Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao Won again!

Againts Mexican Protector Oscar De la hoya

A True Hero indeed!

I`ll share some of his stories, well a lil bit

here it goes.

He loves the nightlife and fancy cars but to his tens of millions of fans in the Philippines, Manny Pacquiao is a working class hero from humble beginnings.
The reigning World Boxing Council lightweight champion—and generally considered the top pound-for-pound fighter in the world—is known for the speed and power of his hands and his blind refusal to quit even when he’s down.
Such is his draw in his impoverished home nation that police say whenever he fights, the crime rate drops to zero as millions tune in to watch.
The left-handed Pacquiao, dubbed “PacMan” for the way he gobbles up rivals, will be competing in his richest fight yet.
Already the Philippines’ wealthiest sportsman, Pacquiao stands to make at least $15 million from the fight.
Born to a family of vegetable farmers in a remote part of the southern Philippines, Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao dropped out of elementary school aged 12 and found himself on the streets, selling cigarettes to motorists.
He made his professional debut a month after he turned 16, and two weeks before his 20th birthday he was world champion, seizing the World Boxing Council flyweight title in Thailand from defending champion Chatchai Sasakul in a one-punch knockout.


And i just got to post this one..

“I feel their strength behind me,” Pacquiao said ahead of the blockbuster bout. “Whenever I fight, I fight for my country.”

“This is the fight that people won’t forget even in the next 50 years,” he was quoted as saying from his Los Angeles training camp


Saludo kami sayo Manny! Inspiration ka namin!



Here`s the results! and match summary!
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Manny Pacquiao punished Oscar de la Hoya for eight rounds, his technical knockout triumph over the US superstar underscoring the Filipino icon's status as best pound-for-pound fighter in the world.
Pacquiao's speed and precision were too much for De la Hoya, whose left eye was swelling shut in his battered face as he declined to come out for the ninth round.
The Mexican-American sat quietly on his stool as his corner decided he had taken enough punishment, and referee Tony Weeks officially stopped the fight.
With the technical knockout, Pacquiao improved to 48-3 with two drawn and 36 wins inside the distance.
Pacquiao, the reigning World Boxing Council lightweight champion, moved up two weight classes to take the lucrative bout with De la Hoya, a 10-time world champion in six different weight classes who fell to 39-6 with 30 knockouts.
The disparity in size, most obvious in De la Hoya's four-inch height advantage, proved no handicap for the 29-year-old Pacquiao, who was ahead on all three judges' scorecards when the fight was halted.
Pacquiao was all eagerness from the opening bell, when he raced to the center of the ring buoyed by chants of "Manny! Manny!" from a sizeable contingent of Filipino fans at the MGM Grand.
But the famously aggressive Pacquiao also showed shrewd judgment, darting in to land blows while eluding the sluggish-looking De la Hoya.
"That's what we were working on every day in the gym - speed," Pacquiao said. "Speed was going to be the key to this fight."
"I'm not surprised by the result, because I prepared well to control the fight from the beginning," he said. "I'm happy that I could give this victory to my country."

Pacquiao peppered De la Hoya with punches from the first round, landing quick lefts up the middle as he moved in and out at will.
By the seventh round it was all Pacquiao, as he backed De la Hoya into a corner and landed a series of damaging combinations.
De la Hoya seemed unable to launch a punch and merely tried to cover up.
The eighth was more of the same as Pacquiao handed De la Hoya one of the worst defeats of his career.
Two of the judges gave every round to Pacquiao, while a third gave De la Hoya one round