A “Sucker punch” defined as a blow made without warning, allowing no time for preparation or defense on the part of the recipient. The term is generally reserved for situations where the way in which the blow has been delivered is considered unfair or unethical. In practice this often includes blows delivered from close range or from behind.

Was it? Mayweather alibi on Ruiz 4th round final seconds stoppage was to protect yourself at all times even referee Cortez was caught flat footed.  But for millions who watched  thought otherwise –  for sportsmanship sake could have been (at least) an interesting 12 round fist fight if not for  Mayweather’s decision to earn his mega million purse the easy way.  The real loser?  All those who shelled dollars expecting a good fight.

Just posted an entry @ YUGATECH hoping to pocket one Cherry Mobile Cosmo Android phone he’s trying to give away.  The unit is priced at P 6,899.00.  An online treat especially if you can’t afford one in just few keystrokes.  A single winner will be picked come Aug 7, 2011.

12 Aug | Update:  Dang!!  A deserving winner was randomly selected today from the 11 best entries of more than 600 posters … and I wasn’t even on it [:)]

A 2009 Hindi feel-good movie.  Comes highly recommended 8.2/10 at IMBD.  India’s all time blockbuster. Got this from torrent via Nagueño’s blog.  It’s from Bollywood so you’ll need subtitle, plot is very much like ours (Pinoy) simple, at times corny yet relevant and the production quality is as good as any western big budget made films.

Poster ideas I did past few days/week.  One used. One got cut.  Others for approval.

I was half right, Dallas got booked to the finals, turned out (Miami’s) three were too hot to handle while a young and very tired MVP failed to carry his team, well at least for now.  Sans Bulls my initial 2011 NBA finals prediction is the same though the advantage now point to Dallas (2-0 regular season win-loss record) and a 44% (62K+ votes) chance of clinching it on 6 or 7 games at Yahoo poll.  Chill out!  The East will emerge victorious this time as they’ll sacrifice bodies to (double & triple team) Dirk Nowitzki and make him feel like a disappointed Derrick Rose (Bulls 3-0 in regular season)  even with battle hardened veterans of Kidd, Terry, Marion, Stojakovic et.al.  Yet another classic rematch five years in waiting with only four original 2006 players left — Wade, Haslem, Nowitzki, and Terry.  Miami 6 in a roller coaster 48 minutes.

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