Mayweather vs Pacquiao: Twitter fans weigh in

A day after Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s complete domination of Juan Manuel Marquez, subscribers to the popular microblogging service Twitter urged boxing promoters to finally seal a money fight between "Money" Mayweather and the current pound-for-pound champ Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao.

A Reuters article noted that Mayweather's victory over Marquez left a feeling of dissatisfaction after many noted that the American was several pounds heavier than his opponent. "Marquez weighed in at 148 moments before the fight but Mayweather, cynically although probably rather shrewdly, refused to disclose his own weight," the Reuters story said.

Clamor for a Mayweather-Pacquiao fight has grown steadily after the American's victory over the Mexican pugilist. Even Mayweather acknowledged that boxing fans want to see him fight Pacquiao but declined to commit himself to the bout.

"People say Pacquiao is number one. I don't have to rate myself. I know what I can do. Pound-for-pound is an opinion. I was a professional for 11 years, and I was a world champion for 10 years. I went away for two years, came back, I fought the number two fighter. I didn't rate him, they did. I am a critic of myself. I want to be the best I can be," he said.

In a Twitter thread Monday, film23jay @surroundsoundud noted: "I want [Mayweather] to fight Pacquiao. I want Mayweather to whoop his ass. I'm not a Pacquiao fan. He's overhyped."

Tcomputer RT @BoxingDawg also commented: "I know this will bother the Mayweather-haters out there, but Floyd Mayweather Jr. is the best pound-for-pound boxer. I know Freddie Roach won't admit this, but the only boxer that can possibly beat Mayweather is [Shane] Mosley -- and not Pacquiao."

"With that, I cannot see Mayweather ever wanting to fight Mosley. He'll fight Pacquiao next. That's if Manny gets past [Miguel] Cotto," he added.

Pacquiaovs noted that there were "real danger signs for Manny Pacquiao from Floyd Mayweather." Another tweet from maniark read: "I have never seen a more complete fighter than Floyd Mayweather on early Sunday morning. Superb dismantling of Marquez!"

Enishiate, who watched the fight a day late, said he was dissatisfied with the bout. "Finally got a chance to watch the Mayweather/Marquez fight. Very anti-climatic but just shows how surreal Floyd really is."

ClintonV noted that while everyone is talking about Pacman-Mayweather, "Pacman has the small matter of Miguel Cotto to get past. He's bigger and can bang. Dangerous."

One Pacquiao fan, however, said he wants the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight to happen soon. "Just hope that our own Pacman shuts up Money Mayweather," posted Twitter fan champie08.

Post Twitter status via SMS - the right way

Last year around September, Globe Telecoms launched their Twitter service in the Philippines as response to Twitter's blocking of their UK number from sending updates to people outside of the United States, Canada or India.

The thing is, the Globe Twitter service costs Php2.5o per text message sent or received. You get the first three personal updates for free, then 2.50 after that. You can imagine how expensive this can add up to at the end of the day.

With the coming of the iPhone and other Wi-Fi enabled phones to us, posting updates over Twitter Mobile became more popular. Rather than going through SMS, people simply log onto the Web service and do their micro-blogging from there. Or they might get Twitter apps that work on their phones/smartphones.

But what about the rest of us without Wi-Fi phones or smartphones? Well, there's recently been good buzz about a service called "I Speak over Internet Protocol". It's not actually a protocol, just some marketing gimmick I guess? But the point is that registering with them will enable you to send updates via SMS to Twitter for P1.00 per update, or at no additional cost if you're on the Unlimited Text offering of your carrier.

Here's how it works.

You register with Isip.ph. Then they ask you for your Twitter username and password. Then they give you a mobile number that you can send your updates to. And voila. You get to update your Twitter status via SMS.

What happens behind this is that when you register and give Isip.ph your Twitter username and password, they will post the messages you send them via the number they gave you. You text your update to Isip.ph, they read the message, then copy that message to your Twitter status.

Technically, it's a workaround. I don't see how this won't work though. It's a great service since Isip.ph doesn't actually charge you for this. If you get charged, it's done by your carrier (Smart, Globe, Sun Cellular).

One shortcoming though is that you still don't get SMS updates from Twitter via Isip.ph. I guess you really need to go with Globe for that. I'll post about this other Globe offer later, if I can.