Today, February 20 , 2011, is a Sunday and is supposedly a rest day ! But it is also a very exciting day for sports and fans for two reasons :
First , LA Clippers and hometown favorite Blake Griffin's electrifying winning dunk at this year's NBA Sprite Slam Dunk Contest ! Surely , nobody can ever forget his dangerous dunk over a Kia Optima off an alley oop pass from teammate Baron Davies to beat Wizards center JaVale McGee via online votes from fans ! I saw Griffin's winning dunk live on cable and even saw the subsequent replays of the dunk . My , my that dunk will even surpass Dwight Howard's winning slam dunk as Superman in the same slam dunk contest years back!
Second, Nonito Donaire's sensational 2nd Round TKO of Fernando Montiel for the WBC & WBO Bantamweight Championships! This , too , was a highlight win with that lightning fast left hook and a right follow up to the cheek of the defending champion Montiel , supposedly the conqueror of a number of Filipino contenders. The two hits were so vicious and unforgiving that Montiel's legs even twitched while he was flat on his back on the canvass! As quickly as Montiel had to get up to beat the count, Donaire was quicker to deliver the jarring blows to the head enough for the ref to call it a night!
So is this the start of much bigger things to come for the Flash who has long been boxing in the shadow of the Pacman?
I thank God that today is a Sunday ! We had the chance to see all these exciting sports highlights!
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