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JEAN CLAUDE VAN DAMME PAYS RESPECTS TO PACQUIAO
By Ed de la Vega, DDS
PhilBoxing.com
Thu, 11 Feb 2010
P4P king Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines (L) shakes hands with martial arts expert and movie star Jean Claude Van Damme at the Wildcard Gym in Hollywood Wednesday afternoon after Van Damme paid a surprise visit to Pacquiao who is deep in training for his fight against Joshua Clottey on March 13 at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Photo by Dr Ed de la Vega.
Feb 11, 2010, LOS ANGELES -- Just before Manny Pacquiao started his afternoon training today a little after 3 PM, we spotted Claude Van Damme walked in to the Wildcard Gym to pay his respects to Pacquiao and visit for a while. Van Damme was escorted to the ringside and introduced to Freddie Roach and Pacquiao by security chief, Rob Peters.
Van Damme is the famous Belgian martial arts artist best known in Hollywood and world over for his martial arts action movies.
His most successful films include Bloodsport in 1988, the Universal Soldier in 1992, Hard Target in 1993 and Timecop in 1994. Van Damme who is a former “Mr. Belgium” is also better known as the “Muscles from Belgium”.
Pacquiao invited Van Damme to Texas to see his fight with Joshua Clottey adding to the array of celebrities that will be flying or driving to Arlington ,Texas to see Pacquiao defend his WBO Welterweight Title against the fame slugger from Ghana, Africa.
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