Manny Pacquiao … What I like about him.

Fifty-three fights, 48 wins, two draws and three losses (1996, 1999 and 2005). Thirty-six of his 48 wins or 75 % were by knock out. He has won 9 times since his last loss to Erik Morales in March 2005. He has been the unbeatable champion for the last 4 years. His 33 fights out of 53 or 62 % were against foreigners (Mexican Americans, Thais, and Japanese etc). Since the year 2000, his twenty-three ring encounters had foreign opponents. He is the first Filipino boxer to win four world titles in different weight divisions (currently WBC Lightweight Champion, former WBC Super Featherweight Champion, IBF Super Bantamweight, WBC Flyweight).

When he trains, he trains hard. As depicted in news report about his training, he always shows the determination and the willingness to learn and focus on what he does best, boxing. Maybe his mentors, his coach and trainer did influence him a lot but still it is still his eagerness and determination that always prevail. Coupled with his spirituality, as shown in every round and at the end of his game, wherein he pause for a while at his ringside to kneel down and offer a prayer of thanks.

Manny Pacquiao, “Pambansang Kamao” & “People’s Champ” or simply “Pacman”made us proud as Filipinos. Some people were against him in fighting dela Hoya for the reason that it was a mismatch. He reasoned out that when he was younger he used to fight for fifty pesos, now that he is an accomplished fighter, he had no reason to back out, not with a 10 million dollars guarantee on his cap. He was right, he hurdles the fight very well.

Luck and fate maybe really on Pacman , but his perseverance, determination, and hard work when he trains put him to where he is now. Manny Pacquiao, Filipino, Champion Boxer.