Pacquiao vs. De La Hoya, December 6, 2008
The time of the year has come once again for Manny Pacquiao, Filipinos best boxer ever, the only man who can clear EDSA, who can make people stay at home, and make every politician stops arguing each other. The most awaited boxing fight of the year is happening December 6, MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada. See you there.
Where to watch Pacquiao vs. De La Hoya fight?
The fight is can be viewed live in SM Cinemas and Rockwell. Live feed will also be aired at Solar Sports and other PPV channels. Some restaurants will provide free viewing as well like the past fights. In Manila City, it’s already a tradition to put a large screen on a basketball court where people can watch the fight. Not sure if it’s free though. In General Santos, Manny’s home town, large screens are provided as well. Fight will be shown in Manny’s own mansion in the said town too. Other alternatives could also be available probably on the internet. It just requires some effort to seach and you’re in. Live feed, Free.
Do not watch the fight on GMA 7
On GMA 7, the fight will be shown 4-5 hours delayed. There will be a 15-minute long commercials after each round. News will already spread on other TV channels who wins, Pacquiao or De La Hoya, while the first match is being shown in GMA 7.
My suggestion to GMA 7, reduce the commercials, 5-min commercial after every 2 rounds is good, and people will not get annoyed of your sponsors.
Or, you can have your commercials played all throughout the fight, as long as there’s at least 1/4 of the screen alloted for the fight. I guess people will surely like it. What do you think?
[...] boxing Superstar, the best pound-for-pund fighter, a winner of 8-straight fights, Manny Pacquiao, recently held a self-sponsored “The Biggest Loser” event for his team (Team Pacquiao), [...]
Those ideas are genius! i remember one of your posts about this. i hope the local tv channels do not disappoint us this time.
eh di sa ABS-CBN kayo manood!!!
[...] But the unexpected happened, the under dog Manny Pacquiao beat De La Hoya real bad. It was the worst beating De La Hoya had in his boxing career. Almost all jobs and hooks that Manny released landed perfectly on De La Hoya’s face and body. There were times when De La Hoya became more agressive when he attacks Manny, but everytime Manny throws a fake jab, De La Hoya just walks away like it’s gonna hit him hard again. All the time, Oscar is very unsure of his moves. The only thing that happened as expected was how it was aired in GMA7. [...]
@fuckywoman, as if meron coverage sa ABS-CBN
. Siyempre news update lang meron dun. Pero sang-ayon pa rin ako sa author. Maganda nga yung approach na yun para sa GMA7. Para naman hindi sobrang delayed yung pag-air nung laban. Well, tapos na yung laban at tama yung author sa opinion nya about GMA7. Meron pa naman next time… and btw, meron din naman ibang channel na nagpapalabas ng LIVE for free… hehe
Hi bruno, yes, we live in Dasma, Cavite and our good mayor sponsored live telecast of the fight through the local cable provider so we got to watch the fight sans the annoying commercials. I hope this would be a lesson learned by channels 2 and 7. Sila ang mahilig mag-agawan sa mga laban ni pacquiao e.
By the way, you may check out the latest Readers Digest Asia, cover story nila si Pacquiao. But what turned me off about the article was the not-so-subtle take on politics by Manny. Maaga pa para mangampanya, mag-aral munang mabuti.