Malaya at maingay.

 By Gener. 

Masakit ang sapak kay Bradley ng kamao ni Manny,
Muntik muntikanang tumumba and batang taga Amerika,
Nag intay kay Pacquiao na nanuod ng NBA muna,
Kumita ng limang milyong dolyar,
Sa wheelchair isinakay.


Si Manny nama'y sa Hollywood tumulak
At me shooting din daw,
Bitbit sila Jinkee pati dal'wang pogi,
Balik Sarangani naman itong Mommy D,
Naglupasay sa simbahan
Kasama'y batang batang pastor diyan.

Mga Pinoy ay pumusta, karaming talunan,
Manok nila'y di nasugatan pero dineklarang tinola,
Me rematch din daw agad, okay lang kay Mr. PacMan,
Bantay sarado ni Mommy D and susunod na iskoran.

Sabi ni Oscar De la Hoya dal'wang judges ibang trabaho na,
Ayon naman kay PPV Arum imbestiga bago rematch muna,
Sumawsaw din si Sharon Cuneta, you're still the champ Mr. Manny,
Ito rin daw ang sabi ng mga Pinoy kung saan saang bahagi.

Lumuhod at nagdasal si Manny kahit di pangalan ang nagwagi,
Sabi naman ni Jinkee ito ang kaluob ng Hari,
Panalo ngang tulad ni Bradley dating nama'y mala-kunyari,
Mabuti na ang dinaya malinis pa rin ang imahi.

Malaya si Manny sa dungis ng boksing kung saan kabahagi,
Lumaban siya ng todo todo pero tinono ng hurado,
Si Bradley nama'y nagulat din sa desisyon ng panalo,
Pero sa kanya pa rin ang sinturon ng welterweight dibisyon.

Mommy D inspects Hermes bag, gift from son Manny.

Maingay ang mga miron, mga pumusta't kolumnista,
Mga tagahanga ng boksing sa mundo dinaan sa tweet ang reklamo,
Baligtarin daw ang desisyon ibigay now na kay PacMan,
Sabi nga ni Shack O'Neal "Bradley isoli ang title at katad na crown."

Man o man, sigaw ng kabataan,
Manny ikaw lang, chorus ng mga kababaihan,
Anak ingat ka diyan sigaw ni Mommy Dionisia,
H'wag kalimutan ang Hermes na bag
pangako mo naman 'yan.

Mayweather, Pacman and the Losers.

Floyd Mayweather punched Ortiz while the referee was motioning to the timekeeper, not once but twice, and was declared winner. Manny Pacquiao outpointed Marquez and was declared winner in last Saturday's welterweight championship fight.

Some American boxing aficionados groaned, but accepted the decision in the Mayweather case. In Pacquiao's case, some boxing aficionados grunted and SHOULD ACCEPT the Pacquiao win.

I wouldn't be surprised if Mexicans would boo Pacquiao and say Marquez was robbed the game. Of course, they would root for their countryman. But to smart aleck Pinoys who say Marquez won, I don't have patience.

Pinoys who continue to pull down their compatriots are flaunting the Pinoy crab mentality. We've seen this many times. I've seen it many times in work places and events outside the Philippines, amongst fellow Filipinos.

Unlike other cultures, we Pinoys don't support our compatriots.

I have a former officemate whom I requested to ask her editor if I could have some articles published in the community paper where she is a featured columnist. She never got back to me. Much later did I realize that the paper she writes for has the organization I last worked as a regular advertiser.

Well, I left that organization on a sour note; I was accused by the ED as having reported my manager to a big funder. That manager, who drew part of his salary from the funder was a regular no show in the office, and never supported my Unit which was a moneymaker in a non-profit. Now, I heard this manager has been re-assigned in a satellite office and no longer flaunts his "work ethic" in the central or hub location.

Anyways, this part of my life has long been forgotten if not for the just concluded Pacquiao-Marquez fight, which reminded me of the crab mentality I experienced from a fellow Pinoy office worker.

This "I'll pull you down," mentality by some Pinoys shows insecurity and envy.

Some of our fellow "kababayans," especially while working abroad, are always ready to score once they sense that a fellow Pinoy is in tight spot; instead of going to his/her aid, they make it a point to pull the individual down so they can go up and occupy the top/better spot.

Other cultures always come to the rescue of their compatriots. That's why their ethnic groups develop political clout because they are unified, they are cohesive, they support each other. Look how successful Chinese and Indian people are wherever they go. Hispanics, too.

Majority of the judges in the Pacquiao-Marquez fight gave the game to Pacquiao . These judges were in the ringside and saw and heard the punches up close.

To those Pinoys who continue to blab that Manny didn't win, just shut up your big mouths. The game was won by Manny Pacquiao. Yipee yehey.

You LOST.

Knockouts and Re-match

After his sensational knockout win over Ricky Hatton, Manny Pacquiao is now waiting on the sidelines to see who’ll emerge winner in the Mayweather Jr. vs. Juan Marquez fight scheduled in July, and then, maybe take whoever will win, or even fight with Miguel Cotto.

In boxing, a knockout is usually awarded when one participant is unable to rise from the canvas within a specified period of time, typically because of fatigue, injury, loss of balance, or unconsciousness.

A TKO, technical knockout, on the other hand, is often declared when the referee or other judges (such as official ring physician, the fighter, or the fighter's cornermen) decide that a fighter cannot continue the match, even though he did not fail the count, or, in many regions, a fighter has been knocked down three times in one round.

A knock out as a slang, means, "s/he's a 10" if you're judging the physical attributes of a man or a woman, as in "she's a knock out" beauty.

Knock yourself out means "feel free to try." Or go ahead, indulge yourself.

Another usage is , to knock it out of someone, which means to take away their energy or enthusiasm.

Or, if you're talking about investing in stocks, a knock out could mean knock- out option, an option with a built in mechanism to expire worthless should a specified price level be exceeded.

Or maybe, in today's investment climate wherein a lot of the stocks plunged in value, a new meaning of knock out could be "rendered worthless."

Back to boxing. If an opponent has been defeated, sometimes a re-match could take place.

In the first Roberto Duran vs. Sugar Ray Leonard fight in Montreal, on June 20, 1980, Duran captured the WBC welterweight title by defeating Leonard via a 15-round unanimous decision. The fight would become known as "The Brawl in Montreal". In the November re-match, however, Durán shockingly quit.

Remember the famous words, “No mas, no mas,” uttered by Roberto Duran. That was a TKO, big time.
For people who've been knocked out before, and are looking for employment, business opportunities, beautiful relationships, or more secured financial investments, the winning phrase could be, "Mas mas mas para mi. " More chances for me please.

Or, " otra oportunidad para mí, por favor." Another chance for me, please.