Pinoy boxing champ Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao received an advanced birthday gift from a Japanese fan, ABS-CBN Regional Network Group reported Wednesday.
Hideaki Tokunaga arrived in General Santos City on Tuesday to personally give his gift, a replica of a one-million yen bill, to Pacquiao. “It is an umiyagi (souvenir) and a gift for his birthday on December 17,” Tokunaga told ABS-CBN.
Pacquiao thanked Tokunaga for the gift and agreed to have his picture taken with the fan.
Pacquiao, the 27-year-old World Boxing Council (WBC) Intercontinental Super Featherweight Champion, recently defeated Mexican Erik Morales in Las Vegas, Nevada last month.
He is now ranked the top challenger to Mexican champion Marco Antonio Barrera in the WBC list and and the number-two challenger to World Boxing Association (WBA) champion Edwin Valero.
Pacquiao was the International Boxing Federation super bantamweight champion between 2001 and 2004 and was WBC flyweight champion between 1998 and 1999.
