Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao successfully defended his WBO Welterweight title vs. challenger Chris Algieri in a twelve round fight on November 23, 2014 at The Venetian in Macau. Pacquiao, who is also a Congressman of the Philippines representing Sarangani, his home province, clearly dominated the fight but Algieri was able to avoid being knocked out after getting the mandatory 8-counts six times.
Pacquiao knocks down Algieri first in the 2nd round but it looked like Algieri slipped but the referee considered it as a knockdown anyway. Algieri was knocked down again in round six three times, the first one he did a backroll afterwards which amused some spectators. Shortly after, he was knocked out again. Pacquiao lands a strong left hand in the middle and Algieri is down again.
In round 9, Pacquiao lands a good left hook to the head and Algieri gets a standing 8-count. And in round 10, Algieri gets knocked out again after Pacquiao lands a hard left to the head.
The crowd is standing and chanting “Manny, Manny, Manny” as Pacquiao tries to knock out Algieri throughout the remaining rounds. Algieri did a good job of avoiding the knock out even though Pacquiao’s punches were quite powerful and accurate.
Today was another day of jubilation for the Filipinos. The millions of Filipinos watching the fight throughout the Philippines are surely celebrating the victory. And as usual whenever Manny has a fight, the crime rate in the Philippines will drop to nearly zero for a day.