Filipino hard-hitter Rolando “The Incredible” Dy will keep a close eye on the BRAVE CF Lightweight World Championship clash between division kingpin Amin “Fierceness” Ayoub of France and arch-nemesis Ahmed “The Butcher” Amir of Egypt.
![Ben Wallace spent 16 NBA seasons with Washington, Orlando, Detroit (two tours of duty), Chicago and Cleveland from 1996 to 2012, averaging just 5.7 points and 9.6 rebounds in 1,088 games.](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/240730624_894618904791842_1888246071932198113_n.jpg)
NBA: Be Like Ben (Wallace)
Ben Cameron Wallace, inducted into the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts last Sept. 12, is the only HOF not to be drafted by an NBA team and finished his career not averaging in double-digit scoring.
![Sports For All PH podcast (Sept. 11) with Mayor Oscar Moreno and Rene "Champ" Barrientos](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/241895483_839569576918605_6815090986853467179_n-1024x580.jpg)
Rene Barrientos: The Filipino boxing ‘Champ’ who would not go down
I met one last Saturday and his name is Rene Barrientos. Around Cagayan de Oro City, he is known as Champ. Champ was one of my guests on my program, Sports For All, together with Cagayan de Oro City Mayor Oscar “Oca” Moreno, former professional boxing promoter Carlo Almirante, one of Cagayan de Oro’s finest sports journalists, Mike Banos and, Rappler and Mindanao Gold Star Daily sportswriter, Lynde Salgados. We discussed Cagayan de Oro as a rising power in Philippine boxing, but that’s for another conversation.
![2020 Tokyo Paralympics Philippine Team](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/errnie1-1024x683.jpg)
Of death, Paralympians, Butch, Baham and other sporting delights
All of us need to force a smile and try to make sense of what’s happening. The Philippine Paralympic team came out without single medal from Tokyo but Ernie Gawilan and company deserve our utmost respect for carrying the flag proudly in the face of superior opposition.
![Julius Randle [photo from Instagram: juliusrandle30]](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/134745792_3364772003632227_3332630124278508263_n-e1631454652123-1024x688.jpg)
NBA: Julius Randle achieved this Larry Bird feat last season
Last season (2020-21), the 6-8 Randle joined Bird as the only players in NBA history to average at least 20 points, 10 rebounds and five assists and post a three-point field goal percentage of .400 or better in the same campaign.
![Allan Caidic vs. Bong Alvarez (21). Alvarez beat Caidic to the first 70-point feat by a Filipino in PBA annals by one year and seven months.](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/241186357_402569704537247_1802968541824708692_n-e1631446489125.jpg)
Top Individual Performances in PBA history
In the PBA’s 46-year existence, only 11 “homegrown” Filipino roundballers have chalked up 50 points or more in a single contest during their pro tenures.
![President Marcos tosses the ceremonial ball to usher in the 1978 World Basketball Championship at the Araneta Coliseum. It was less than half-filled as only around 10,000 spectators showed up at the 22, 000-seat Big Dome.](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/240749715_2944285865783017_858229959833359333_n-1-e1631193034862.jpg)
The ‘Larry Johnson’ controversy during the 1978 FIBA World Championship in Manila
One American player was actually an ex-professional who had already suited up in the National Basketball Association. At the time, the WBC was an amateur international competition sanctioned by International Amateur Basketball Federation (FIBA).
![Menelik "Izzy" Israel recently guested on the Sports for All PH podcast hosted by Vincent Juico and Brian Yalung](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/Screenshot_1024-1024x579.png)
Fil-American looking to clear the bases with Duke Blue Devils
Young man Menelik “Izzy” Israel has an abundance of opportunities that lie before him. Play at Duke University for 1-2 years then give the MLB (Major League Baseball) Draft a shot.
![Will the Big Three scheme of LeBron James, Anthony Davis and Russell Westbrook work for the LA Lakers?](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/240676761_363072518875042_1728354415734796362_n.jpg)
NBA Notes: Lakers out to defy odds with ‘Elderly Lineup’
The Lakers, like in the previous seasons, are unlikely to fill up the 15th and final spot until the buyout period in March.
![Bill Russell will be the fifth personage to be inducted into the Hall of Fame both as a player and coach.](https://sportsbytes.com.ph/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/240057217_1001425223992439_5113285535823457592_n.jpg)
Class 2021 of Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame
A total of 16 personages from the Class 2021 will be enshrined in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame at the MassMutual Center in Springfield, Massachusetts on September 12 Manila time.
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