Victorious boxing champ Pacquiao returns home
Manny Pacquiao returned to a champions welcome today from his latest victory in Las Vegas, and shared a cake in the shape of a boxing glove with the president.Pacquiao beat his bigger and more famous opponent Oscar De La Hoya over the weekend, giving his countrymen an early Christmas gift at a time when many in the Philippines are struggling to make ends meet amid financial worries.
“My victory is a victory for all of us,” the 29-year-old Pacquiao said in a television talk show, shortly after meeting President Arroyo in her official residence. read full story
Click here to continue readingPacquiao ‘felt pity’ for his battered foe
LAS VEGAS — By the seventh round, his trainer was telling him to press the action, to finish the job. But Manny Pacquiao’s mind was telling him something else.
He could sense what everyone else could plainly see, that Oscar De La Hoya, his left eye swollen shut, his reflexes gone, more than likely was fighting his last fight.
“I felt pity for him,” Pacquiao said.
Moments later, the fight was over. And quite possibly, a career.
De La Hoya, his face a puffy and purple mass, failed to answer the bell for the ninth round, providing Pacquiao a lopsided TKO victory Saturday night in front of a crowd of 16,000 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena.
It was a mismatch from the opening bell, only not the one many in the media had forecast.
De La Hoya (39-6, 30 KOs) was supposed to be too big and too strong for Pacquiao (48-3-2, 36 KOs), who
Click here to continue readingMAGNIFICENT MANNY STOPS “THE GOLDEN BOY”
Ninety million Filipinos saw their prayers answered and their dreams come true when ring idol and national treasure Manny Pacquiao put on a magnificent display of remarkable skill, blinding speed and awesome power to punish “The Golden Boy” and force him to quit at the end of eight rounds in their “Dream Match” which turned into a nightmare for the biggest name in boxing.
The large, flag waving crowd of Filipino fight fans at the Grand Garden Arena and millions more in theaters, restaurants, pubs and other venues across the Philippines cheered themselves hoarse as Pacquiao lifted their spirits and gave a nation and its people an early Christmas gift with his smashing victory. read full story
