CHRIS ALGIERI TRIVIA
By Maloney L. Samaco
PhilBoxing.com
Tue, 18 Nov 2014
His real name is Christopher Mark Algieri and nicknamed "The King of New York" and "Real Rocky."
He was born in Huntington, New York on March 2, 1984 and now aged 30. Manny Pacquiao is 35.
His father is an Italian and his mother is an Argentinian.
His height is 5 foot 10 inches or 1.78 meters. His reach is 72 inches or 183 cm. Pacquiao is 5 foot 6 1/2 inches (170 cm) and reach 67 inches (170 cm).
He has a bachelor?s degree in healthcare science from Stony Brook University and a master?s degree in nutrition from the New York Institute of Technology.
He was a world kickboxing champion and was into karate before he turned into professional boxing.
Algieri is rated No. 7 light welterweight in the world by boxrec.com behind No. 1 Danny Garcia, No. 2 Lucas Martin Matthysse, No.3 Lamont Peterson, No. 4 Jessie Vargas, No.5 Viktor Postol and No. 6 Adrien Broner.
Algieri is rated No. 3 light welterweight by The Ring Magazine behind champion Danny Garcia, No. 1 Lucas Martin Matthysse, and No. 2 Lamont Peterson.
His WBO lightweight title fight with Paquiao at the Cotai Arena, Venetian Hotel will be his first fight outside New York.
Rocky star Sylvester Stallone praised Algieri for his Rocky-like win when he was down twice in the first round, suffered a badly swollen right eye, but outboxed Ruslan Provodnikov in the next 11 rounds for a split decision win.
?It was Rocky-esque. As for his fight against Manny Pacquiao on November 22, all I can say to you Chris is great movies deserve great sequels and I won?t be the least surprised to see you give us one in Macau,? said the 68-year-old Hollywood legend who portrayed the role of Rocky Balboa in the Rocky series from 1976 to 2006.
Algieri landed 288 of 993 punches (29 percent) while Provodnikov connected 205 of 776 (26 percent), according to CompuBox statistics.
Algieri will earn a career-high payday of $1.4 million which is more than 10 times his previous biggest purse, which was $100,000 against Provodnikov. Pacquiao is set to receive more than $20 million.
In a kickboxing world title fight Algieri's biggest purse was only $3,000.
?I?m going to set a wicked pace,? he said when asked what he will do against Pacquiao. ?I?m going to box smartly. I going to put pressure and be in his face all night along and I?m going to dominate down the stretch.?
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