Posted by: Roy in Global Filipino, In the news, Reflections, blog, celebrities, icon, tags: boxing, Hatton, Hitman, las vegas, May 3, pacman, pacquiao, pound for pound fighter
Two days left, and then the much awaited fight - Manny Pacquiao vs Ricky Hatton will happen. A fight that took a lot of twists and turns before it came to this day….
– forget that the fight almost didn’t materialize just because of the talks on the fight purse
– forget that Pacquiao showed a different color in handling his contract by giving rights to airtime to ABS-CBN… and that a confused Pacquiao took his words back gave it back to Solar Sports
– forget that many were disgusted, this blogger included, because it appears that either Pacquiao didn’t know what he is doing or he is really after the money
Forget all about that and remember that in his fight on Sunday, May 3 on Las Vegas against Hatton, Pacman is fighting for the Philippines, Pacquiao is fighting for the Filipinos all over the world.
Let us all rally behind him, Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao as he become the Best Pound for Pound fighter there is.
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Posted by: Roy in Announcement, In the news, blog, celebrities, icon, internet, links, reactions, thought & opinions, tags: Bob Arum, boxing, filipino, las vegas, Manny Pacquiao, Match On!, pacman, Pacman wins, Pacquiao-Hatton, Pambansang Kamao, philippines, pride, Ricky Hatton, The Hitman
At least that’s what the latest news break on Inquirer reports. The dispute on the purse split has been settled and Manny Pacquiao settles for a 50-50 split of the purse. This development officially declares the Pacquiao-Hatton match on! I don’t think there is anything that can stop the Pambansang Kamao from meeting his next opponent - Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton now.
Just this week, the match has been put in jeopardy as Team Pacman is adamant on insisting a 60-40 cut on the split of the purse or they will look for another opponent elsewhere. But the Hatton camp wouldn’t take it sitting down and threatened Pacquiao with a lawsuit should he back out of the match. Apparently, Bob Arum, Pacquiao’s promoter already has a verbal agreement with the Hatton camp for a 50-50 split.
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Posted by: Roy in Announcement, In the news, blog, celebrities, icon, internet, politics, reactions, thought & opinions, tags: dream match, filipino pride, golden boy, las vegas, mabuhay, manny paquiao, oscar dela hoya, pacman, politician, self-serving, sportsmanship, trapos, victory
Yes! It’s all over the blogosphere!
Manny Pacquiao won!
And Oscar dela Hoya proves his sportsmanship.
Once again the Filipino has something to be proud of.
Let’s just hope that our ‘leaders’ will not tarnish this new-found pride with their self-serving interests.
MABUHAY ANG PILIPINAS!
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