The 6,000 openings in the 2009 race were filled online in less than two hours last year.

As part of this year’s process, a lottery has been added for those who don’t secure a spot through the online registration.

The race, founded by Olympic gold medalist Joan Benoit Samuelson, began in 1998 with 3,000 runners. Since then, the field has grown to 7,000. This year’s race is Aug. 7.

 [USA Today]

Manny Pacquiao vs Joshua Clottey fight match will have a live telecast in the Philippines for free. It’s been a tradition to the country to offer every Pacquiao’s match for free so that all Filipinos can watch it.
The Pacquiao-Clottey match will be aired on Sunday morning in the Philippines at 10:00 am. If it hapens you are currently on vacation in the Philippines, you can watch it on GMA Network and Solar Sports. Some municipal halls in the Philippines also offer the live coverage so that the community will all enjoy the fight.
You can also enjoy watching Pacqcuiao-Clottey match while you’re in the restaurant. Most of the restaurants in the Philippines offer a live PPV and price starts at $10 – $20. The Pacquiao vs Clottey match is also available in theaters with the same price that starts at $10.
If you want to watch Pacquiao vs Clottey live stream online video free, some people share videos on video streaming websites like Youtube, VShare, UStream, P2P, Sopcasts, TVU, Megavideo, Justin TV, and many more. Videos offered in the internet will be on air as soon as the fight started.

[A Pakistan News]

If you are looking for the Pacquiao vs Clottey live stream and not the Pacquiao vs Cotto, you can see the live stream on this site, Pacquiao vs Clottey Live Stream. They’ve been constantly updating the streams so I would go there if you would like a working stream.

[Daily World Buzz]

Not only this, millions of fans will watch the fight in their homes on their TV sets or you can also watch the battle between the two giants live on Pay-per-view. Those who can not afford it has another sources to watch the fight. All what you have to do is to go to any streaming site who will give a live video to watch and enjoy it.

If you don’t know the streaming sites on which you can watch the fight, so don’t worry. You can Pacquiao vs Clottey HBO Boxing live streaming on a number of sites on the internet. Justin.tv is a website on which you can watch the fight. Other websites on which you can get live streaming of Pacquiao vs Clottey fight is USTREAM. SOPCAST is another option.

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No tsunami warning was issued, though the U.S. Pacific Tsunami Warning Center indicated a small possibility of a tsunami along the coastlines within 62 miles of the epicenter of the quake. No deaths or injuries were reported thus far.

On Saturday, a 6.5-magnitude moderate quake shook Manokwari in West Papua province, with no casualties or damage reported.

The quake struck at a depth of about 52 km or 32 miles at sea. The epicenter of the quake was 285 km or 180 miles southeast of Ternate, and 2,415 km or 1,500miles east of the Indonesia’s capital Jakarta. Moluccas is 760 miles northwest of Darwin, Australia.

The Maluku Islands, also known as the Moluccas or Spice Islands, are an archipelago in Indonesia, and part of the larger Maritime Southeast Asia region. The islands are located on the Halmahera Plate tectonically, within the Molucca Sea Collision Zone. Geographically, it is situated to the east of Sulawesi, west of New Guinea, and north of Timor.

Indonesia falls along the Pacific Ring of Fire where continental plates meet, causing high volcanic and seismic activity. Indonesia has been recently rocked by a series of quakes, apart from the two quakes in the last two days. In September, a 7.6-magnitude quake struck in late September off the western coast of Sumatra, killing thousands and leaving hundreds injured.

[RTT News]

There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties, and the government said there was no danger from tsunamis.

The quake had an initial estimated magnitude of 6.6, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. It hit at 0808 GMT on Sunday, or 5:08 p.m. local time.

The earthquake was centered about 50 miles (80 kilometers) off the eastern coast of central Fukushima Prefecture, and struck at a depth of 25 miles (40 kilometers).

It was strong enough to gently sway buildings in Tokyo, about 185 miles (300 kilometers) to the southwest, for several seconds.

Television images from the regions near where the quake was centered showed no damage, with cars driving normally.

Japan’s early warning system predicted the earthquake just before it hit, with public broadcaster NHK interrupting a sumo match to warn residents to take cover.

The country is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone countries. In 1995, a magnitude-7.2 quake in the western port city of Kobe killed 6,400 people.

[The Associated Press]

ROUND 1: Pacquiao, in red trunks contrasting with Clottey’s satin red, ducks a left and goes right to the body. He bobs in his southpaw stance and unleashes a left that Clottey blocks. Clottey covering. He jabs, tries a right that misses. Pacquiao goes to body. Pacquiao jabs, sneaks in a right. Pacquiao more active.

Pugmire’s take: Pacquiao’s dedication to jabbing, to trigger an opening, is clearly on display, and he’s banging the body, too.

The judges: Levi Martinez, 10-9 Pacquiao; Duane Ford, 10-9 Pacquiao; Nelson Vazquez, 10-9 Pacquiao.

ROUND 2: Pacquiao lands hard left to head, and big right to body. Insiders said that was his plan, to pound Clottey’s gut. He aims for head, then dips to sides of Clottey. Clottey gets in a right to body and left to face. Clottey mockingly buckles his knees. Clottey left to face.

Pugmire’s take: Lot of motion by Pacquiao, and little activity by Clottey. This is what was expected, but how could Clottey not want to try something new in the fight of his life?

The judges: Levi Martinez, 10-9 Pacquiao; Duane Ford, 10-9 Pacquiao; Nelson Vazquez, 10-9 Pacquiao.

ROUND 3: Clottey jabs. Pacquiao scores with left, unleashes wild left. Clottey trying to counter. He throws right, Pacquiao counters with lefts, goes back to body. Clottey good left to head. Clean right by Clottey. Pacquiao jabs, pounds body, gets Clottey on ropes. Clottey gets in a scoring combo. Pacquiao hammering body, Clottey squeezes in good right.

Pugmire’s take: When Clottey punches, he looks good, has the reach advantage. But he’s covering too often.

The judges: Levi Martinez, 10-9 Clottey; Duane Ford, 10-9 Pacquiao; Nelson Vazquez, 10-9 Clottey.

[Los Angeles Times]

Joshua Clottey, by comparison, looked just as he had when he entered the ring.

Unfortunately for the challenger, it wasn’t a beauty contest. Nor was it a test of endurance, though Clottey is lucky to still have a functioning left kidney, the target of all those right hooks.

This wasn’t a movie, or a morality tale. This was a fight, held in front of 50,994 fans at Cowboys Stadium. A boxer as formidable as Clottey should’ve known: Not going down doesn’t make you a winner. But not punching assures the loss.

Joshua Clottey, who’s never been knocked out, was bigger and stronger than his more celebrated opponent. I found the fighter from Ghana to be an altogether likable sort: a striver living with his girlfriend in an apartment not far from Yankee Stadium. But when the moment of his greatest chance arrived, he was unwilling to do that which transforms immigrants into star-spangled heroes: take the risk.

Even his own trainer had to acknowledge as much. “Joshua had the power to knock him out — but he was reluctant to punch,” a visibly upset Lenny DeJesus said just after the fight. “I don’t think we won a round.”

At least one of the judges agreed. Duane Ford had Pacquiao winning all 12 rounds. Levi Martinez and Nelson Vasquez each gave Clottey a round. I gave him two, but I fear I scored the 10th out of regret. In the third, I had him connecting on some straight rights and a couple of uppercuts. In the 10th, I tried to be impressed by the shots that snapped Pacquiao’s head back.

Actually, I should’ve been more impressed with Pacquiao. It’s been a little more than a year since he sent Oscar De La Hoya into retirement, and the idea of him beating up on bigger guys has lost its novelty.

“He has very good movement and great speed,” said Clottey. “It was very difficult for me to handle that. I didn’t feel much of his power, but his movement really bothered me.”

Actually, it wasn’t a bad fight. It just should’ve been better, much better. I’ve never seen a fighter make himself impervious to punishment like Joshua Clottey. He locks his forearms upright, protecting his face and most of his torso. But it doesn’t mean much — certainly not enough — if you don’t throw.

“Clottey’s got good defense,” said Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach. “But good defense isn’t enough to win a fight.  … I thought he would be more offensive to try to take the title from us. … I thought the body shots would break him down.”

“He never hurt me,” Clottey said triumphantly.

One wonders, then, if you weren’t hurt, then why not let your hands go?

Instead, with a shot against the best in the world, Clottey threw 399 punches, according to CompuBox statistics. That’s about 33 per round — fewer than his meager average over his last nine fights, which happens to be 43. In case you’re wondering, the average welterweight throws 58 per round.

Pacquiao, on the other hand, threw 1,231. And though he’s never been much for the jab, he made it his business to throw 55 in the first round, more jabs than in any round of his career. As for power punches, he threw 682 power punches to Clottey’s 237.

“We pressured him,” said Roach. “Manny was getting hit a little too much with the rights so we made an adjustment. We started hitting him with the right hook and moving.”

In fairness to Clottey, he kept coming forward. And while it was an imposing march, it was not valorous enough to earn a victory. “He’s strong, a very good fighter,” said Pacquiao. “I felt his power, but he was looking to land the big shot.”

In short, Joshua Clottey wasn’t willing to take the requisite risk.

At the evening’s end, Clottey appeared at the interview podium in good spirits. He looked the same as he did Thursday when I took a van with him to Cowboys Stadium.

Some minutes later, Manny Pacquiao arrived. He wore dark sunglasses to cover the most visible of the contusions. He says he will decide on his future after he runs for congress in the Philippines.

The election is May 10. Still, there is nothing precluding a politician from making a living in the ring.
In other words, the conversation now returns to Floyd Mayweather Jr.

“We will crush him,” said Roach.

“I want that fight,” said Pacquiao. “The people want that fight … but I don’t think he’s ready.”

The pound-for-pound champion added that Mayweather’s “style is not a difficult style like Clottey.”
In fact, Manny Pacquiao might find the two have something in common. Mayweather, like Clottey, isn’t much for taking risks.

[FOXSports.com]

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