MANILA, Philippines – Even if Antonio Margarito’s trainer admitted that Manny Pacquiao will be a difficult fighter to topple, he said that his ward may outlast the 7-division world champion in their November 13 clash.
“I've never called fights or ever predicted anything. I just know that Antonio will have the heart and the power and the conditioning to be a great champion and to beat anybody out there,” Robert Garcia told Lem Satterfield of BoxingScene.com.
“But I think that we can get him in the later rounds. So I'm going to say that maybe Antonio stops him in the later rounds,” Margarito’s trainer added.
Pacquiao and Margarito will fight for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) junior middleweight title at a catch weight.
“I believe that the fight will be at a catch-weight of 150 pounds, and 150 is no problem for Antonio. The last time he came in to camp, he was 12 pounds over where he had to fight, which was 154. Two weeks before the fight, he was already on weight,” Garcia noted.
Region 12 wage board initiates public hearings on wage hike for private workers
GENERAL SANTOS CITY (PNA) – The Regional Tripartite Wages and Productivity Board (RTWPB) of Region 12 or Southwestern Mindanao will meet here Thursday with leaders and representatives of organized labor groups, local firms or employers and concerned non-government and government agencies to discuss a possible increase in the daily minimum wages of private workers in the region.
Renato Gardose, RTWPB-12 information officer, said Tuesday the scheduled meeting here is part of the two-day consultations and public hearing set by the wage board regarding the proposed wage adjustment for the region.
“Until now, we have not received any petition for wage increase so the board is initiating these hearings by its own,” Gardose told the Philippines News Agency.
Region 12 covers the provinces of South Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani, North Cotabato and the cities of General Santos, Koronadal, Tacurong, Kidapawan and Cotabato.
The RTWPB-led regional consultations and public hearings are scheduled at 1 p.m. Thursday at the Phela Grande Hotel and at the same on Friday at the AJ Hitime Hotel in Kidapawan City.
Gardose said they expect more than 100 labor, management and public sector representatives will participate in the scheduled hearings here and in Kidapawan City.
For topping the gruelling 9-leg series, M. Lhuillier Kwarta Padala Cebu gets the luxury of facing No. 8 qualifier MP Gensan of Manny Pacquiao when the Tournament of the Philippines (TOP) stages its quarterfinal round this week.
The Niños, led by ex-pros Stephen Padilla, Marlon Basco and Warren Ybanez, finished the elims with 49 points after capturing three legs and finishing runner-up one.
But it won't be easy when they clash at the Cebu City Coliseum.
That's because Gensan earned the distinction as the first team to snap Cebu's 30-game winning run. Cebu's chief rival Misamis Oriental gained the No. 2 spot with 39 points and will play No. 7 Ani-FCA, which finished with 16 points after placing third in the recently-concluded Taguig leg, likely to be held at Xavier gym in Cagayan de Oro City.
The Meteors won the Mandaue City leg behind former UAAP star Patrick Cabahug, Neil Raneses and center Mac Andaya but suffered three runner-up finishes while the Cultivators played solidly after snapping a 12-game losing streak that started in their maiden campaign in the previous Philippine Basketball League conference.
For winning the leg it hosted, Hobe Bihon-Taguig gained the No. 3 spot after collecting 29 points to earn a date with No. 6 Ascof Lagundi at the Cong. Jun Duenas gym in Signal Village, Taguig City.
Manny Pacquiao will demand that a planned Nov. 13 fight versus Antonio Margarito of Mexico be fought at a catch weight of 150 pounds.
''One-hundred fifty pounds,'' Pacquiao's lawyer Franklin Gacal said Sunday when asked about the Pacquiao-Margarito bout for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) super-welterweight crown.
The super-welter division has a limit of 154 lbs and Pacquiao's camp believes it is fair that Margarito agree to such a unique weight setup being a naturally bigger fighter.
Although the 5'11'' Margarito has fought mostly at welterweight (147 lbs.), he has campaigned seven times at super-welter.
The Mexican has a 38-6-0 win-loss-draw record with 27 knockouts.
The 5'6'' Pacquiao, who started out at light-fly (108 lbs.) before racking up world titles up to welter, has never fought at super-welter, having only seen action at welter three times.
Pacquiao, armed with a 51-3-2 slate with 38 knockouts, beat Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey in his welterweight fights.
''Margarito is big and tall even at super-welter,'' Gacal noed.
RDC XII reorganizes; Gov. Dominguez, five others nominated to lead council
Koronadal City (NEDA-PPFD/DE Doguiles/PIA 12) -- Sarangani Governor Dominguez Miguel Rene A. Dominguez, the outgoing chairperson of the Regional Development Council XII (RDC XII) received fresh nomination to head the council from 2010 to 2013 during the reorganizational meeting held at the Del Rio Splash Resort in Koronadal City on August 24.
Nominated with him were Cotabato Governor Emmylou Taliño-Mendoza and General Santos City Mayor Darlene Magnolia Antonino-Custodio from among the local executives, and Mr. Alfredo Bronx Hebrona Jr., Dr. Rolando Doria and Mr. Ramon Floresta from among the private sector representatives.
Their names will be submitted to President Benigno Aquino III who will select and appoint the new chairperson and co-chairperson of RDC XII in the next three years.
During the meeting, Dominguez also swore into office the 12 new Private Sector Representatives (PSRs) to the council.
Those sworn in were: Hebrona (Sultan Kudarat Province), Doria (Economic Development Sector), Floresta (North Cotabato and Kidapawan City), Vispocious Ramos Sr. (Sultan Kudarat Province), Rodrigo Olarte Jr. (General Santos City), Martiniano Magdolot (South Cotabato Province), Nestor Lumawig (Koronadal City), Yusoph Mohamad (Cotabato City), Karl Vincent Queipo (Social Development Sector), Enrique Marcelino (Governance and Institutions Development), Joemarie Angeles (Labor Sector), and Richlie Lyndon Magtulis (Infrastructure Development Sector).
In his speech before turning the responsibility over to vice chairperson Teresita Socorro C. Ramos, Dominguez stressed the importance of developing and enhancing partnership among the regional line agencies, private sector, and the local government units.
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