Author: simon

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Manny Pacquiao knocked Chris Algieri to the floor six times as he coasted to an easy unanimous points victory over the out-matched American. Algieri obviously thought he was at an audition for Stricly Come Dancing as this supposed boxer entered the ring, as he proudly acknowledged afterwards, with the plan of “running away” and not boxing… Surely so that in future years as a politician he can claim to have “fought the boxing legend Manny ‘Pac-Man’ Pacquiao”. That would imply he stood face to face with the Pac-man and engaged in a boxing match – something that simply didn’t happen for 35 ½ minutes of the 36 minute 12 round fight. If he had stood and boxed he’d have been knocked out – but that doesn’t make quite such an impressive sound-bite.

Boxing fans pay a lot of money to see fights – both live and on pay per view – and Algieri’s attitude in the ring and at the post-bout press conference left a sour taste in the mouth. Especially after the commitment, endeavour and never give-up attitude shown by Thai fighters Chonlatarin Piriyapinyo and Kwanpichit Onesongchaingym in their fights against Olympic Gold Medal winners Vasyl Lomachenko and Zou Shiming respectively. The two thoroughly entertaining bouts were highlighted by boxing skills and fast hands of the medal winners – both learning fast how to hurt with their punches rather than just score points – and the heart of the Thais. Who were both knocked down several times, but got up each time to fight on and let their opponents know they’d been in a tough fight. It was a great spectacle and a sold-out Cotai Arena showed it’s noisy appreciation for the winners and losers.

Full Results

Manny Pacquiao defeats Chris Algieri
Unanimous decision after 12 rounds
120-102, 119103, 119-103
Retains WBO world welterweight title

Zou Shiming defeats Kwanpichit Onesongchaigym
Unanimous decision after 12 rounds
119-104, 120-103, 119-104

Vasyl Lomachenko defeats Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo
Unanimous decision after 12 rounds
120-107, 120-107, 120-107
Retains WBO world featherweight title

Jessie Vargas defeats Antonio DeMarco
Unanimous decision after 12 rounds
116-112, 116-112, 116-112
Retains WBA world super lightweight title

Jerwin Ancajas defeats Fadhili Majiha
KO in Round 3 (1:48)

Rex Tso defeats Espinos Sabu
Unanimous decision after 8 rounds
79-73, 78-74, 78-74

Ng Kuok Kun defeats Stephen Attard
Unanimous decision after 6 rounds
59-54, 57-56, 57-56

Andrew Robinson defeats Qu Peng
Majority decision after 4 rounds
37-38, 38-37, 37-38