International People?s super bantamweight champion Manny Pacquiao and other International title holders whose stirring victories created a huge impact in Philippine sports in 2003 will receive the ultimate award in Philippine pro boxing during the Gabriel ?Flash? Elorde Awards on March 25 at the Dusit Hotel in Makati.
The formal ceremonies, dubbed the Flash Elorde ?Banquet of Champions? will be staged during the 69th birth anniversary of Da Flash, the first Filipino to be inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
?Of all sports, boxing created the biggest stir in 2003, and the win of Pacquiao, for one, was the biggest sports story of the year,? said his son, promoter Johnny Elorde, who is overseeing the preparations for this big event.
?The Elorde Banquet of Champions will be a celebration of Pacquiao?s singular achievement and the great successes of other Filipinos in the world of boxing,? he added.
