Manny Pacquiao: karaoke king?

 

I find Manny Pacquiao's singing strangely riveting. The pound-for-pound boxing king turning into a karaoke king? Quite endearing and funny, but he probably should stick to his day job. Goodluck on his World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title bout with Ghana’s Joshua Clottey on March 13, which according to boxing coach Freddie Roach, might just be Pacquiao's last fight.

So if Floyd Mayweather Jr. continues hemming and hawing about fighting Manny Pacquiao, he might just miss his chance. I think a fight between these two would settle who's really the ultimate pound-for-pound king. So I hope Mayweather Jr. would stop his unreasonable demands and just fight Pacquiao--unless he's just chickening out?

Referee Rafael Ramos raises Manny Pacquiao’s arms after defeating Joshua Clottey, from Ghana, in a unanimous decision during their WBO boxing welterweight title fight in Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, Saturday, March 13, 2010. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Update: Pacquiao wins over Clottey. That fight was so boring though, Clottey hardly fought back. It was like watching a sparring session, but not a bad exercise for Manny Pacquiao--he reportedly earned $12 million--not bad at all. LOL.

 Great read: Revealing Pacquiao article from GQ magazine 

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Proud of Manny Pacquiao. Hope he stays out of politics, though.

Manny Pacquiao is truly a great fighter. He just won the World Boxing Organization welterweight title from Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico. This is his seventh title in seven weight classes which is a first in boxing history. I watched the fight live on the internet and was worried at first that Cotto looked so much bigger but hey, our boy came through and knocked out his opponent in the 12th round. I felt so sorry for Cotto, he was all bloodied and beaten up. His wife and son were at ringside watching and left when it got too much for them. I guess it's part of boxing but still...
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Living in the Philippines, it's hard to escape the presence of Manny Pacquiao. He's literally everywhere. On billboards, TV commercials ( it seems he has gazillions of them), radio ( he sings too, don't cha know?) and movies( coming very soon to theaters). Everytime he has a fight the whole country drops everything just to watch him. The streets would be practically deserted. He is that BIG. He has political ambitions though - he ran for a congressional seat two years ago to represent his district, but he was defeated. He said he'd like a second crack at politics. I'd rather he steers clear of it and stick to boxing, he's an absolutely great boxer. He has a good thing going here. Even his mom is in the movies now for goodness' sake! No need to have politics taint or ruin Pacman.

Update: Oy.
Update 2: Manny wins seat in congress.

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