pacquiao power, pinoy and proud!

a cut above the rest.

that was how i saw him since his days in amateur boxing. my pops and grampa and 3 brother (plus me) would gather round our tv set when Mano Mano would show on sats or sundays. it featured this fighter from gensan who was really good.  fast forward a few years and we have a new age hero, that's Manny 'the pacman" Pacquiao for us.

last nov. 18, infront of 18,276 people at the Thomas and Mack Center in Las Vegas, NV, history was made, again, by a Filipino.  Pacman floored Erik "el terrible" Morales three times in three rounds (one in the seond, twice on the third).

and the third time, he was not standing up to fight. he knew it was over, manny was too good, too fast (as he said in a later interview).  PINOY NGA ANG TUMAPOS!  where pun was intended, it included the career of el terrible. he has seen his best years and manny was the big period that ended the morales sentence. 

erik looked to his father when he was floored for the last time on the third round and as his papa urged him to go on, he simply shakes his head, "no mas, no mas".  that scene will forever be etched in my mind. pity and proudness overwhelmed me that very moment. pity for the guy, manny was to win at his expense and he gave more than a good fight. but manny was too much for him and for that i was proud, pinoy yata yan!

all over the world pinoys rejoiced! i was ecstatic with joy, too, as i watched… though from a delayed telecast (no cable, **sigh**)………….

pinoys in dubai were late for work but were definitely happy. pinoys won lots of money on legal bettings in Australia.  pinoys in the US did "patak-patak" for pay per view ($50 per house) and held mini-parties at the same time (pay per view subscription was told to have reached 400,000 units….wow, time $50!).

like any celebrated trilogy in boxing, this will never be forgotten, not just by pinoys, but by the world!

MABUHAY KA PINOY! 

post script: Ronnie "calamba" Alcano won the 2006 World Pool Championships hel here in the Philippines just 4 days before Manny won.  Ron bested even his idol, Efren "bata" reyes.