Nonito Donaire crushes Fernando Montiel, bags bantamweight crowns

The "Filipino Flash" Nonito Donaire now barges into superstardom after a sensational win against Mexican world champion Fernando Montiel in a batamweight fight held on February 19 (February 20, Philippine Time), 2011 at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.


Donaire finished off the fight early by landing a devastating counter left hook to the head that sent Montiel on his back, legs twitching, two minutes into the second round. The then undefeated Montiel got up but Donaire went for the kill prompting the referee to stop the bout at the round's 2:25 mark.

"I needed to be strong but it was the speed that was the key. He left himself open and that gave me the advantage," Donaire said. "I was surprised he got up after I landed that flush shot.", the new champion added.

According to Top Rank promotions via Twitter, Montiel "was sent to the hospital to be checked due to the way he was knocked out."

The technical knockout win hailed Donaire as the new WBO and WBC bantamweight champ.

After this 25th consecutive win, the 28 year-old Donaire improved his record to 26-1 with 18 KOs. While, Montiel fell to 44-3-2.

James Jones wins 3-Point Shootout | 2011 NBA All-Star Weekend

The Miami Heat forward, James Jones invaded the Footlocker 3-Point Shootout Contest in the NBA All-Star 2011 held on Saturday, February 19th in Los Angeles, California. Jones emerged victorious despite the presence of two of the best 3-point shooters of the league, Ray Allen and Paul Pierce of the Boston Celtics.

Jones outscored 'sharpshooters' Allen and Pierce and the rest of the contestants. He made a total score of 20 points - Allen got 15. He shared to the media that he felt no pressure in shooting the balls beyond the three-point arc and that he was comfortable in that zone and happy to compete with great players in the NBA.

Shortly after the game, Mike Trudell, a Lakers reporter, posted on Twitter that it was like "Miami beats Boston for the first time this season."

Quoting sportswriter Ryan Rudnansky, "Is this an ominous sign that the Heat will surpass the Celtics as the Beast from the East this year?"

Photo courtesy of Getty Images.

Donaire vs Montiel Live Streaming | Watch Online via Sopcast Channels, JustinTV, UStream

The Filpino Flash Nonito Donaire (25-1, 17 KOs) is out to take the greatest fight of his career. He will be up against the current holder of the WBC and WBO Bantamweight belts, Mexican Fernando Montiel who also needs the win to be able to level up in another category. The 12-round boxing action will be held on February 19, 2011 (February 20, Philippine Time) at the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas.


This 118-pound bout between Donaire and Montiel, currently both undefeated, will be shown via pay-per-view on HBO.

ABS-CBN will also be airing a delayed telecast of the Donaire Vs. Montiel fight starting at 10:15AM on Sunday and will replay the fight at 11:30PM the same day - 9PM on Studio 23.

If you want to watch the the live telecast of the Montiel-Donaire boxing fight, there are ways you can do it online. Some of the ways are through SOPCast Channels, JustinTV and UStream live online streaming.

Will try to update this post if I can find some SOPCast Channels and links to JustinTV and UStream.

4 Cassy Herkelman: Why Joel Northrup Refused to Wrestle a Girl

News Updates:Freshman Cassy Herkelman and a sophomore named Megan Black made history. They were the first two girls ever to be able to compete in the Iowa state wrestling tournament. There has never been a girl competitor  in the 85-years that the tournament has taken place.

And Cassy Herkleman won her first round, easily. Very easily. The young lady was set to wrestle high-school student Joel Northrup but he forfeited the match saying that he would not wrestle a girl. Why? He said in a statement that:

“I have a tremendous amount of respect for Cassy and Megan and their accomplishments. However, wrestling is a combat sport and it can get violent at times,” he said. “As a matter of conscience and my faith I do not believe that it is appropriate for a boy to engage a girl in this manner. It is unfortunate that I have been placed in a situation not seen in most other high school sports in Iowa.”

Cassy’s dad, Bill Herkelman, sent a text to the AP saying he “understands and respects” Joel Northrup choice.

“It’s nice to get the first win and have her be on the way to the medal round,” Bill Herkelman wrote. “I sincerely respect the decision of the Northrup family especially since it was made on the biggest stage in wrestling. I have heard nothing but good things about the Northrup family and hope Joel does very well the remainder of the tourney.”

And it wasn’t a casual decision, by forfeiting the match up, Northup may ruin his chances for advancing in the tournament.

Schiavone

The one in England in June. The other was in Australia in January. It was one of the men, and the other women. There is light at the bar and over the three days with the assemblies (ie Wimbledon) against the very few games under the lights of the Australian Open on hard courts in one day is too long with an abundance of the Convention against Torture and meetings of the Scrum mouse.
The differences between the two major marathon open era is clear. Eisner - Mahua to 11:08 PM. The Schiavone - Kuznetsova "only" 4:44 - which was still open era record of women.
The Eisner - Mahua amazing numbers: 183 games .112 aces of his awareness, along with the stars 215, 515 168 unreturnable service works on love and a fifth, which extends 138 games and lasted for eight hours and 11 minutes.
Women's game only 47 games and 207 aces of the less aware, Mahua. But ballooned in the final group the absolute sound. It takes three hours. And filled with every race Great Britain and exchange control, women's soccer suffered 135 unforced errors. BTW, the winner of Russia's more than a dozen Italian and losers really Kuznetsova won four points (181-177), and Schiavone.
In two games, respectively, in the depth of the third, who won two of the most critical of defeats Kuznetsova, but a very big step in her career nine, and spent three points. When Schiavone - with all its successes and become the creator of evil, for all its strength and conditioning go fat-free to challenge them 30 years old - and do not spend the game in the service games back to back. Finally, the third point of the match, the Italian artist feature accurately hit a shot to score a memorable 4-6 from 0.6 to 1 0.16 to 14 win over the ages.
And quickly rushed to the similarity between two historic tennis marathon that appeared randomly in seven months only, forward. Despite the differences in sex, style and length, and the country - two Eisner Mahua Kuznetsova and shows amazing Schiavone classic grit, perseverance and will, and faith. A testament to the sport, and professionalism, drive to achieve victory, and that the harsh reality of it. Every single witness in the second leg, but the winner of the match.

East- West Shrine Game Preview

East- West Shrine Game Preview:While college football season officially does not mean that we have the opportunity to provide some of the favorite players to watch again. Today we have a chance to match where the East-West Arab NFL draft candidates making their views to improve the draft stock. Consideration could be given to the beginning of the game on the NFL Network at 3:30 Eastern time. I for one love these games, it also gives us the opportunity to look at the perspectives on the different levels of talent to take. It also requires players to do things outside the comfort level, especially quarterbacks. For example, this week, the player Delaware Pat Devlin to take comfort in the center of which is rarely done while in college. So if you're a fan of football and NFL Draft Faculty enthusiastic and set aside some time at the end of this week, this game is to watch football.
Will I keep my eye on several occasions that I have listed below.
Quarterback, Pat Devlin is a step in the competition and also the most offensive adaptation of the place of professional style. Devlin this game provides an opportunity for some questions about his game to respond. Devlin week's debate is the fighting, but I am going to postpone the decision until I saw him in the performance of the game.
Marvin Austin, Austin, coming from one season where he had not seen this area due to suspension. For this season, Austin was on the boards of the Top 10 is great, but concerns the nature of chaos on a yearly basis and its shares fell. I heard that Austin was a great week of practice and scouts think he was a revival of the draft boards do.
Hair Chris I am a fan hair and thinks he has a bright future in the NFL. Is a big baby with a good balance and skill. Should be assisted in this game his name on the card.
Terrell McClain to defend the agreement in South Florida very good week of practice, and it was really a man who falls in love with a team came in April, I'm really excited to get a better look at this weekend to take.