The top honcho of Ring Magazine, considered the world?s print-media authority in the sport of boxing, is set to arrive tomorrow to personally hand to Manny Pacquiao the publication?s featherweight championship belt.
Nigel Collins, the editor in chief of the ?bible of boxing,? will hand-carry the belt to Pacquiao, who earned the belt after the Filipino southpaw defeated Marco Antonio Barrera of Mexico last November.
?[Pacquiao] has excited the hard-core boxing fans in the US because of his hard-core style,? said Collins. ?He?s fearless and he?s ready to take on all the top fighters.?
Collins arrives at 9:50 p.m. on Thursday via Northwest Airlines.
The belt-awarding ceremony is tentatively scheduled Tuesday at the Malaca?ang Palace, where Collins will pay a courtesy call to President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo.
Contemporary names that have been awarded belts by Ring Magazine include Lennox Lewis, Roy Jones Jr., Oscar de la Hoya, ?Sugar? Shane Mosley, Ricardo Mayorga and even Barrera.
