FILIPINO boxing sensation Manny Pacquiao is coming to Davao City on August 13.
No, the punching machine from General Santos City will not be here to box but to play basketball when the Mayor Rodrigo R. Duyerte Duterte Cup-Battle of Champions get underway at the Davao City Recreation Center.
Pacquiao will play for Pacman-Gensan when it goes up against Ozamiz City in the opener at 5:30 p.m. The North Cotabato Braves and ML Kwarta Padala tangle in the main game at 7 p.m.
Also seeing action in the tournament sanctioned by the Basketball Association of the Philippines (BAP) 11 under regional director Regino `Boy’ Cua are Duterte Agilas and Monta?a-Digos City.
Pacquiao is slated to fight Erik Morales of Mexico on Nov. 18 in Las Vegas.
