The Struggling Blogger

“You can’t get any bigger in this business than to fight Manny Pacquiao right now,” said Josh Clottey, who acknowledges fighting the pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao is more than just the money.

The Pacquiao-Clottey fight will be on March 13, a match that was inked following a fall-out from the negotiation with Mayweather, Jr.

Pacquiao will be putting his WBO welterweight crown against Clottey in their match which will take place at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
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Tomorrow is another big day in Philippine sports. Because tomorrow is the much awaited fight between Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand Arena in Las Vegas.

The Philippine pride and pound-for-pound king, Pacquiao will go up against his latest challenger, the Puerto Rican powerhouse Cotto.

To be honest, I don’t really watch boxing… at least not until the day I started blogging.

Never in my entire life have I paid attention to boxing. But since I started blogging I began to be conscious of not only boxing, but other things that are happening today – even things that don’t even concern me.

And with less than 24 hours before the Pacquiao-Cotto fight, I’d like to share my thoughts, not only on this particular fight, but on every fight that Pacquiao has.
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It seems to be that there is really no stopping the “pound-for-pound” king star from rising. This time, Manny Pacquiao made the cover of Time Magazine’s Asian Edition. Pacquiao on Time Magazine will be featuring a five-page story on him in the latest issue which will hit the US and global newsstand this weekend.

With the simple dream only of providing a better life for his family through boxing, his humble beginning has elevated to such an international status that he now joins the ranks of boxing legends Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier, Sugar Ray Robinson and Mike Tyson who have graced the cover of the said magazine.

He also joins the prestigious bunch of Filipino politicians and personalities, from former President Manuel L. Quezon to actress Chin Chin Gutierrez, who were featured on the cover of Time.

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Is Manny Pacquiao an endangered specie?

That was the comment I posted in Silver’s post called: Flu to the brain, as I was referring to Mr. Lito Atienza who was part of the welcoming committee when he arrived in the country last Friday.

I can understand if Manny Pacquiao was met by a delegate or the head of the Philippine Olympic Committee, the boxing committee, hell I wouldn’t even mind if he was met by the PBA Commissioner. At least it is still connected in sports.

But the DENR Secretary?! Is Pacquiao an endangered specie really? Because I can see him being too close as if he was trying to protect Pacquiao
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I wish this would all be over. I’d like to let it go… the fight is a more important point of focus.

Even if GMA 7, in every minute and every hour, rubs it on every news flash that Manny Pacquiao stayed with them… it is all over. Let’s just wait for the fight, and hope that this does not affect him… but suddenly, it’s ABS-CBN fault!

That is how it seems to be, or how he wants to put it, when Pacquiao said ABS-CBN broke its promise! What promise is that? A promise that ABS-CBN will not televised Pacquiao’s interview with them in which he say that he will rescind his contract with Solar in their favor.
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