When IBF junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao enters the ring at the Alamadome in San Antonio, Texas today, he will have two things going for him ? the prayers of a nation and his fists of fury, in that order. Because for all his cockiness and his flamboyant sometimes uncontrolled exuberance, Pacquiao is a deeply religious young man who realizes that life is a precious gift and his skills and power a blessing from God.
Pacquiao has been a warrior all his life. He had the resolute spirit and the courage to come back from a humiliating defeat at the hands of Medgoen 3K Battery when he lost his WBC flyweight title to regain his confidence and become the IBF junior featherweight king. Since then he has captured the imagination of fight fans both at home and abroad.
