victory.

Donaire went to  Dr. Steven Shin, the director of hand surgery in the Kerland Jobe Orthopedic Clinic in Los Angeles, who said the new champion does not have any broken bones.

"As far as we can see from his X-rays, there have been no fractures, which is very good news," Shin said.

Congratulations to your victory!

Floyd Mayweather revives  challenge to Pacquiao on Twitter

Renewing his challenge he made on Twitter earlier, American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. on Wednesday (Manila time) is now challenging  Filipino boxing icon and Sarangani Rep. Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao to fight him  on May 5.
 
In his  posts on his Twitter account,  Mayweather  vowed  to serve Pacquiao an "ass-whooping."
 
"I’m ready to fight Pacquiao 5/5/12…  Bob Arum know the date can’t change, I have my guarantee… call Schaefer & Al and stop lying to the public," he said.

Schaefer is Golden Boy’s CEO Richard Schaefer, who has represented Mayweather in his previous  fights. On the other hand, Al refers to Al Haymon, Mayweather’s manager.
 
He added that while Jan. 16 was the birth anniversary of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Jan. 17 is the birthday of boxing legend Muhammad Ali, "May 5th is Pacquiao ass whooping day."
 
Mayweather also challenged his  critics who said claimed that he was afraid of  fighting Pacquiao, and now saying he is begging for it.

"First They say I’m Ducking the Fight. But now it seems like I’m begging for the fight.. What is going on?" he said.

Giving up is the last thing on his mind.

Mexican boxer Erik "El Terible" Morales is calling out  for a fourth fight against Filipino boxing champion Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao after  his two losses in their trilogy.

Morales was the last man to beat  Pacquiao, accepting  a unanimous decision win against the Filipino boxer in March 2009.

However, Pacquiao was dominant in their two subsequent rematches, knocking out Morales in the 10th round of their second fight and then in the third round of their trilogy fight.

Ignoring  those two losses, Morales  continued his boxing career, succeeding  a title at the junior welterweight division. In an interview with Boxing Scene, he said  that he wants to face  Pacquiao for a fourth time, to fight  for his poor showing in their second and third fights.

"I accepted a fight with Pacquiao in a division where I knew I couldn’t make a weight," Morales said, referring to their bouts in the super featherweight division. "My life outside the ring was in shambles."

"I wasn’t in shape for the Pacquiao fights, because I wasn’t putting my full concentration on boxing," he added.

Morales claimed  that he still has what it takes to beat Pacquiao again.

Top Rank CEO Bob Arum will be coming  to Manila next week to meet with his valuable  fighter Manny Pacquiao.

Arum said the meeting will be all about Pacman’s  options for 2012.

"I’m going to the Philippines on January 8, and I should be there on January 10. I’m going to shortly, thereafter, meet with Manny," Arum said in RingTV.com.

“We’re going to be offering Manny four potential opponents – [Miguel] Cotto, [Juan Manuel] Marquez, [Timothy] Bradley and [Lamont] Peterson," he added.

Arum added that the selection process will start  after their discussion.

Pacquiao plans  to make his comeback  to the boxing ring in May or June.   

In an exhibition game on Tuesday, David Beckham called for celebration which  what could be his final match for LA Galaxy with a 4-3 penalty shootout victory over Australia’s Melbourne Victory.
 
Beckham, 36, is about to finish his  contract with the Major League Soccer champions and is reported to be thinking of accepting  a huge offer to play for French club Paris St Germain, or to stay in the United States.

The soccer  superstar said this week he might get to decide on his future until early in the New Year.

While in a friendly match against Italian tennis player Flavia Pennetta in Milan, Venus Williams’ left strap on one of her  self-designed eleVen dresses snapped during the match, almost revealing  extra flesh to the crowd.

As expected from a fashion veteran, Venus was able to conceal and coolly walked off the court to change clothes. When she  came back, she gave popcorn for Pennetta, who had been forced to wait out the literal changeover.

American boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. wants to dominate when it comes to stating the terms of a possible superfight against Manny Pacquiao.

Mayweather insists he should be able to dictate since he is the bigger draw compared to Pacquiao.

"We tell you what we’re going to give you, and you can take it or you don’t have to. We’re the A-side,” Mayweather said in Boxingscene.com. 

Pacquiao said on Thursday that there are present  negotiations  with the camp of Mayweather for a possible mega-fight.
He believes that  Mayweather may have given it a thought to stop avoiding him after seeing the Juan Manuel Marquez fight.