In a fight where the “Pac Man” was the underdog, he not only destroyed a fighter ranked in everyone’s pound for pound list, but won every round. Well, close to every round, but the first, only because of a bad call on a slip that was called a knockdown against Pacquiao.
In only two weeks since that fight, the name Manny Pacquiao has been cemented throughout boxing as a true star who stepped up to the plate, hit the homerun, and is getting his just due. Daily in our Boxing new stories links at Doghouse; you will read where the Government of the Philippines has taken to this champion like a moth to a flame. He has graced magazine covers and had parades in his honor. Philippine movies have him in them, and as of just this week, he may go down in the history as the most famous Philippine athlete in their history in sports.
