DESPITE the tax issues raised against him by the Bureau of Internal Revenue, his row with the gay community because of his stand on same-sex marriage and his controversial defeat to
Timothy Bradley, Filipino ring icon Manny Pacquiao emerged as one of the hottest product endorsers still.
Pacquiao?s personal lawyer Franklyn Gacal told The Manila Times Friday that Pacquiao?s attitude after losing to Bradley further endeared the pound-for-pound king to the public. A five-member panel of judges assembled by the World Boxing Organization that reviewed the June 9 fight has unanimously declared Pacquiao the victor.
?Manny did not lose anything and in fact more companies are seeking his services as a product endorser,? said Gacal. He said that Nike and Hennessy Cognac are definitely keeping Pacquiao as product endorser.
?It looks like the trust of the people to Manny goes up 90 percent to 96 percent because everybody believes that he won his previous bout. It is good to say that none of them [sponsors] have shown dissatisfaction to Manny after he lost his title belt. People believe that Manny is a good endorser of their products,? added Gacal.
