Algieri to Pacquiao: Please don't get hurt

MANILA, Philippines – Undefeated American boxer Chris Algieri asked his November 23 opponent, Filipino champion Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao, to take care of himself while playing basketball with the KIA Sorento.

Algieri was at ringside for the Nicholas Walters-Nonito Donaire showdown in Carson, California on Sunday, hours before Pacquiao made his debut in the Philippine Basketball Association at the Philippine Arena.

"To Manny, please don't get hurt playing basketball," Algieri said when asked to send a message to the "Pacman."

Algieri will challenge Pacquiao for the World Boxing Organization welterweight belt on November 23 at the Cotai Arena in Macau.

Pacquiao took a day off from his training camp to play in the opening game of the PBA All-Filipino Cup. He was scoreless in a little under seven minutes of action, but his team won, 80-66, after trailing at halftime.

"I want the fight to happen, so I hope, no injuries," Algieri said. "But I hope training goes well, and best of luck (to Manny)."

Algieri and Pacquiao were cordial in their press tour last month, and the American has refrained from any trash-talk in the build up to the fight.

Nevertheless, Algieri has repeatedly expressed confidence that he can stun Pacquiao on fight night even as he is a huge underdog in their bout.

"I have to dominate," he told Boxing Scene in an interview after the Walters-Donaire fight. "Either we dominate or win a decision, or dominate and score a knockout."

"I have to go out there and have the mindset of winning every single round," he said. -- From a report by Dyan Castillejo, ABS-CBN News

source: www.abs-cbnnews.com

Adrien Broner arrested in Miami

MANILA, Philippines – Undefeated American boxer Adrien Broner was arrested by the Miami Dade police last March 18 on battery charges before being released on $1,500 bond.

Broner posted a photo of the arrest report and mug shot on his Instagram account, although the picture has since been deleted.

Boxing Scene cited news reports from Cincinnati saying Broner was "arrested over an altercation at a nightclub called LIV... in Miami Beach.”

The lightweight champion “allegedly bit someone on the forearm as they tried to pull him away from the incident.”

In an interview with RingTV, Broner made light of the incident, even jokingly accusing future opponent Paulie Malignaggi of having him arrested.

“He’s so scared to fight me that he sent some police to arrest me for nothing,” said Broner of Malignaggi, whom he will fight on June 22.

“That’s what happened. Paulie’s so scared to fight me that he sent somebody to arrest me and to put some fake charges on me,” he said. “But it’s all right. I’m out, and I’m counting some money as we speak.”

Meanwhile, Malignaggi told RingTV that Broner showed his immaturity when he publicized his arrest through his social media accounts.

“He’s 23-years-old and he thinks that being the bad (guy) is the cool thing to do,” Malignaggi said, adding that he was also arrested as a 22-year-old but did not make a big deal out of it.

“I hit a cop. I didn’t have no fake(d) battery charge. You can check my record. I got arrested for assaulting an officer, but I didn’t go and broadcast it,” he said.
 

source: abs-cbnnews.com