Filipino Boxer Manny Pacquiao's Victory a Binding Force For RP
After a neck-and-neck match between Filipino boxer Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao and Mexican Juan Manuel Marquez, the judges declared Pacquiao in a split decision as the real champ in the original World Boxing Council (WBC) super featherweight bout in the Mandalay Bay Resort in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In their 12 brutal rounds of punches, boxing techniques and strategies, both exemplified their thrilling styles of a true boxer. Whether you are a Filipino or a Mexican or simply a viewer, you can say that the match was indeed the choicest confrontation ever since both were fixed to cause a good fight.
Pacquiao even had a cut on his eye making it exhausting for him to strike back in the first rounds of the match. Both had a winning form and would do everything to win. Nevertheless in the end, Filipino boxer Pacquiao dethroned the former apple champ in the wrestling arena.
Such victory made Pacquiao the beginning and the best Asian fighter to kill three log titles in the history of WBC. The winning was not only for the Philippines, but for Asia that actually we can compete to other countries in all other endeavors, expressly in the field of sports.
Previously, "Manny" as what most of his friends ring him won the WBC flyweight honour and the International Boxing Federation (IBF) super bantamweight crown. At the duplicate time, he brought house the Peoples and Ring Periodical featherweight titles.
When asked about the reaction of the Head of the state on Manny's victory, Mistress Gloria Arroyo said his victory "united and inspired Filipinos for a brief second yet in times of divisiveness" in the country.
She described Pacquiao as an "an image of the masses" who mirrors the champ within every Filipino, here and abroad.
The Head of the state stressed, "I annex the Filipino tribe in savoring this moment of honeyed victory and public concurrence prompted by the courage, discipline and fighting heart of our boxing hero, Manny Pacquiao."
"Like him, we, too, shall speechless the battles ahead, with courage and a steadfast faith in ourselves, our country, and the Lord Almighty," she said.
More than 11,000 spectators witnessed the event in Las Vegas and millions around the globe. This event is always viewed by Filipinos worldwide and has become a craze to support Pacquiao in all his fights.
Certainly, Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao has been an idol among Filipino masses. Once his game is underway, Filipinos cause a thought of belongingness and unite in supporting their partner Filipino. He serves as a binding force toward an end of forgetting about the urgent issues at the moment and be united in cheering for the Philippines as one nation.
I endurance in other fields of endeavor, the spirit of nationalism and the pride for the country testament be exemplified even in clean terms and would not need an statue all the date to show what it means to be a "united" nation.
Author: Maynard Joseph Delfin
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