On this day it wasn?t his boxing rivals who wanted a piece of Manny Pacquiao. It was his fans.
Serving as a Thanksgiving Day of sorts to the throngs who supported the 25-year-old General Santos native in his world-title quest, Pacquiao held his first fan?s day Monday at the Wild Card Gym in Para?aque City.
Expecting only a handful of enthusiasts to attend the event, the handlers of the reigning Ring Magazine featherweight champion were greeted instead by throngs of fans transcending the demographic spectrum.
From kids to septuagenarians, from Caucasians to Filipino-Chinese, from businessmen to students, the affair could arguably be the biggest fans? day for a single Filipino athlete in the history of local sports in terms of media coverage, fan attendance and sponsorship combined.
