 Diaz-Pacquiao Fight
Results: Pacquiao
Wins
ESPN scores were
10-9 in favor of
Manny Pacquiao
throughout each
round, but make no
mistake about it,
this was a much
closer fight than
the oddsmakers at
SBG Global
had predicted.
They had him
hovering around a
-500 favorite
requiring a $500 bet
just to win $100.
Ultimately, Diaz
went down in Round
9. Darius
Ortiz, the boxing
editor of ESPN.com,
reported live:
Diaz's last stand.
What does he have.
Pacquiao pumping the
jab. He's looking to
set up the left.
Diaz still throwing.
Pacquiao lands a
nifty left on Diaz's
ear. Diaz stops for
a moment and
Pacquiao blasts him
with a left. Diaz on
his heels courtesy
of a Pacquiao shot.
How is he still
standing? Diaz
stumbles forward.
Pacquiao teeing off.
Diaz's trunks a
sickly pink.
Pacquiao lands a
whistling left hand
on the chin. Diaz
pitches forward and
lands face first on
the canvas. That's
it. Referee
Drakulich stops the
fight.
Manny Pacquiao is a
Filipino
professional boxer.
He is the WBC and
Ring Magazine Super
Featherweight
Champion, the former
world champion at
IBF Super
Bantamweight, and
WBC Flyweight
divisions. Pacquiao
took over as the
Ring Magazine pound
for pound #1 ranked
boxer in the world
on June 9, 2008,
after Floyd
Mayweather, Jr.
announced his
retirement from
boxing.
Pacquiao is the
first Asian boxer to
win three world
titles in three
different weight
divisions.
His defeat of David
Díaz earned him the
WBC Lightweight
title.
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Don Shapiro,
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Originally published
June 28, 2008 11:55
pm EST
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