When you and I close our eyes and think of Manny Pacquaio, we envision a near-perfect fighting machine. We see the black hair flying, the arms in constant motion, always on the ack-ack-ack attack.
But, when his potential opponents envision Pacman, they see something completely different. They see their cash cow, their Golden Buddha, their treasure ship sailing into their home port. It’s all about the filthy lucre with these financially-starving characters. Greed is good is their mantra.
This is why I?ve drawn up my Top Ten?no make that Golden Dozen List of what all the wanna-be?s see when they close their eyes and think of MP. And the key word is Golden:
FNBOP ?First National Bank Of Pacquaio The Money Store Pacquaio Savings & Loan Megamanny?s Cash Advance Office Ka-ching, Ka-ching, Make Big Money In The Ring Madman Manny?s Friendly Pawn Shop Consolidate Your Bills With One Large Pacman Bout Purse Have Merry Manny Christmas For You And The Family Not Fight Contract Claus But Manny As Santa Claus Like Red Cross, Except Transfusion Is Green Rather Than Red Bonus Round 1: You, Too, Can Send Your Kids To Harvard Or Yale
Bonus Round 2: Moo Money, Moo Money, Fight Cash Cow From Gensan
(Please note: I’m sure Mr. de la Hoya and Mr. Arum do not have this mercenary, materialistic view of our Megamanny. No, they see him as sort of an Albert Schweitzer in short pants and, of course, Top Rank and Golden Boy are non-profit corporations working only pro bono. Or maybe they work Sonny Bono, I don’t know, but did you notice the Golden part in the name of GBP? Might be a tipoff of some kind. I can’t be sure. These fine gents wouldn’t milk a cash cow, would they? That would be udderly shocking!
