ARLINGTON, Texas ? Nearly 10 years ago, a boxer largely unknown outside of his homeland arrived in San Francisco for a vacation. He then hopped on a Greyhound bus, made the trek to Los Angeles and began asking strangers if they knew of a boxing gym where he could work out.
Fortunately for Freddie Roach, and fortunately for boxing, the stranger directed Manny Pacquiao to Hollywood?s Wild Card Boxing Club. Had that stranger sent Pacquiao anywhere else, boxing history might be drastically different and Pacquiao might never have been known beyond the borders of the Philippines.
