Watching the Pacquiao-Bradley Fight At Cafe Lupe

Watching The Pacquiao-Bradley Fight At Cafe Lupe

                  There is a fine bar and grill restaurant along Sumulong Highway in Antipolo City serving good Mexican cuisine.  One does not have to drive to the upper ridge of Antipolo Hills. Cafe Lupe is at the right side of the highway as you begin to  make the ascent.  It is before the back gates of Valley Golf Club.  The place provides a spectacular view of the low lying areas of Metro Manila and the suburbs both during the daytime and nighttime.   If this does not meet your standard, then no other place will.

                 With its attractive pay-per view promo in mind, I drove to Cafe Lupe last Sunday to watch the Pacquiao-Bradley 12- round bout. No one was giving Bradley a ghost of a chance.  It was supposed to be a walk in the park.  It was supposed to be an easy bout for Pacman. But it didn't turn out that way.  Instead, Bradley walked away with Pacquiao's welterweight title belt through the cards of two judges who had identical scores of 115-113 for Bradley.  This controversial split decision loss of Pacquiao sent the entire nation of Pacquiao fans fuming and protesting.

                   Let us recall some highlights of the bout.  As if reviewing the tape of the match.  Over a plateful of Quesadillas, Buffalo Wings and Nachos, I was watching with keenness and was expecting the bout to end not later than Round 4.  I was predicting that Bradley would go the way Ricky Hatton and David Diaz did, that is, flat on the canvass in the early rounds. But, no, Timothy refused to be intimidated and was still up on his feet by Round 5. He was able to absorb a very powerful left from Pacquiao, the sting of which had floored the likes of Miguel Cotto, Shawn Mosley, Eric Morales and Jose Antonio Barrera.

                There were many instances when Pacman would land a jab and, as he would step in for more shots to the face and body, Bradley would bob and weave and would manage to extricate himself out of a very difficult situation.  This would explain why Pacquiao failed to knock him out.  As we had witnessed, Timothy was still up at the end of Round 12, looking strong and even scoring points in the last 3 rounds. Only a few boxers had managed to last the distance with the hard-hitting Pacquiao.

                Still and all, Pacquiao landed more punches.  He was supposed to be the winner based on computer count.  But the two judges saw it otherwise.  Perhaps the two were used to Pacquiao's knocking his opponents out which he did consistently in the past 7 years.  Pacquiao himself had set the standard of winning bouts via the short route. Anything that does not approximate such standard could create misimpression, and, consequently, misjudgment. As in the case of judges Duane Ford and C.J. Ross. Anyway, let us leave it to the boxing authorities to look and resolve this controversy. And Pacquiao still has every chance to win back his belt and show to the world who the better boxer really is.

               BTW, Sitti, the songstress with a beautiful voice, is scheduled to perform on June 14 and June 28 at Cafe Lupe in Antipolo.  The chanteuse, who made hits with songs like Loving You, Fly Me To The Moon, Grow Old With You, If You Leave Me Now and other Bosa Nova songs,  regularly performs at Cafe Lupe.  Seniors are welcome.  See you there. And, pls, make no mistake about it.  I am not a publicist for Cafe Lupe in Antipolo.

- Konted

"No one else can make me feel
The colors that you bring
Stay with me while we grow old
And we will live each day in springtime
Cause lovin' you has made my life so beautiful
And every day my life is filled with lovin' you "

Sitti's Loving You

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cn-ikxTnv5g&feature=relmfu

Cafe Lupe along Sumulong Highway in Antipolo City

Entrance to Cafe Lupe

Stairway to the bar and grill resto

Dining area overlooking Metro Manila

There are yellow bells everywhere

View from Cafe Lupe

Bar with a cable tv monitor

Special bottles of wine on display

Another bar at Cafe Lupe

More wine and liquor to choose from

Mexican guitar on display

There is combo music every night

Sitti performs regularly at Cafe Lupe in Antipolo

You can ask for more servings

More nachos

Buffalo Wings

Serving more Mexican food

Bottomless iced tea

San Miguel Beer provides support during special sports events

Pay per view promo of Cafe Lupe

Viewing room

Wall climbing upon arrangement

View from the lower level of parking lot

Rachel tweets: "Why not nominal voting for the judges during championship bouts?  Judges have to explain their votes just like in the impeachment trial.".

Ilongga girl says:  "Pardi man si Pacquiao tani sa sunod mapatumba na niya negro"

A vintage car sighted later that day