Worlds Longest Basketball Shot - Fake or Not?

Here is the "worlds longest Basketball shot". This shot was taken off the third deck of Texas A&M's football stadium down to the field below. Judge for your self if its fake or not.





So? how was it? Was it edited or was it true.

Maywearther wins over Marquez

Mayweather was able to gain more than his $600,000 penalty, after defeating Juan Manuel Marquez on their fight night.

LAS VEGAS (AP)—Money came back with a guarantee. Floyd Mayweather Jr. told the world he was still its best boxer despite taking 21 months off, and he backed up every boast with every jab in an impressive victory.

Although next time out, hopefully he’ll pick on somebody his own size.

Mayweather overpowered the smaller, lighter Juan Manuel Marquez for an unanimous decision Saturday night, maintaining his perfect record in his comeback from retirement.

Mayweather knocked down Marquez in the second round and then peppered him with countless damaging shots to remain unbeaten (40-0, 25 KOs). Still, his impressive effort couldn’t be viewed without weighing the obvious disadvantages in height and strength faced by the talented Marquez, a 130-pounder just 18 months ago who moved up two weight classes for this once-in-a-career payday at the MGM Grand Garden.

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Marquez gains Extra bucks

Here is an excerp from Dan Rafael's post from Espn.

LAS VEGAS -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. weighed in at 146 pounds on Friday afternoon, two pounds heavier than the weight stipulated in the contract for his comeback fight against lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez on Saturday night at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

The excess weight will cost Mayweather $300,000 per pound, meaning Marquez will get an additional $600,000 on top of his $3.2 million guarantee, a source told ESPN.com. Mayweather's minimum guarantee is $10 million, a figure likely to dramatically increase after the pay-per-view receipts are counted.

Marquez, who has never fought heavier than 135 pounds, comfortably made 142 pounds, two less than the 144-pound contract weight.

Maywearther Vs. Marquez

The highly anticipated showdown for the welterweight fight between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Juan Manuel Marquez is about to begin. So who do you think will win? Stay updated for this event or watch it live on your pc to see the final results.

The undefeated six-time champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. (39-0, 25 KOs) takes on Mexico City’s Juan Manuel Marquez (50-4-1, 37 KOs) at a catchweight of 144 pounds in a non-title fight Saturday night (Sunday in Manila) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas.

The fight is dubbed “Number One vs Numero Uno” and the live streaming of the fight will be aired on ABS-CBN on Sunday, 10AM. The winner of the Mayweather vs Marquez fight could possibly forge a match up with our very own Filipino boxing superstar Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao.

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Pacquiao vs Hatton

Arriving at vegas. The two fighter has been welcome by their supporters waiting for the May 2 Fight Night.

"I may be fat. I may be round. But guess who is going to be the best pound-for-pound?" Hatton

"I don't want to talk too much before the fight," Pacquiao said. "I want to let my fists do the talking in the ring."

Pacquiao Vs. Hatton Update - “The East vs the West”

Manny Pacquiao has realized one of his long-cherished dreams: To breathe the moist air in faraway England.

“My dream was to come here to England and it has come true,” Pacquiao told the British newspaper The Sunday Telegraph. “I also have the desire to take the light welterweight title, and it’s a big honor to be in another fight which the fans want to see.”

Manny Pacquiao arrrived at london for a press conference-cum-fan rally for the “The East vs the West” title clash to be held at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas with his opponent Ricky Hattonm, come May 2.

Manny Pacquiao will be after Hatton's International Boxing Crown on the May 2 - “The East vs the West” slugfest. Having the winner of the said match the chance of being the light welterweight kingpin of the Ring Magazine.

“Every time I fight, I have to win because millions of Filipinos are hoping for victory,” said Pacquiao, who wore a suit. “Millions of people look to me to win. I have to go out and give everything.”

Hatton was more optimistic in front of his countrymen who naturally made up majority of the estimated 6,000 fans.

“On May 2, I’ll be the new pound-for-pound king,” Hatton vowed. “I’ve never been beaten at 10 stone (140 lb). This is my weight. This is where I do best. I promise all my fans I’ll win for Manchester!”

To which Pacquiao retorted: “Good luck but I’m going to win it for the Philippines.”

Pacquiao warned of Hatton

Craig Christian a world boxing champion trainer warned best pound for pound boxer Manny Pacqiuao against the dangers of mixing up with british boxer Ricky Hatton on their May 2, 2009 match.

Craig said in an internet forum thread "Hatton is one of the dirtiest fighters out there,". Craig the Australian trainer of World Boxing Association featherweight champion Chris John.

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Pacquiao vs Hatton Update

Contraty from the previously reported news. The Fight Betwen Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton will most likely come true. As Manny Agreed to fight with the condition to split the purse by 52-48.

"MANILA, Philippines -- A day after promoters declared the fight has been called off after an impasse over the prize money, Filipino icon Manny Pacquiao has agreed to accept the offer to fight British superstar Ricky Hatton on May 2, a report on philboxing.com said.

The report quoting Pacquiao's close friend and confidante Rex "Wakee" Salud said the Filipino idol was convinced when told that he would receive a $12 million guarantee and 52 percent of the pay-per-view shares.

Eric Pineda, Pacquiao's business manager, told the Philippine Daily Inquirer that the "other camp has reached out to salvage the fight."

Pineda, however, stopped short of confirming that the fight was back on track.

"All I can say right now is that there are developments in the negotiations," he said in a telephone interview.

Pacquiao had been insisting on a 60-40 deal, even though his promoter, Bob Arum, and Hatton's camp had agreed to an equal split.

This did not sit well with Pacquiao, who did not sign the contract before the Wednesday deadline, prompting Arum and Golden Boy Promotions chief Richard Schaefer to announce that the super-fight between the world's top pound-for-pound fighter and the king of the 140-pound division had been called off.".

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Paqcuiao Hatton Fight, called off

The supposedly fight between Philippine champ Manny Pacquiao and British sensation Ricky Hatton on May 2 has been called off after both sides could not agree on splitting the purse.

"Richard Schaefer, chief executive for Hatton backers Golden Boy Promotions, told ESPN and the Los Angeles Times that the bout was called off by Hatton after Pacquiao would not sign a deal by a Wednesday deadline.

"The fight is off," Schaefer told ESPN. "We're pursuing our other options. That's it. The Hattons called me and asked again if we had a signed deal from Pacquiao and when I said we didn't, they said they won't sit around anymore."

Bob Arum, who promotes Pacquiao, said the Filipino hero wanted more money and a bigger split of the profits from the 50-50 deal for what would have been a Las Vegas spectacle.

"Manny decided not to sign. He was unhappy with the terms," Arum told ESPN. "The fight is off. The suits can posture but it's the fighters who have to go in the ring and fight. But I am not thrilled right now."

Fighters were set to tour starting next week to promote the fight. Now Hatton is scrambling to find another opponent to face on May 2.

Hatton, 45-1 with 32 knockouts, hopes to fight Oscar de la Hoya, the winner of next month's fight between Juan Diaz and Juan Manuel Marquez or retired star Floyd Mayweather. Such a bout might even be staged at London's Wembley Stadium.

A Mayweather-Hatton fight would be a rematch of the 2007 bout in which Mayweather stopped the Englishman in the 10th round at Las Vegas. Mayweather has not fought in the 13 months since and declared himself retired.

Pacquiao, 48-3 with two drawn and 36 knockouts, could still step in and save the fight by agreeing to the deal before another rival was signed, but that wasn't seen as a likely possibility given him missing the deadline.

Arum said Pacquiao's next possible foes include Humberto Soto, but the payday would be far less than the $10 million to $12 million he would been assured out of even a 50-50 split with Hatton for their fight."

Source: inquirer.net

LONGEST FOOTBALL GAME

Philippines, specifically Barotac Nuevo, Iloilo was aiming to set a world record for Playing a straight 35hrs 20minutes of playing football.

A town 30kms northeast of the city of iloilo. was aiming a new Guinness record for playing the longest Football Game equivalent to 35hrs 20 minutes with a total of 9 games and a score of 136 - 133 from the two teams representing Iloilo State College of Fisheries (ISCOF) team and Barotac Nuevo Comprehensive High School (BNCHS) team with their score respectively presented. The game has been played starting last January 16, 2009 at 8:35 am until 8:15p.m. the next day on the Football field at the public plaza of Barotac Nuevo.

“We believed we have set a new world record and the players are happy despite the fatigue,” Duffie Botavara, general secretary of the Barotac Nuevo Football Club and the Iloilo Football Association, said in a telephone interview.

Botavara said the previous record for the longest football game played was 31 hours in Australia. Aside from aiming for the record of the longest game played, Botavara said they also wanted to set the record for the most number of games played continuously.

Cheered by their town-mates, the two teams composed of 18 persons each played nine 90-minute games. Each game has two 45-minute halves with a 10-minute break between halves.

Nine referees working in three shifts officiated the game.

Botavara said because of the duration of the game, they slightly modified the rules and a “floating substitution” format was adopted. This allowed the unlimited substitution of players who returned to the game even after they have been substituted.

Football regulations allow only two substitutions per game and players who have been replaced cannot return to the game.

“We ensured that at any given time, nine to 10 players from each team were on the field while the others rested,” said Botavara.

The players did not sleep and only rested at the players’ quarters where they also ate, said Botavara.

The BNCNHS was composed of players 17 years old and below while the ISCOF players belonged to the collegiate division. Each team had a member of the national team.

“Many wanted to join the game but we had to turn them down because of the limited number of players allowed,” said Botavara.
The organizers of the event will send a video of the game to the Guinness World Records to authenticate and make the new record official.
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Hatton next on Pacman's fight

British sensation Ricky Hatton who is currently the top junior welterweight is eyed by team Pacquiao for Pacman's fifth title.

As for Freddie Roach Pacquiao's coach "That’s an interesting fight because you’ve got action fighters. “Hatton is the best fight out there for us right now, money-wise, style-wise. He's a hard guy. He likes to fight. It would be a very interesting fight. I think the world would love to see that and Manny has been always wants to give the world what they want."

Hatton spoke to the audience during the Friday's weigh-in and said he will be interested in fighting the winner at Wembley Stadium, the famous London football field that can seat 100,000 fans.

With Pacquiao response that he is willing to head into the heart of Hatton’s homeland for the fight.

Dream Mismatch

From Las Vegas to Philippines, Manny "Pacman" Paquiao show the world that he can conquer odds place in front of him from the last December 6 fight at MGM grand arena.

With Pacquiao throwing 585-402 punches, and connected on 224 against Oscar’s 83, ending the fight at the 8th round and gaining him the score from 3 judges, both Adalaide Byrd and Dave Morreti scored it 80-71, while Stanley Christodoulou had it at 79-72, all in favor of the Filipino boxing superstar, when the fight ended. Even with the absence of a knocdown all three scored the big seventh round 10-8 to accentuate the Pacman’s domination.

As to some "Its like David slaying Goliath". With this results the dream match has been a total mismatch.