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Saturday, August 11, 2012

Some of Olympic's Smooches

Misty May-Treanor of the U.S. kisses an unidentified man as she celebrates defeating Italy's Greta Cicolari and Marta Menegatti during their women's quarterfinals beach volleyball match at Horse Guards Parade during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 5, 2012. (REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo)







Juliana Silva of Brazil climbs into the crowd as she celebrates winning the Bronze medal in the Women's Beach Volleyball Bronze medal match against China on Day 12 of the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Horse Guard's Parade on August 8, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Jamie Squire/Getty Images)



Misty May-Treanor of the U.S. kisses an unidentified man as she celebrates defeating Italy's Greta Cicolari and Marta Menegatti during their women's quarterfinals beach volleyball match at Horse Guards Parade during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 5, 2012. (REUTERS/Marcelo del Pozo)














Brazil's Juliana Silva, right, kisses Larissa Franca during the third set of a win over China in the women's Bronze Medal beach volleyball match at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 8, 2012, in London. (AP Photo/Dave Martin)
















Reese Hoffa of the U.S kisses his wife Renata (L) as he celebrates after placing third in the men's shot put final at the London 2012 Olympic Games in the Olympic Stadium August 3, 2012. Poland's Tomasz Majewski finished first ahead of Germany's David Storl who placed second and Hoffa who finished third. (REUTERS/Mark Blinch)






Sanya Richards-Ross of the U.S. kisses her husband, NFL player Aaron Ross, after she won gold in the women's 400m final during the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 5, 2012. (REUTERS/Phil Noble)











Britain's Victoria Pendleton kisses her fiance Scott Gardner after winning the track cycling women's keirin finals at the Velodrome during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 3, 2012. (REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton)












Britain's Mo Farah kisses his wife Tania and poses with his daughter Rihanna after winning the men's 10,000m final at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 4, 2012. (REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach)












Mexico's Aida Roman kisses her silver medal during the victory ceremony for the women's individual archery event at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Lord's Cricket Ground August 2, 2012. REUTERS/Suhaib Salem (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT OLYMPICS SPORT ARCHERY)







Britain's Jessica Ennis (C) smiles as compatriots Katarina Johnson-Thompson (L) and Louise Hazel kiss her after she won the women's heptathlon 800m heats at the London 2012 Olympic Games at the Olympic Stadium August 4, 2012. Ennis was the overall winner in the heptathlon. REUTERS/Phil Noble (BRITAIN - Tags: SPORT ATHLETICS OLYMPICS)













Germany's Dimitrij Ovtcharov kisses an unidentified companion after his men's team semifinals table tennis match against China at the ExCel venue during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 6, 2012. REUTERS/Darren Staples









Team USA kiss their gold medals at the victory ceremony after the women's eight finals rowing event during the London 2012 Olympic Games at Eton Dorney August 2, 2012. REUTERS/Darren Whiteside












France's basketball player Tony Parker kisses girlfriend Axelle at the men's handball Preliminaries Group A match between France and Iceland at the Copper Box venue during the London 2012 Olympic










Galen Rupp (L) kisses girlfriend Keara Sammons after winning the men's 5,000 meters final at the U.S. Olympic athletics trials 










Great Britain's Peter Robert Russell Wilson kisses his girlfriend Adelle after winning the gold medal in the men's shooting double trap final at the London 2012 Olympic Games











Australia's Shane Perkins kisses his wife after the track cycling men's sprint bronze finals at the Velodrome during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 6, 2012. Perkins won both runs to win the bronze medal. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton



Australia's Shane Perkins kisses his wife after the track cycling men's sprint bronze finals at the Velodrome during the London 2012 Olympic Games August 6, 2012. Perkins won both runs to win the bronze medal. REUTERS/Cathal McNaughton

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Saturday, June 9, 2012

Pacquiao loses in split decision to Bradley





MANILA, Philippines – American Timothy Bradley stunned the world and claimed the WBO Welterweight title by outpointing pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao via split decision Sunday (Manila Time) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.

All judges scored 115-113, two in favor of the still undefeated Bradley and one for Pacquiao — who suffered his first defeat in seven years.

Bradley hung tough in the first few rounds and came out impressive in the final three, connecting with his lightning speed jabs and great combinations and making it ultimately hard for Pacquiao to get inside.

Bradley, who says he has never trained harder in his life, improved his record to 29-0-1 with 12 KOs while Pacquiao slid to 54-42 with 38 KOs.

With the loss, Pacquiao, who has not knocked out an opponent since 2009, snapped an impressive 15-fight winning streak. His last loss was to Erik Morales in 2005.

Pacquiao came out blistering in the first few rounds but Bradley has matched his intensity all throughout, and managed to elude the Filipino boxing great’s dangerous combinations and a knockout.


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Friday, June 8, 2012

Boxing: 'Worn out' Pacquiao primed for fall: Bradley



LAS VEGAS, Nevada: World champion Manny Pacquiao says he's rejuvenated in body as well as spirit, but challenger Timothy Bradley says the Filipino ring icon is primed for a fall when they meet on Saturday.

"He's worn out, tired, I can see it in his eyes, the wrinkles," said Bradley, a 5-1 underdog despite his unbeaten record of 28-0 with 12 knockouts.

"This boy's not ready for me."

Pacquiao and Bradley weighed in on Friday before a raucous crowd at the MGM Grand Garden Arena, where Pacquiao's World Boxing Organization welterweight world title will be on the line on Saturday.

Pacquiao weighed in at 147 pounds (66.67kg) and Bradley tipped the scales at 146 pounds (66.22 kg).

While Pacquiao is the favorite, he has, indeed, been doubted by pundits who point to his unconvincing majority decision over Juan Manuel Marquez in November, along with such signs of weakness as debilitating leg cramps in his more recent fights.

Pacquiao, who has won titles in eight weight classes and boasts a record of 54-3 with two drawn and 38 knockouts, has since said his preparations for his last Marquez fight were hampered by marital strife, a thing of the past now that he has re-dedicated himself to God and spends his time in Bible study rather than gambling, drinking and womanizing.

"They're as happy as can be," trainer Freddie Roach said Thursday of Pacquiao and his wife, Jinkee. "He's in a much better place than he was before his last fight."

While promoter Bob Arum has characterized Pacquiao's life as "careening off the rails" prior to his spiritual re-awakening, Roach seemed to think things weren't that bad.

"He just got caught up in the limelight a little bit," Roach said. "He took a step back and looked at his life and didn't like it -- and he changed."

Roach said the change has carried over into the gym, but Bradley sounded a skeptical note this week.

"He's here, he's there, he's fornicating and now he's got his religion in place," Bradley said.

"That will help, but I don't have to throw religion in people's face. Go around saying 'Believe me' and then have three pictures of yourself and not God up there?"

Whatever the truth of Pacquiao's spiritual quest and its impact on his physical abilities, Bradley's trainer, Joel Diaz, said Saturday's fight will come down to ring skills, pure and simple.

Diaz said that's what will give his fighter a chance in what Bradley has acknowledged is the biggest bout of his life.

"Manny is a one-dimensional fighter," Diaz claimed. "He unloads a lot of punches, but he's reckless.

"He doesn't focus on his defense. You can counterpunch him all night long. And Timothy's a brawler who can move his feet and be smart enough to make any changes he needs to in there."

Roach, not surprisingly, begs to differ.

He says Bradley isn't a slick counterpuncher and won't be able to match Pacquiao's quickness.

"He's the same fighter he was as an amateur," Roach said of Bradley. "He makes the same mistakes. We're going to take advantage of them."


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WEIGHTS FROM LAS VEGAS: PACQUIAO - 147 LBS, BRADLEY - 146 LBS



LAS VEGAS -- All systems go for tomorrow's big event at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino as Filipino superstar and WBO defending welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao (L) and his undefeated challenger Timothy Bradley of Palm Springs, California made weight during the official weigh-in held at the Garden Arena a few minutes ago. Pacquiao came in at the welterweight limit of 147 lbs, the heaviest weight he had in his entire career, while Bradley stepped the scales at 146 lbs. Photo by Dr Ed de la Vega.






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