Championships in six different weight divisions, check. Beat the “Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya, check. Appear on two nationally televised US talk shows, check. Toss ceremonial pitch at a Major League Baseball game, check. Make the cover of TIME Magazine, check.
These are some of the achievements that Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao has accumulated in his more than 14-year pro boxing career that brought him out of the busy streets of General Santos City and Manila, and into the bright lights of Las Vegas prize-fighting.
His humble beginnings as a street hawker, construction worker and stevedore in General Santos City, and his sudden rise as one of pro boxing’s well-loved fighters made Pacquiao a media magnet and sort of a demigod in the Philippines.
And gracing the cover of TIME Magazine’s Asia edition, his most recent, adds more to Pacquiao’s already iconic personality. Pacquiao will be at the cover of TIME Asia but his five-page feature story will be published in all editions.
Being on the cover of TIME Asia, and TV appearances at ESPN Sports Center and the primetime talk show Jimmy Kimmel Live are enough proof that the world has embraced Pacquiao, the reigning holder of the mythical pound-for-pound title.
His fights, that gave him his multi-million peso fortune today, are eagerly awaited by his countrymen. During each fight, the streets of Metro Manila are free of the usual noise brought by the traffic and crime rate is always at an all-time low, with most Filipinos glued to their television sets rooting for their hometown hero.
According to the TIME Asia story, which has “The Great Hope” as cover title, the 30-year-old Pacquiao is considered to be the latest savior of the sport after boxing lost its once lofty status to the now popular mixed martial arts as the centerpiece of prize-fighting.
“(Pacquiao is) a fighter with enough charisma, intelligence and backstory to help rescue a sport lost in the labyrinth of pay-per-view. Global brands like Nike want him in their ads,” wrote Howard Chua-Eoan and Ishaan Tharoor in the cover story for its November 16, 2009 issue. Pacquiao, who is aiming for an unprecedented seventh title in seven weight divisions, is featured by the prestigious magazine in a five-page story.
This will not be the first time that Pacquiao will be featured by TIME Magazine or any other internationally published journal.
He made the TIME 100 most influential list this year where he joined the ranks of global icons and luminaries like US President Barrack Obama, US Sen. Edward Kennedy, British Prime Minister Gordon Brown, German Chancellor Angela Merkel, tennis star Rafael Nadal and world No. 1 golfer Tiger Woods.
ESPN The Magazine had his bare torso in its Body Issue, which explores the engineering of several athletic physiques.
He was also featured on the cover of Reader’s Digest Asia where a seven-page story was also written about the Filipino boxing superstar. The issue came out before Pacquiao’s epic match against the legendary De La Hoya last year.
HBO’s 24/7 show also featured him together with Cotto. The episode is currently being aired by the cable channel. HBO previously made a four-part 24/7 show when Pacquiao fought De La Hoya in the “Dream Match” and his “East vs West” bout with British boxer Ricky Hatton.
Pacquiao is the first Filipino sportsman on the cover of TIME Magazine Asia, further cementing his place in history, boxing or otherwise. Environmentalist Chin Chin Gutierrez was also featured in the 2003 cover of TIME Asia.
Other prominent Filipinos who made the cover of TIME Magazine were former Presidents Manuel L. Quezon, Manuel L. Roxas, Ramon Magsaysay, Ferdinand Marcos and President Corazon C. Aquino (who was featured four times, once as Woman of the Year in 1986).
Boxing phenom Manny Pacquiao joins the prestigious bunch of Filipino politicians and personalities – from former President Manuel L. Quezon to actress Chin Chin Gutierrez – to be featured on the cover of Time.
Pacquiao became the 10th boxer that was featured on the cover of TIME Magazine. Other boxers that made the cover were Jack Demspey (1923), James Tunney (1926), Max Schmeling (1929), Primo Carnera (1931), Joe Louis (1941), Sugar Ray Robinson (1951), Cassius Clay (1963), Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier (1971), Muhammad Ali (1978) and Mike Tyson (1988).
Pacquiao is also the 11th sports icon that made the cover of TIME Magazine after Pete Rose (1989), Magic Johnson (1996) Michael Johnson (1996), Michael Jordan (1998), Marion Jones (2000), Tiger Woods (2000), Sisters Serena and Venus Williams (2001), and Michael Phelps (2008). – GMANews.TV
henom Manny Pacquiao joins the prestigious bunch of Filipino politicians and personalities – from former President Manuel L. Quezon to actress Chin Chin Gutierrez – to be featured on the cover of Time.
The Meaning of Manny
Time chronicles the life of the ‘Pacman’
Pacman vs Cotto
Pacman’s record streak
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Pacquiao vs Cotto free live stream | Pacquiao vs Cotto Live Stream
November 6, 2009 — philippinetechManny Pacquiao enhanced his status as the best pound-for-pound fighter in the world with a commanding win over holder Miguel Cotto to claim the WBO welterweight title on Saturday.
The Filipino southpaw stopped his opponent 55 seconds into the 12th and final round to win a seventh world title in an unprecedented seventh weight class.
Pacquiao twice knocked the Puerto Rican to the canvas in the earlier rounds at the MGM Grand Garden Arena before referee Kenny Bayless ended the fight after Pacquiao had pummeled his opponent with a flurry of combinations against the ropes.
“Our plan was not to hurry and to take our time because we knew his strategy,” a beaming Pacquiao said in a ringside television interview.
“We knew he was going to counter and that’s what he did. We were very careful in the early rounds.”
Cotto, whose was cut above the right eye and had his nose bloodied after being repeatedly battered by Pacquiao’s jabs and punches, said: “Manny is one of the best.”
Watched by a sell-out crowd that included basketball great Magic Johnson and Hollywood actors Mark Wahlberg and Will Ferrell, Cotto landed a couple of telling left jabs in the opening round to hold an early advantage.
TOOK CONTROL
Both fighters picked up the pace in the second round, exchanging thumping jabs and body punches before Pacquiao began to take control.
Pacquiao, who improved to 50-3-2 with 38 knockouts, dropped Cotto to the canvas with a searing right hook in the third round and later pinned his opponent to the ropes with a series of combinations.
Cotto struck Pacquiao with a left uppercut late in the round and landed a right uppercut in the fourth before he was again knocked to the canvas by a Pacquiao uppercut.
The frenetic pace continued in the fifth and sixth rounds, although the Filipino maintained overall dominance by cleverly mixing left jabs with right hooks.
In the seventh, Pacquiao landed a thudding hook and then an uppercut to leave Cotto reeling and he kept the Puerto Rican on the back foot in the eighth, twice pinning him to the ropes with a flurry of jabs.
In the ninth, Pacquiao forced Cotto to back-peddle into the corner with a furious onslaught before twice more battering his opponent against the ropes. Read the original posting herehttp://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2009/11/15/sports/sports-us-boxing-pacquiao.html?_r=1&pagewanted=print
I really do want to Watch Pacquiao VS Cotto Live Streaming this November 15! Well you have many choices in SM theaters, some free town screens put up by mayors, a number of bars and restaurants, on regular tv with hours of commercials, FREE online PLDT Watchpad or Cignal (only for the higher paid plans free otherwise you pay just like on Satellite GSat or Dream), and best of all free online using the following links to find one that meets your needs.
This will be Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao’s D-Day as he try to march his way en route to his unprecedented 7th world boxing title. He will be up against Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto. The match has been eagerly anticipated for months, and it has big implications for not just the welterweight division, but for the pound-for-pound rankings and the future competition for one Floyd Mayweather as well.
Watch Online
Updated streaming channels, links and websites will be posted here on the day itself (Sunday, 8AM Manila time), for the mean time, try to bookmark this tested links of Pacquiao’s boxing match online.
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I still suggest to prepare your PC a little bit early to install a free internet TV. Though watching the boxing fight on a browser seems to be ok, I still suggest to use SOPCAST. Why? Well simply because the viewing quality is a whole lot better and the response time is much quicker as compared to websites like justin.tv. No delays. no buffering. Just make sure you have at least 768 kbps to 1 Mbps broadband connection. This comes from blog http://yuwoncedric.com/
Possible source of Live online streaming is from sopcast, or other sites like justin tv. The links are usually being provided an hour or even minutes before the game. So be sure to check out this site fr additional information that we can gather from the net regarding Manny Pacquiao VsMiguel Cotto Live Online Streaming Fight Results.
Winners and Results will also be posted in this space after the fight.
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PACQUIO COTTO FIGHT WILL BE FREE ON CIGNAL SATELLITE TV NOVEMBER 15 (for some customers)
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