The negotiations for a possible $80 million super fight between pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao and former No.1 Floyd Mayweather Jr have been stalled and its not because Top Rank promoter Bob Arum and Golden Boy Promotions CEO Richard Schaefer have hit a snag. Its all because of Pacquiao’s reported firm decision to run for a congressional seat in Sarangani.
After a series of frantic overseas telephone conversations with Pacquiao’s lawyer Franklin “Jeng” Gacal Arum told us he was informed that Pacquiao had decided to run for Congress and that the newspaper photos and reports quoting Pacquiao as asking for support for the Party List group Pwersang Bayaning Atleta were supposedly misleading. The impression that he would vie for a seat as a representatve of the PBA party list group were reportedly incorrect.
Pacquiao’s longtime friend and sometime confidant Rex “Wakee” Salud told us that Pacquiao would run in Sarangani and that there is a good chance he would run unopposed, banking on an apparent effort by President Arroyo to appeal to the well-established Chiongbian family to withdraw from the congressional race.
Salud said he was 99% sure that Pacquiao would run and win, no matter what.
Given this scenario Arum told BoxingScene.com, insidesports.ph, Standard Today and Viva Sports “what’s there to talk about” when asked for an update on his talks with Schaefer on a Mayweather fight.
Arum said “if worse comes to worse we’ll go back to the original plan for a March 13 fight” in which the new Dallas Cowboys billion dollar stadium is the likely venue.
He said Pacquiao “will fight somebody else” although no names were mentioned and Mayweather may go to England and fight Matthew Hatton, the brother of former IBO light welterweight champion Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton which has been mentioned as a possibility and the Pacquiao-Mayweather fight will happen at the end of the year.
Arum said “anyway, let’s see what happens” after the deadline for Manny to file his Certificate of Candidacy.
Source: boxingscene.com
Monday, November 30, 2009
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Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao
STILL WANNA VOTE 4 PACMAN?
ReplyDeleteNOT ME
manny is an idiot..he wouldnt know how to be in politics,trust me, people are just gonna use his fame,his fortune and kindness...
ReplyDeleteManny's heart is in the right place. He thinks if he's in politics, he can help the millions in poverty. The truth is however, that although his hearts in the right place, we all know that it's the people in the shadows of the pacman that will be making all the decisions. Philippine politics will and always be the most corrupt in the world.
ReplyDeletethis is where he gets KO!! Man don't do it please for the sake of boxing.
ReplyDeleteYou all should be supporting his dream! Yea, yea he saved Boxing and he gave us many great fights, isn't that enough?
ReplyDeleteI hope manny realize that politics is not more important than boxing.
ReplyDeleteManny doesn't realize he's sticking his head into a meat grinder but hey, some people need an epiphany to wake up & smell the coffee. After he gets exploited financially & hits rock bottom in politics, he will smarten up. If you tell a toddler not to touch a hot stove, he won't listen. After he burns his hand, he will listen.
ReplyDeletetang'na talaga, umiral na naman ang maling desisyon, ogag!
ReplyDeleteManny is disoriented. He should do boxing instead of politics where he does best. With politics, thats the dirtiest job in the Philippines.
ReplyDeleteNobody tells what MP should do, period.
ReplyDeleteif you leave philippine politics to the dirty greedy politicians, how can we ever realize positive change? manny has every good intentions in running for a congressional seat to help his people as a public servant.....not as a private citizen which he has been doing from his own hard earned money. and for him to make it a priority than to earn $50M fighting FMJ is very commendable! for me it shows his purest intentions of serving his people above self.
ReplyDeleteyou manny fans are just to selfish and judgmental. let manny pacquiao be his own man....you are just a fan.
GO GO CONGRESSMAN MANNY PACQUAIO..... SERVE YOUR PEOPLE WELL IN WHATEVER WAY YOU WANT.
Heads up lang bro. You may be crediting the source with links to the original article but by publishing the entire article this still violates fair use and is therefore considered copyright infringement. Kaya nga kung titingnan mo sa Pacland isang paragraph lang nandun and then pag nagclick ka ng link punta na siya sa full original article.
ReplyDeletepacman need's a seat in congress to support his team pacman after he retire from boxing. Free security and million pesos of pork barrel and also for protection of his family which is free when he is a congressman. Say Pacman is using his brain.
ReplyDeleteTHIS IS A FRIENDLY ADVISE
ReplyDeleteMANNY IS NOT A POLITICIAN. HE DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT POLITICS. GLORIA MACAPAGAL ARROYO WAS ABLE TO CONVINCE HIM TO RUN IN 2007 BECAUSE OF MANNY'S POPULARITY AS A CHAMPION IN BOXING FOR WHICH FILIPINOS IDOLIZE HIM, AND ALSO FOR GMA TO HAVE ANOTHER STAMPING PAD MEMBER IN CONGRESS AND NOT SPEND FOR HER CANDIDATE AS MANNY IS A MONEYED CANDIDATE. BUT INSPITE OF THE TENS OF MILLIONS OF PESOS THAT MANNY SPENT IN THAT LAST ELECTION HE STILL LOST. WHY? PEOPLE KNOW WHERE MANNY SHOULD BE. HE IS NOT FOR CONGRESS. HE IS THE PHILIPPINE CHAMPION IN BOXING AND THAT'S WHERE FILIPNOS WILL IDOLIZE HIM FOR THE REST OF MANNY'S LIFE - A GREAT CHAMPION KNOWN ALL OVER THE WORLD WITH AN UNPRECEDENTED RECORD IN BOXING HISTORY.
NOW FOR MANNY TO BE IN POLITICS AND BECOME CONGRESSMAN, WHICH I HONESTLY DOUBT IF HE CAN WIN, WHAT WILL BE HIS CONTRIBUTION IN CONGRESS? TO VOTE YEAH OR NAY, ACCORDING TO THE DICTATES OF THE CAUCUS LEADERSHIP? WILL HE BE ABLE TO COMPREHEND THE LEGAL CIRCUITRY OF LEGISLATION? WHEN IN FACT THERE ARE LAWYERS AND PROFESSIONALS IN CONGRESS WHO CAN'T CONTRIBUTE TO A GOOD SYSTEMS OF GOVERNANCE. THEY ARE JUST THERE DOING NOTHING. ALL THE THE LEGISLATIONS ARE DICTATED BY "BRILLIANT OLD DOGS" IN CONGRESS?
THIS IS AGAIN MY UNSOLICITATED ADVICE TO MANNY "THE CHAMPION" PACQUIAO. INSTEAD OF SPENDING AGAIN BY THE HUNDRED OF MILLION PESOS FOR YOUR POLITICAL CAMPAIGN I STRONGLY BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN HELP THE PEOPLE BY SPENDING YOUR CAMPAIGN FUND DIRECTLY THROUGH COMMUNITY PROJECTS LIKE SPORTS GYMS, LIVELYHOOD PROGRAM AND OTHER PROJECTS TAHT CAN HELP THE COMMUNITY DIRECTLY. MAKE A TANGIBLE PROJECTS WHEREIN YOUR NAME WILL BE PERMANENTLY INSCRIBED FOR THE PEOPLE TO ETERNALIZE YOUR NAME - THE GREAT BOXER, PHILANTHROPIST AND PHILIPPINE HERO.
To all the fans of Manny, please don't worry. Let us respect his decision to run for public office. He will still continue to box and facinates us all with his exploits in the ring. Anyway, he knows how to manage his own time. He is really good at it. Just, please, do not underestimate him.
ReplyDeleteManny always wants to prove his doubters, both in boxing and politics, wrong.
ReplyDeleteThat makes Manny special.
Manny should be reminded that being a member of the house of representaTHIEVES will not make him the soultion of all the problems this country is facing. If he really intends to be of help, he can by putting up businesses that will provide jobs for the poor. You are supposed to legistalate laws if you are a congressman. Helping the needy can come in different ways and becoming a congressman is definitely not the most effective way.
ReplyDeleteManny, i plea that you just continue your boxing career, many believe that the person above whom you look up to everytime you are in victory gave you the talent that makes you extra special in the field of boxing. That is where you belong.
pre naman wag ka nang tumakbo maubos lang pera mo dyan magsabong ka nalang at boxing para sa bansa natin kahit si mayweather na lang last mong labanan tapos retired na...
ReplyDeletewag kang mag pa oto kay villar...
ReplyDeletego PAC! saranggani needs a new congressman!
ReplyDelete@Anonymous said...
ReplyDeletemanny is an idiot..he wouldnt know how to be in politics,trust me, people are just gonna use his fame,his fortune and kindness...
AND WHAT DO U KNOW ABWT THE OUTCOME OF MANNY'S BEING A POLITICIAN? R U GOD?
you manny fans are just to selfish and judgmental. let manny pacquiao be his own man...."you are just a fan."
ReplyDelete"You are just a fan"...this is such a pinoy mentality...like the saying "anak ka lang"...hey dummy, without the fans, who do you think pays for manny's purse??? Manny is not God...he's just a boxer...get it straight!!! You want a real hero? Efren Penaflorida! Now you learned something today...
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