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"What is happening to me now is the most humbling experience of my life. It is a great honor for me to be the face of my people and to let everyone know we are a small but mighty country. I have great pride for all of the Filipinos living throughout the world and it is these people that I fight for each and every time I step into the ring."---Manny Pacquiao, Filipino boser Examiner.com (11/05/09)

Since Pres. Corazon Aquino hugged the cover of Time Magazine as the “Woman of the Year,” the only Filipino to land the cover of the popular print is non-heavy weight boxer Manny Pacquiao. The 10th professional boxer to land on Time’s cover (Asia edition,) Manny joins fellow pugilists Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Frazier, Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali, Jack Dempsey, Primo Carnerra, Gene Tunney and Mike Tyson.

Prizefighter Pacquiao is slated to encounter Puerto Rican boxer Miguel Cotto in a four-ringed boxing match in MGM Grand Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada on Novermber 14, 2009. His phenomenal skill and star appeal have made him a Filipino folk hero who brings inspiration to his countrymen.

Manny's popularity and success prove that he is better as a boxer than as a politician in his town in Mindanao.(Photo Credit: allbestofthephilippines.blogspot) =0=

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