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Sunday, May 8, 2011

Manny Pacquiao Wins

WBO welterweight title: Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley
Round 1
Really impressive entrances for the two fighters ... Bob Arum wasn't joking when he said he had learned lessons from UFC and the likes of the Klitschko brothers in Europe. Live music — including a live rendition of "Eye of the Tiger!" Awesome!
It's the first mega-fight of 2011 in boxing. They spend most of the first round feeling each other out, with Pacquiao using his speed to get the odd shot off quickly. Pacquiao digs in a big punch to the body. Mosley responds with a body shot of his own. Pacquiao lands a quick jab. Both fighters clearly respect the other's power. Mosley gets a right hand through clean but misses with a body punch. Pacquiao threatens with a left hook. Close round as both fighters were tentative. Difficult to score due to so little happening. Pacquiao probably took it with all round ringmanship, his speed clearly making Mosley uncomfortable.
10-9 Pacquiao
Round 2
Pacquiao is certainly far more tentative than in previous fights. Mosley talking to Pacquiao trying to goad him into a wild lunge. Both fighters are trying to hit while staying out of range. Both successfully connecting with long-range punches. Mosley doing well to avoid having Pacquiao dictate where the fight takes place. Pacquiao backs Mosley up with several quick punches to the body. Pacquiao flicking out the jab. Mosley fires out one of his own. Pacquiao goes for a flurry of punches later on but Mosley seems to have it covered. Another even round with Pacquiao clearly concerned about the threat posed by the bigger man. Another difficult round to score but Pacquiao probably took it just.
20-18 Pacquiao
Round 3
Pacquiao starting to push the pace in an attempt to use his speed to take the fight away from Mosley. Pacquiao getting more punches in. Pacquiao floors Mosley with a big right hand after a straight jab and Mosley is on glass legs. Pacquiao has a minute to get what could be the telling blow. Pacquiao pushing for the finish but Mosley doing well to avoid taking a clean shot. A big round for Pacquiao.
30-26 Pacquiao
Round 4
Pacquiao threathening Mosley as the challenger is allowing himself to be pushed around the ring. They engage on the inside and Mosley takes a tumble after a slip. Pacquiao connects with the jab and this looks like the mismatch we were all expecting. Mosley tries to find success with body shots but Pacquiao walks through with a hard one-two combo. Mosley falling backwards as Pacquiao is dominanting. Mosley comes back with a nice little combination, although the hook landson Pacquiao's gloves.
40-35 Pacquiao
Round 5
Pacquiao is trying to connect with big hooks to the head of Mosley. Mosley complains about a clash of heads. Pacquiao flicking out the jab. Mosley doing better in standing his ground and got some tidy little body punches off. Pacquiao is starting to miss slightly and his decision to just go for power punches seems ill-judged given Mosley's clear discomfort when Pacquiao punches in bunches. Instead Mosley is doing a good job of avoiding taking anything too powerful cleanly. Pacquiao's round, but the fight has stabilized after it seemed on the brink of being over in the third.
50-44 Pacquiao
Round 6
Pacquiao turns up the pace midway through the round and Mosley is clearly struggling to match fire with fire. But Pacquiao clearly can't sustain the pace for anything more than the occassional burst. And it's when he slows down that Mosley is able to re-establish himself and claw his way back into the fight. Mosley is doing a good job of avoiding taking too much damage and is clearly trying to fight off the back foot and counterpunch Pacquiao.
Pacquiao is clearly frustrated but he's 60-53 ahead.
Round 7
Mosley controlling the beginning of the round with his jab, as the crowd gets restless at the slow-paced fight. Pacquiao is trying to get inside of Mosley, but the defensive tactics are confounding the champion. Pacquiao puts together a flurry that has Mosley on his bike, but he never comes close to landing a telling blow. Mosley flicking out the jab and is really showing superior ringmanship in this round. Pacquiao puts together some good combinations. Crowd boos that round, not very happy at all. Difficult round to score with little action. Pacquiao was the aggressive but he landed nothing of any quality so I'll give that to Mosley for superior ringmanship.
69-63 Pacquiao

Round 8
Pacquiao is clearly struggling to box his way inside Mosley. Mosley landed a right hand that spurred Pacquiao to put together a nice-looking flurry that was ended by another right hand from Mosley. Pacquiao is looking very flat here, struggling to force the openings to really punish Mosley. Pacquiao lands a couple of odd punches throughout the round, but could never put them together in a telling sequence. Mosley lands a good right hand on the gloves of Pacquiao toward the end. Another close round that but Pacquiao was more active than in the seventh.
79-72 Pacquiao
Round 9
Pacquiao is struggling like we have not seen for awhile, with Mosley's disciplined counterpunching perfectly pitched to play the spoiler against the fast moving champion. Regardless Pacquiao's performance is baffling as its all power punches and single shots when the third round should have gave him the template as to how he would secure a quick victory against Mosley. He does show better work towards the end and snaps Mosley's head back with a straight punch.
89-81 Pacquiao
Round 10
More action in the the 10th than the previous than in the past few combined. Pacquiao tries to push the action by once again increasing the speed and his punching volume. A Pacquiao flurry is cut shut by Mosley complaining of a clash of heads. Pacquiao resumes the flurry but isn't quite landing the telling blow. Mosley pushes him down to the canvass with his right and incredibly the referee gives it as a knockdown. A furious Pacquiao comes forward and clips Mosley with a strong left that hurts the challenger. Best action of the fight but terrible officiating.
10-9 to Mosley based on the fact that Pacquiao took almost all the round save the "knockdown."
98-91 Pacquiao

Round 11
Pacquiao delivers another one-sided round. He can't land the big blows on Mosley, but clearly won the round.
108-100 Pacquiao
Round 12
Mosley continues to stay away from Pacquiao. Pacquiao tries to throw big punches to get the KO, but can't land on the retreating Mosley. Pacquiao's round.
118-110 Pacquiao
Manny Pacquiao defeats Shane Mosley by unanimous decision to retain his WBO welterweight title.

Pacquiao-Mosley card round-by-round

WBO welterweight title: Manny Pacquiao vs. Shane Mosley
Round 1
Really impressive entrances for the two fighters ... Bob Arum wasn't joking when he said he had learned lessons from UFC and the likes of the Klitschko brothers in Europe. Live music — including a live rendition of "Eye of the Tiger!" Awesome!
It's the first mega-fight of 2011 in boxing. They spend most of the first round feeling each other out, with Pacquiao using his speed to get the odd shot off quickly. Pacquiao digs in a big punch to the body. Mosley responds with a body shot of his own. Pacquiao lands a quick jab. Both fighters clearly respect the other's power. Mosley gets a right hand through clean but misses with a body punch. Pacquiao threatens with a left hook. Close round as both fighters were tentative. Difficult to score due to so little happening. Pacquiao probably took it with all round ringmanship, his speed clearly making Mosley uncomfortable.
10-9 Pacquiao
Round 2
Pacquiao is certainly far more tentative than in previous fights. Mosley talking to Pacquiao trying to goad him into a wild lunge. Both fighters are trying to hit while staying out of range. Both successfully connecting with long-range punches. Mosley doing well to avoid having Pacquiao dictate where the fight takes place. Pacquiao backs Mosley up with several quick punches to the body. Pacquiao flicking out the jab. Mosley fires out one of his own. Pacquiao goes for a flurry of punches later on but Mosley seems to have it covered. Another even round with Pacquiao clearly concerned about the threat posed by the bigger man. Another difficult round to score but Pacquiao probably took it just.
20-18 Pacquiao
Round 3
Pacquiao starting to push the pace in an attempt to use his speed to take the fight away from Mosley. Pacquiao getting more punches in. Pacquiao floors Mosley with a big right hand after a straight jab and Mosley is on glass legs. Pacquiao has a minute to get what could be the telling blow. Pacquiao pushing for the finish but Mosley doing well to avoid taking a clean shot. A big round for Pacquiao.
30-26 Pacquiao
Round 4
Pacquiao threathening Mosley as the challenger is allowing himself to be pushed around the ring. They engage on the inside and Mosley takes a tumble after a slip. Pacquiao connects with the jab and this looks like the mismatch we were all expecting. Mosley tries to find success with body shots but Pacquiao walks through with a hard one-two combo. Mosley falling backwards as Pacquiao is dominanting. Mosley comes back with a nice little combination, although the hook landson Pacquiao's gloves.
40-35 Pacquiao
Round 5
Pacquiao is trying to connect with big hooks to the head of Mosley. Mosley complains about a clash of heads. Pacquiao flicking out the jab. Mosley doing better in standing his ground and got some tidy little body punches off. Pacquiao is starting to miss slightly and his decision to just go for power punches seems ill-judged given Mosley's clear discomfort when Pacquiao punches in bunches. Instead Mosley is doing a good job of avoiding taking anything too powerful cleanly. Pacquiao's round, but the fight has stabilized after it seemed on the brink of being over in the third.
50-44 Pacquiao
Round 6
Pacquiao turns up the pace midway through the round and Mosley is clearly struggling to match fire with fire. But Pacquiao clearly can't sustain the pace for anything more than the occassional burst. And it's when he slows down that Mosley is able to re-establish himself and claw his way back into the fight. Mosley is doing a good job of avoiding taking too much damage and is clearly trying to fight off the back foot and counterpunch Pacquiao.
Pacquiao is clearly frustrated but he's 60-53 ahead.
Round 7
Mosley controlling the beginning of the round with his jab, as the crowd gets restless at the slow-paced fight. Pacquiao is trying to get inside of Mosley, but the defensive tactics are confounding the champion. Pacquiao puts together a flurry that has Mosley on his bike, but he never comes close to landing a telling blow. Mosley flicking out the jab and is really showing superior ringmanship in this round. Pacquiao puts together some good combinations. Crowd boos that round, not very happy at all. Difficult round to score with little action. Pacquiao was the aggressive but he landed nothing of any quality so I'll give that to Mosley for superior ringmanship.
69-63 Pacquiao

Round 8
Pacquiao is clearly struggling to box his way inside Mosley. Mosley landed a right hand that spurred Pacquiao to put together a nice-looking flurry that was ended by another right hand from Mosley. Pacquiao is looking very flat here, struggling to force the openings to really punish Mosley. Pacquiao lands a couple of odd punches throughout the round, but could never put them together in a telling sequence. Mosley lands a good right hand on the gloves of Pacquiao toward the end. Another close round that but Pacquiao was more active than in the seventh.
79-72 Pacquiao
Round 9
Pacquiao is struggling like we have not seen for awhile, with Mosley's disciplined counterpunching perfectly pitched to play the spoiler against the fast moving champion. Regardless Pacquiao's performance is baffling as its all power punches and single shots when the third round should have gave him the template as to how he would secure a quick victory against Mosley. He does show better work towards the end and snaps Mosley's head back with a straight punch.
89-81 Pacquiao

Composing 'The Book of Mormon' With 'South Park' Creators Was Like Being In a Band, Says Writer


On Tuesday, 'The Book of Mormon' received 14 Tony nominations, making it this year's most nominated show by far. That's just shy of the record 15 nominations 'The Producers' and 'Billy Elliot' landed in 2001 and 2009, respectively.

The irreverent musical is a collaboration between 'South Park' creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone and 'Avenue Q' mastermind Robert Lopez and tells the story of two Mormon missionaries sent on a mission to Uganda. As you might expect from a team of master satirists, the musical gently pokes fun at organized religion with songs like 'Spooky Mormon Hell Dream,' 'Making Things Up Again' and 'Baptize Me.'

We were lucky enough to talk to Lopez, who with Parker and Stone is nominated for Best Book of Musical and Best Original Score, and Best Featured Actor nominee Rory O'Malley, who plays a closeted gay man in denial in the show, at a press event in New York. They told us all about working with Parker and Stone and what it's like being a part of one of Broadway's biggest shows.

Oprah Winfrey Opens Up About Jennifer Hudson Drama: 'Everybody Was Mad'

With the Harpo team in Chicago hurtling toward the The Oprah Winfrey Show finale on May 25, the talk-show queen is in a talkative mood.

As Winfrey launches one behemoth (the OWN network) while ending another (the 25th and final season of her daytime show), she essentially confessed to what fans already adore her for: She's only human.

"I feel like I have not begun to give anything to OWN," she told EW.com in a revealing interview. "Its going to improve exponentially with the amount of time and service I can give." She added candidly, "It's not where I want it to be."

When discussing OWN's reality show 'Oprah Behind the Scenes,' she brought up the Jennifer Hudson episode. The slimmed-down singer had attended an Oprah Show soundcheck during a week of severe snowfall, then quietly flew to Texas for a gig; her delay returning to Chicago the next morning for her final Oprah appearance upset both staff and host, and made for intense 'BTS' footage.

"That was a lot of high drama because we've never been stood up before," Winfrey said, hinting that tactful editing went into what otherwise might have been a bleep-filled episode. "Everybody was mad. I wanted to make sure that there was not one single thing in that episode that had anything to do with us being mad or upset in that moment. It was dramatic. Nobody has ever not shown up, ever. Especially if they were here the night before."

And Winfrey laughed about her own willingness to be herself on camera for the 'Behind the Scenes' series.

"I've taken that to an all-time low, Oh my god," she said. "Jesus, I need a little vanity....The camping trip was an all-time low for makeup and pajamas. I do think I could have had nicer pajamas. The reason why it doesn't completely make me feel like, God I should improve myself, is that people have seen me. They know I can pull it together. And in real life, people don't have coordinated outfits. I don't have coordinated outfits!"

David Beckham in Los Angeles Freeway Accident


Exactly one week after his stylish black-tie appearance (along with wife Victoria) at Prince William's wedding in London, soccer superstar David Beckham was involved in a collision on the freeway in Southern California, People.com reports.

According to the California Highway Patrol, the accident was minor, and occurred near Torrence, Calif., on Friday.

"Mr. Beckham's black Cadillac SUV collided with the rear of a gold Mitsubishi in the carpool lane," confirms a California Highway Patrol spokesperson, Jennifer Connolly.

The Mitsubishi's driver experienced minor neck pain, and was taken to a hospital for treatment. Beckham, 36, was uninjured.

The gold car struck by Beckham's vehicle had reportedly broken down in the carpool lane of the busy 405 freeway when the collision occurred.

Beckham's son Brooklyn, 12, was in his dad's Cadillac at the time, according to TMZ sources, but was unhurt.

Lady Gaga Teeters in Higher-Than-Ever Heels


South of the border in Mexico yesterday to promote her 'Born This Way' album, Lady Gaga slithered into a sheer blue dress to strike a pose with a shiny new hot rod motorcycle during her press conference at Mexico City's St. Regis Hotel.

Gaga knows what she's doing, no question, as she makes her monsters do double-takes every time she debuts a new look. Still, how would one ride a motorcycle in the severely tight costume she chose? Oh, that's right, she is a motorcycle!

As for her latest footwear, perhaps she should be carried around more -- a pop star's liable to twist an ankle, falling onstage and teetering around in the dangerous heels she seems to fancy lately. To see Gaga's new bra-free ensemble, check out the full look after the jump, and remember to leave the dizzyingly high platform boots to the experts.



Saturday, May 7, 2011

Who Will Win 'The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business'?



The stakes are even higher than normal for the final four teams on this season of 'The Amazing Race.' Considering each pair has competed on the Race once before -- and failed -- they've all had a lot to prove.

"Who's more motivated to come back and redeem themselves for stupid mistakes, for really bad luck, for penalties at the wrong time, for getting lost, for taking the most untimely pee break in the history of 'The Amazing Race,'" asked host Phil Keoghan when AOL TV chatted with him earlier this week. "Who's been living with that unfinished business, and who would make for an interesting comeback?"

On Sunday night (8PM ET on CBS), a pair of Harlem Globetrotters, two sisters, a father and a daughter and two best friends will cross the finish line of 'The Amazing Race: Unfinished Business' in Miami. AOL TV asked Phil to help handicap the strengths and weaknesses of the remaining teams. After the jump, find out which team Phil says is the one to beat.