Whether Reid, a former amateur boxer who rose from abject poverty, carries the same gravitas as Justin Bieber remains to be seen?
The incredible search for new angles to write about insofar as the ?Fight of the Century? is concerned may have reached a new tier as some are reporting that longtime Nevada Senator Harry Reid has come out for Manny Pacquiao.
?I like Floyd Mayweather very, very much,? said Reid. ?He?s been great for the sport. He?s undefeated. He spent most of his adult life in Nevada. He?s been good for Nevada. I wish him the best. But the question is, Manny has been in my corner whenever I needed him and I wanna be in Manny? s corner when he needs me.?
?The fact that Reid is vile. How so? Because he is rooting for Pacquiao? What does that make Floyd fanboys who is actually a criminal felon???Poster on ESB
?Pac-Man,? in town with a monster delegation from his home country, attended the National Prayer Breakfast, and dropped by a few congressional offices, including those of breakfast co-chair Rep. Janice Hahn (D-Calif.) and longtime friend and supporter Senate Democratic leader Harry Reid of Nevada.
Reid said that Manny twice broke training to campaign for him in the 2010 reelection battle against Sharron Angle and he can?t forget that (there is a large Filipino population in Nevada), but this time around Reid implored Manny to stay focused and ?Forget about Congress. Forget about what?s going on in the government in the Philippines, what is going on around the world.?
In the past, of course, Paquiao has been distracted by any number of things?some not so political in nature but perhaps more enticing if not hedonistic.
As for Senator Reid, he announced that he will not seek re-election in 2016, bringing an end to his colorful three-decade congressional career. On January 1, 2015, Reid injured himself while exercising in his home and suffered broken ribs, broken facial bones and was at risk of permanent vision loss in his right eye. On January 26, he underwent surgery to remove a blood clot from his right eye and repair facial bones. Reid joked after his accident that his black eye didn?t come from ?sparring with Manny.? Whatever the case, he is now reportedly blind in that eye.
Whether Reid, a fight enthusiast and former amateur boxer who rose from abject poverty, carries the same gravitas as Justin Bieber remains to be seen. However, while Manny helps to change the course of American Politics (he also helped Governor Brown in California), Mayweather Jr. remains low-key, low profile, and very focused.
