REPEAT after me. Beer is good.
Yes, that?s it. Beer is good for you. Consider the following:
According to the USDA National Nutrient database, one 12-ounce beer packs the following: Calories: 153; Protein: 1.64 g; Carbohydrates: 12.64 g; Calcium: 14 mg; Magnesium: 21 mg; Phosphorus: 50 mg; Potassium: 96 mg; Sodium: 14 mg; Zinc: 0.04 mg; Thiamin: 0.018 mg; Riboflavin: 0.089 mg; Niacin: 1.826 mg; Pantothenic Acid: 0.146 mg; Vitamin B6: 0.164 mg.
Repeat after me one more time. Beer is good for boxing. Yes, indeed.
You see, as reports go, Manny Pacquiao acquiesced into signing the contract that sealed his mega-fight fight with British body buster Ricky Hatton after his trusted friend Wakee Salud took him up on a dare to drink three bottles of beer.
TEETOTALER. Salud, a confessed teetotaler, gulped down the ice-cold beverage making him the Last Round?s man of the year. Burp!
Beer is also good for Manny. Yup, make no mistake about it. If the rumored 52-48 purse split in favor of the Pambansang Kamao is true, then he probably stands to make at least a cool 12 million dollars, plus a sweetener from Arum (whatever that means).
Finally, repeat after me one last time. Beer is good for our country. Hooray! Another peaceful day on May 3, 2009. Based on our collective experience, no skirmishes between rebels and soldiers. No traffic.
Consider also the huge economic windfall our parched economy will be getting. Fear of an uncertain future? Of what tomorrow might bring? Not on May 3, folks.
Nah! What?s a couple of hundred pesos just to watch my idol? Some of us will flock to movie theaters. To hotels. Restaurants. Others, like this Last Rounder, will probably round up the gang, have a backyard barbeque and guzzle a dozen last rounds. (Sorry, Dr. Acuzar).
What does that entail? Consumer spending of course. Millions will be earned and spent on tickets, food, drinks. And don?t forget the wagers, guys. Just don?t tell the missus.
Yes, indeed. Love begets love. And beer begets more beer. Thanks, Wakee!
DR. EMMANUEL PACQUIAO. My sources say some academicians were up in arms over the initial plan of Southwestern University to grant an Honorary Doctorate Degree to Manny Pacquiao in the field of Human Kinetics. And so they had to convert it into a different field: Humanities.
The crux of the objection remains unclear to this writer as of the moment. More on this in a future column. But one thing is clear: it?s all systems go. Starting tomorrow you may refer to him as Dr. Emmanuel Pacquiao.
After the ceremony, Dr. Pacquiao will grace our Sportswriters Association of Cebu (SAC) Sports Awards where he is set to receive a Lifetime Achievement Award.
By the way, I have it on good authority that there might be another stumbling block to the Pacquiao-Hatton fight.
As the always prim-and-proper Michael Buffer reportedly charges on a per-syllable basis, the clamor of Manny?s fans to include the appellation ? And now, a Doctor in Humanities?? has upset the budget for the event by thousands of dollars.
Stay tuned.
THE LAST ROUND. It?s on the girl who takes good care of me, our daughters and my blood pressure. My favorite judge, Hon. Charina Navarro-Quijano who celebrates her birthday today. Cheers! So Ordered!
