LAS VEGAS ? No ?Saturday Night Fever? for Manny Pacquiao here in Vegas.
Pinoys who had hoped to dance with the Filipino champion in one of the trendy nightspots at Mandalay Bay partied without Pacquiao who opted to rest inside his suite on the 61st floor after the fight.
Pacquiao, who needed more than 10 stitches to close a very nasty cut over his right eye, never got to meet his well-wishers because he was brought up straight to his suite from the Events Center.
A flock of fans managed to get inside the suite, but was later on asked by Team Pacquiao security officer Rob Peters to leave and give the boxer time to rest.
Pacquiao, the winner, took some beating during his brutal 12-round encounter with Juan Manuel Marquez. At least a couple of times he looked like he was going down, but each time he managed to stay up.
?I became too over-confident,? Pacquiao was quoted by one of those who stayed up in the suite which had been packed by family members and friends.
?I felt I could handle his punches but I became too confident,? he added.
In his suite, a couple of hours after the fight, Pacquiao could still feel the pain, and at one time even felt like vomiting. Maybe it was just normal for a boxer who just went through a bloody 36-minute brawl.
Because of the toughness of the fight, Pacquiao will not be allowed to sleep ? probably not until the sun rises. This should also go with Marquez who?s staying in the same hotel.
Dr. Nasser Cruz, boxing division chief of the Games and Amusement Board, looked after Pacquiao. The boxer?s wife, Jinkee, was also in the room.
?He feels like he wanted to vomit, but probably it?s because he?s too hungry,? Cruz said.
The boxer had wanted to have dinner, but didn?t like the food that was on the table. He asked for fish and as he waited he went back to his room.
The celebration downstairs was just getting louder at this time.
