Shoe giant Nike has a new series of advertisements titled “Boom”.
The “boom” catchphrase is supposed to signify that one moment in time where all you can do is just say, “boom!”
“Eureka!” might also work but that’s too old-school.
One of the athletes featured is pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao.
I made this post Pacquiao vs Hatton 2nd Round KO Video right after that boxing event. I downloaded the full video of the bout at YouTube (if you don’t know how to do that, read my post about it How to Download YouTube Videos), edited it by showing only the final knockdown portion and changing the background audio to a lullaby and then uploaded it back to YouTube. But one day later, I noticed that the video when played displays the message “This video is no longer available due to a copyright claim by Home Box Office, Inc..”. Apparently, YouTube did a crackdown on ALL videos about the bout that has no copyright. That’s how strict and how fast YouTube is in implementing its rules. The worst thing is that, my account was also deleted due to repeated copyright violations, hehe..
And so I tried Metacafe. I uploaded the video to their web site, linked my post to it and the video is again playable. But one day later, the same thing happened. It was again deleted by Metacafe due to copyright issues. WTF?! Although I don’t want to do it, I was forced to upload the video to my host server. Now, no one can delete it (except me and my host of course). I embedded the video through the TinyMCE editor and republish the post.
Leaving no doubt on who is the “Best Pound-for Pound Boxer in the World”, Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao lulled Ricky “Hitman” Hatton to sleep via a 2nd round knock-out during their “Battle of the East and West” bout at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Before sending Hatton to dreamland, Pacquio gave him a brutal beating in the 1st round with two knockdowns.
By winning the bout, Manny wrestled away Ricky’s IBO and Ring Magazine junior-welterweight championship belts. He has now won five world titles in five different weight divisions! He also improved his record to 49-3-2 with 37 wins coming via KO.
When Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao and Ricky “Hitman” Hatton collide on May 2, Saturday (Sunday morning here in the Philippines) at MGM Grand Garden Arena, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA for the latter’s Ring Magazine and IBO World Junior Welterweight titles, the superbout will be dubbed as “The Battle of East and West.”
Top Rank promoter Bob Arum said that it’s a takeoff on Rudyard Kipling’s poem titled “The Ballad of East and West” where you can find this line, “When two strong men stand face to face, tho’ they come from the ends of the earth”.
