Tim Kawakami
7 articles · San Jose Mercury News
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The big fight: Looking for ways to pick Pacquiao by KO, but I?m still predicting Mayweather by uananimous decision
By Tim Kawakami
Just like almost everybody else in boxing?and a strong majority of the sentient sports world?Oscar De La Hoya is trying to figure something out right now. How can Manny Pacquiao beat and…
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Bradley wins, Pacquiao’s robbed: If you can’t trust the outcome, can you go back to the sport?
By Tim Kawakami
This is what I was thinking in the final roundsof the Pacquio-Bradley fightm as Manny Pacquiao slowed down a bit?either out of pity, weariness or plain boredom ?and still seemed well on…
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Kawakami: Prediction: Pacquiao over Clottey by 7th-round KO
By Tim Kawakami
Zero hestitation about picking Manny Pacquiao in almost any fight, as you probably know if you've followed this blog. Pacquiao is an all-time great and definitely the most accomplished, most exciting fighter…
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Pacquiao-Hatton bout should be a good one
By Tim Kawakami
Short-attention-span reading, and writing, and some bonus cut-and-pasting from my Talking Points blog"... Neither fighter is from North America, neither talks trash, neither fought in the Olympics or has had to be…
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Pacquiao hooks the Bay Area boxing scene
By Tim Kawakami
The Bay Area's No. 1 fighter isn't from this hemisphere, doesn't live or train here and probably is recognizable to less than half of the region's sports populace. But it was obvious…
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Fighter Pacquiao has local fan base
By Tim Kawakami
Short-attention-span reading, and writing . . . Does Manny Pacquiao, the power-packed super-featherweight fighter and Filipino national hero, monitor the Mercury News sports blog? I wouldn't have thought so. I couldn't imagine…
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Should I Write a Column on Manny Pacquiao’s Upcoming Rematch with Erik Morales?
By Tim Kawakami
It's a new age, let's try to toss it out there for discussion, although it's always appreciated when the most gruesome epithets directed to me are spelled correctly. I know, I know,…