IT WAS a meeting of two men who had just come from a fight.
And they called each other champions.
Boxing hero Manny Pacquiao and reelectionist Manila Mayor Lito Atienza met again Thursday at the Manila City Hall, a few hours after the celebrated fighter planed in from the United States.
Pacquiao came home from a recent fight against Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez, who retained his WBA-IBF featherweight title when the judges scored it a split draw.
The GenSan-based Pacquiao knocked down the Mexican three times in the first round, in the process hurting his left hand which was still swollen when he showed it to photographers yesterday.