SPORTS Thursday, April 19, 2018 23 Brave CF announces pro debut Manny Pacquiao and Lucas Matthysse (R) pose of Ayyad for photographers (Pic courtesy: Espn) Hussain Ayyad DT News Network second Bahraini national after a successful amateur career in his debut. Jomar Pa-ac is Matthysse will not be Manama Hamza Kooheji to embark on representing the Kingdom of undefeated in his career with rave Combat Federation has professional mixed martial arts Bahrain, Ayyad had captured four straight victories with never Pacquiao’s final fight announced the professional career. multiple medals in the amateur been submitted or knocked out. London up the vacant WBA title in debutB of Hussain Ayyad at Brave Ayyad will be competing in division. The fight will happen on May ormer world champion January and says Pacquiao 12 hosted in Jakarta, Indonesia. the flyweight division of Brave He will be facing Jomar Pa-ac 11th at the Balai Sarbini Stadium Manny Pacquiao says his has not been the same fighter Ayyad will become the Combat Federation. After from Team Lakay, Philippines in Jakarta, Indonesia. fightF with Lucas Matthysse will since he was knocked out not be his last, and he wants by Juan Manuel Marquez in to prove his career “is not yet 2012. over”. “Sure, Manny has won so Pacquiao, 39, faces the many titles, I only won one 35-year-old WBA world title,” he said. “I am not going welterweight title holder in to give it up. I will die for it if Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, 15 I have to. July. “I will defend this title to And the Filipino fighter the death.” is already thinking about his Pacquiao has 59 victories boxing legacy. with 38 knockouts in his career RESULTS “I want them to remember - winning world titles at eight Stage 3: Ora/Auer – Merano/Meran (138.3k) me after my career not only as weights from flyweight to light 1 Ben O’Connor (Aus) Dimension Data, in 3hrs a champion, but as being an middleweight - but has not 30min 05secs inspiration to everyone, being fought since he lost his WBO 2 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, at 5s a good person,” he said. welterweight title to Australia’s 3 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida “This is not my last fight. Jeff Horn last July. 4 George Bennett (NZl) LottoNL-Jumbo It’s one to prove that I am still “I keep on fighting because 5 Luis León Sanchez (Esp) Astana Pro Team there in boxing and that my boxing is my passion and I 6 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky career is not over yet.” love raising the flag of the 7 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates Argentina’s Matthysse took Philippines,” he said. (BBC) 8 Manuel Senni (Ita) Bardiani CSF 9 Alexandre Geniez (Fra) AG2R La Mondiale 10 Michal Schlegel (Cze) CCC Sprandi Polkowice, Alvarez banned for 6 all same time Overall classification: months for doping 1 Thibaut Pinot (Fra) Groupama-FDJ, in 10hrs London 52min 19secs anelo Alvarez has been 2 Domenico Pozzovivo (Ita) Bahrain-Merida, at 15s banned from boxing for 3 Miguel Angel Lopez (Col) Astana Pro Team, st sixC months by the Nevada Ben O’Connor celebrates 4 Chris Froome (GBr) Team Sky, at 16s State Athletic Commission for 5 Fabio Aru (Ita) UAE Team Emirates, at 50s failing two drugs tests. (Cyclingweekly) The punishment is the lightest given for his kind Tour of the Alps of offence, and following an interim ban in place from April 3, his match-up against O’Connor claims stage 3 Gennady Golovkin for May 5 in Las Vegas has been cancelled. Alps Domenico Pozzovivo on the group were overall contenders The key absentee was Ivan A match could be rescheduled en O’Connor (Dimension first-category Passo della Chris Froome (Team Sky), Sosa (Androni Giacattoli), for mid-September should Canelo Alvarez (file pic) Data) took victory on a Mendola, and then when Fabio Aru (UAE Team who crashed on the descent Golovkin defeat replacement it was said: thrillingB stage 3 of the Tour of other big names came back Emirates), George Bennett of the Palade and rolled box Vanes Martirosyan. “Alvarez cooperated with the Alps, stealing away from up and over the third-category (LottoNL-Jumbo), and Miguel home several minutes down, The ban is backdated to 17 the director’s investigation an 11-rider group of overall Passo Padale, he made a solo Angel Lopez (Astana), though surrendering his overall lead. February, meaning his ban will into the positive urinalyses and favourites in the flat final eight bid for the second victory of the Colombian - bizarrely The purple jersey is now on expire 17 August 2018. provided information related kilometres of a short mountain his career. the main chaser of O’Connor the shoulders of Pinot, who Alvarez’s suspension will be to his diet in the days leading stage from Ora to Merano. Pinot crossed the line in when he had teammate Luis leads the race by 15 seconds lifted on Aug. 17, six months up to the collection of the The 22-year-old Australian second place, five seconds Leon Sanchez for support - from Pozzovivo, with Lopez from Feb. 17, the date of his urinalyses specimen samples, attacked with Thibaut Pinot down, followed by Pozzovivo lost around 10 seconds in the and Froome poised a further first positive drug test. including his statement that (FDJ) and Bahrain-Merida’s in third. Also part of that final kilometre. second back. (Cyclingnews) In the settlement statment he consumed meat during that between the state and Alvarrez, time.” (Eurosport).