Pacquiao Makes Filipinos Proud

We had arrived at Ate Lelang’s place in Pagsanjan, Laguna coming from Lucban, Quezon where we had spent our Labor Day weekend. We had traveled around 200 kilometers since Friday morning, through the province of Batangas and Quezon.

It was just before noontime and we caught Martin Nievera singing the Philippine national anthem, “Lupang Hinirang.”


Already, we were all smiles as we would be able to watch the Battle between East and West. Manny Pacquaio vs. Ricky Hatton!

The fight was a light welterweight superfight for the International Boxing Organization (IBO) and The Ring light welterweight (super lightweight) championship.


Over one of the country’s most famous halo-halo, we all eagerly watched the fight and cheered at every hook and jab that landed in Hatton’s face. Like many around the world, we were surprised that Hatton went down twice in the first round. Am sure, many wanted this fight to stretch to twelve rounds, and that includes the advertisers to paid big bucks to Solar Sports and GMA Channel 7 for spots in the bout and who viewed the fight at the MGM Grand Las Vegas at Las Vegas, Nevada, United States.


Photo shows Nady, Issa, Wila, Aida, Rene and Cecile cheering Pacquiao as Hatton goes down for the second time in the first round.

The Filipino boxer was picked by Las Vegas bookmakers as the favorite prior to the fight. And today, Pacquiao is easily the favorite of even more boxing and sports fans around the world and his presence on the ring today further cemented his spot as the “pambansang kamao” and the best pound for pound boxer in the world!


Cheers to Manny Pacquiao! You made the country and whole of Asia proud!