What Manny Pacquiao is to the Filipino?

After his 4th round demolition of Mexican challenger Gabriel Mira to successfully defend his WBC Flyweight Title before his countrymen in early 1999, "Manny Pacquiao" became a by-word even to non-boxing buffs and the young. The host of a local TV programs asked his guests, a couple who brought with them their pre-teen son, about some important personality. To their discomfiture their son butted in to volunteer his unsolicited reply - "Manny Pacquiao!" Today, when People's, Ringside Magazine and …