A Filipino fistfighter could just make it to the Pugilistic Pantheon this Saturday by standing alone after a bruising brawl atop a hot LasVegas ring within seven rounds. This is no idle forecast. Manny Pacquiao is about as rare as they come even for a nation that given the world outstanding prizefighters in the light categories. He has three pairs of lungs, a non-stop hurricane for fists, and speed that even forked lightning would envy. Only two other Filipino fist-tossers have impressed me as much as to gush in superlatives ? Pancho Villa and Gabriel (Flash) Elorde. After Saturday, Manny Pacquiao could even eclipse both and certainly eclipse whoever wins the May 10 presidential elections.
