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No need to beat around the bush there are only two possibilities to this Manny Ramirez 50 game suspension:

1- Manny is completely innocent and it was the doctors fault for giving him a prescription with a banned substance in it.

2- Manny is a lot smarter than we give him credit for, was trying to be slick and got caught.

Let me start this with a quote from one of my Twitter fam Basketballbuzz (http://www.twitter.com/basketballbuzz) who summed up beautiful about what future opponents should be thinking before they step in the ring with Manny Pacquiao:

This is reason numero uno; you should be scared to fight dudes who smile before they get in the ring!

Sorry for the quality I will put something up better tomorrow. I am in the media center in the MGM Grand and I am in a bit of a hurry because of a party I need to get to this evening.

I will have a full wrap up of the fight tomorrow. Until then enjoys these beautiful shots from the Pacman.

How dedicated am I? I just spent my first 30 mins in Vegas putting together this video for you my loyal readers. But now I am about to go get into some trouble. Feel free to put your predictions of the fight in the comment section.

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It takes a lot to impress me. I have performed in front of 5000 people before. I went to The Ohio State University where our football team plays in front of 100,000 every home game. I have been to NFL games, NBA games, MLB games and I have even been to prize fights before. But never in my life have I witnessed a scene like I did in the MGM Grand today. For you to understand it I have to explain how it all started.

I got to the MGM around 12:30 and headed to the media center. At that time there were a lot of British and Philippinos mulling around, but nothing earth shattering. The media center is closed off to the public, so we don't have any idea of what is going on outside.
From about 12:30-2:00pm I worked on my "Robert Littal Origins" series which will debut either tonight or early tomorrow. Sent a bunch of texts out, twittered (http://www.twitter.com/BlkSportsOnline), talk to a lot of media people and boxers (Dan Rafael, Bert Sugar, Bernard Hopkins, Shane Mosley to name a few) and avoided Oscar De La Hoya like the plague.

You know the deal BlackSportsOnline will be streaming live Ricky Hatton vs. Manny Pacquaio 9PM Est.

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I am going to be at the fight, so I won't be around if there is a problem, but if for whatever reason the stream goes out. Simply go to:

This video beyond a prediction also gives dating, gambling, eating and life advice, so you should definitely check it out.

If you are interested in the written version just keep reading (video way more interesting though).

Don't get me wrong, I'm not a big fan of the "I already get special attention for being an athlete, but I should also be able to do whatever I want whenever I want" types in the sporting world. But, it's about time that we stop heaping all the blame on them for their behavior and start blaming the team management for allowing it to happen in the first place.

These hypocrites are the ones who allow guys to get away with counterproductive behavior like missing meetings/practices, blowing off charitable events, cussing out coaches, and throwing their teammates under the bus publicly. Then, when it's no longer convenient for them, or when the public/media finally gives them the necessary hall pass to get rid of said-player without ripping them for it, they not only trade/release the player but trash his reputation as well by putting everything that went on out there for the public to chew on.

Manny Ramirez has more RBIs than any other player in Major League Baseball since 1993. He was the 2004 World Series MVP. He's an 11-time All Star. He has 9 Silver Slugger awards. And he has 2 World Series rings. So why are the Boston Red Sox itching to get rid of him?

This kind of reminds me of the Dave Chappelle skit titled "When keeping it real goes wrong." The Red Sox management is tired of the shenanigans, I get that! And anyone who's ever been in charge of anything can testify to having the one guy on your squad who's a pain in the ass but is also the best player on the team or your best employee. But drawing a line in the sand right now does what for the Red Sox exactly?

It's not like Manny has them by the short ones; no player is that valuable. But at this point in the season with the Red Sox having a real chance of a repeat World Series Trophy, would you pull Manny's leash right now or would you continue what you've been doing ignoring his behavior?

Saturday night represented a chance of a lifetime for David Diaz, 34-1-1, and he tried to make the most of it as he defended his WBC lightweight title against Manny Pacquiao.

Unfortunately, it just was not meant to be. Coming into the fight, many pundits wondered if Manny would be able to maintain his greatness and bring his power with him as he traveled mover up into another weight class.

That question was answered in a mighty way as he showed great strength and power, knocking the very durable David Diaz out in 9 rounds. Pac-Man thoroughly dominated the game but out-classed David Diaz for almost every second of the nine rounds the fight lasted. A perfectly delivered short left hand to the head sent Diaz face-first to the canvas and the fight was over. The official time was 2 minutes and 24 seconds of round nine.

With this win Pac-Man has to now be truly considered the best pound for pound boxer in the sport today. Check out the Round 9 destruction.