MANNY Pacquiao has a share of believers as well as a horde of Doubting Thomases who comprise part of an international brotherhood of writers and true-blooded fight fans.
According to long-time friends Howie Albert, Joe Rein and Tommy Candle, historians and walking encyclopedia of the Sweet Science, a Pacquiao victory Saturday against Mexican dual featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez would definitely put him on top of three other Filipino legends.
The three boxing purists have in one way seen Pancho Villa, Ceferino Garcia and Gabriel ?Flash? Elorde fight in the United States and they just could not help but compare Pacquiao to these all-time greats.
