ALLAN THE MAN

Floyd Mayweather Jr. dominated Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez to wrest the WBC and WBA Jr. Middleweight titles on Saturday night, September 14 (Sunday, September 15 in Manila) at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, United States.

The American fighter displayed his superior boxing skills from start to finish to run away with a Majority Decision and improve his record to 45-0 with 26 KOs.

This much anticipated fight certainly delivered, with a ferocious home stretch. For much of the fight, Danny Garcia was in control.

In round 11, Garcia scored the first knockdown of the fight against Lucas Matthysse. Throughout the fight, Garcia used his technically superior striking to outbox the heavy hitting Matthysse. The first advantage for Garcia came in round 7 when he closed Matthysse's left eye. In round 11, Matthysse came on string, but ultimately, it was Garcia who took the round with the knockdown. With that, Garcia looked to have this fight in the bag.

FIBA EuroBasket 2013: Spain enhanced their chances of advancing with an 82-56 win over Finland..Spain bounced back from their 79-75 setback to Greece and won against Finland.

Jose Calderon erupted for 23 points, including 13 in the first half as the two-time defending champions opened up a 42-30 advantage.

Slovenia made sure another night at EuroBasket 2013 finished in thrilling fashion by holding off Greece to win and seal a place in the Quarter-Finals.

Slovenia arrived in Ljubljana as the third-place team from Group C but have now reeled off two straight victories.

De La Salle University (DLSU) Green Archers created a three-way logjam at the top of the UAAP standings via a 69-64 win over University of Ssto. Tomas (UST) Growling Tigers at the tournament’s penultimate match on Saturday.

La Salle is now tied with National University (NU) Bulldogs and Far Eastern University (FEU) Tamaraws with 10-4 win-loss slates. 

The 36-year-old Floyd Mayweather Jr. weighed in at 150.5 pounds — just under the mutually decided catch weight of 152 pounds.

Canelo Alvarez (42-0-1) hasn’t weighed 152 or less for a fight since 2011, while Mayweather has fought above 147 just twice — for the Oscar de la Hoya and Miguel Cotto wins.

“We felt we were robbed of a win.” This was the bold statement of Rain or Shine coach Yeng Guiao following his team’s controversial 101-100 loss to Barangay Ginebra San Miguel on Saturday night at the SMART-Araneta Coliseum.

“We’ll file a protest for whatever is worth,” said Guiao. “We will file a protest before 12 noon tomorrow (Sunday).”