For awhile, Manny Pacquiao used to wear ?No Fear? apparel, being one of its then budding product endorser.
Pacquiao now wears the universally recognizable slash brand Nike, a testament to his certified crossover star status not only in the sports of boxing but also in the American mainstream media as well.
On Sunday, Pacquiao will try put a closure and finish his trilogy with arch nemesis Juan Manuel Marquez of Mexico.
Their rivalry has spanned well over seven years involving two close but controversial fights that could have gone either way.
Pacquiao holds the edge over Marquez with a narrow split decision win four years after their first fight ended in a debatable draw in 2004.
Both fighters see each other as thorn on their sides although Pacquiao can easily walk away and claim there is nothing left to prove in fighting Marquez for a third time.
But trilogies are supposed to happen that way.
One more fight that puts a decisive ending to a rivalry.
When they first fought, Marquez was physically the bigger man. The second time around, Pacquiao had to keep in check his weight as he was then already a full lightweight trying to snatch Marquez? super featherweight title.
