We all saw it. On 24/7 Manny's eyeballs rolled up and his eye brows rose high as trainer Freddie Roach interrupted to give the weather report as he spoke to Senator Manny Villar.
According to many, Villar, a possible presidential candidate, is now the most hated person in Pacland and philboxing.com since, well Michael Koncz.
Could Manny's new ego actually betray him against Miguel Cotto on November 14? Could it cost him the fight?
Let's look at this rationally.
While anything is possible, I don't think so. While his ego is on the rise, Manny also has taken on a lot more responsibility to soak up that ego.
Manny doesn't just have fanatical fans, he's now seems to carry a nation on his back. While I hear from detractors of the cause, I believe they are only jealous in fact.
A sudden growth in wealth and international celebrity certainly brings with it a growth of ego, and new fast lane friends. More friends telling you how great you are.
I have noticed the new found patience of both Roach and promoter Bob Arum toward Manny.
Could anybody be more of an expert on how to handle a growing ego than Arum? He has handled Muhammad Ali, Sugar Ray Leonard, Marvin Hagler, even Evil Knievel to name a few.
I believe Manny, more than any previous Arum - promoted celebrity fighter realizes Arum has promoted the other guy since he was a four - round fighter and has to be a politician.
I believe this fight is well in hand. The legendary four-hour training sessions have not been compromised. Manny and Freddy apparently have been studying Cotto on tape more than any other opponent.
Even during a typhoon, Manny didn't miss one one workout. He improvised; he learned how to swim.
If ever a time to roll over in a king-sized luxury hotel bed in his silk pajamas and say "Tomorrow," that would have been the time.
Manny won't be able to simply e-mail a victory over Cotto in. But he can't fight this fight in those silk pajamas either.
If Cotto makes this a two-way fight, and causes Manny to fight I believe Manny is well-prepared to win.
I don't believe Cotto has the skills to keep Manny off of him anymore. Past fights with Antonio Margarito and Joshua Clottey have taken their toll. All he has left in my opinion for six rounds is heart. But it's a proud champion's heart.
Maybe only a handful of welterweights could beat Cotto in the state he is in. But Pacquiao is one of them.
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Ok so I am curious on most people's scales, is this bigger, smaller, or equal to Mayweather-Marquez?
Matt you don't know nothing about boxing..
if there's anyone underestimating someone, it's cotto who is underestimating pacquiao. he has hired a newbied trainer for the biggest fight of his career and he continues to believe that his size and power alone are enough to win this fight. he is sorely mistaken.
a moment of silence please. we need to pray to Saint Anthony Margarito and ask for his blessings. light up em candles.
You see the problem with that Matt is that Pacquiao is not a WW....This dude is a jrWW.......there for Cotto should steam roll this guy......But you know what they say never underestimate your opponent........Im going to give Pacquiao a chance and say Cotto in 10 baby lol.....Ofcorse I could be wrong but who cares......Floyd will whip both these dudes if only he had the balls lol
Im guessing this will do a lil better than Mayweather/Marquez but nothing would be bigger then Pacquiao/Mayweather thats for sure.
whatever matt you are gay
Manny Pacquiao? Who's this guy?
I don't know why that senator was there when he knows Manny is in deep training. He is stupid and idiot as ever. There might be somebody tipped him that HBO group will be there. Good or bad publicity is still a publicity the point here is FILIPINOS SHOULD NOT VOTE FOR HIM !!! I don't like him. All Filipinos should unite against this kind of politisham. Prrrruuuuuuuttttt !!!! He stinks !!!
FAME now started to distract Manny Pacquiao boxing career. He's denying this, that's understable so to protect himself of criticism, but showed in his training camp recntly, disagreements among members of the team is very, very evident, quite unusual compare before. That's the sad part of being more popular, hope this will not fire back this coming Nov. 14. He cannot do many things at the same time. Pacfans shoud be ready now to accept Manny is not boxing property anymore.
kEEP IT COOL!!
After these rumblings in Team Pacquiao as expected he will come out victorious!!
Pacquiao fans are invited to visit his fan site www.pacfans-corner.com
Cotto by 1st round KO...
Manny "Pac bum" Pacquiao...
I see Pacquiao's downfall from here on. How hard you hit the ground depends on how high you climbed.
MANONG RESTY:
www.pacfans-corner.com sucks!!!!
Cheer up Paclanders! Let us simplify things: (Only 2 things)
1.) Pacman is still doing his share of training and preparation. Traning and being prepared are very important for a big fight but at the end of it all it will still go down to the warrior's heart on who will emerged victorious. We all know that Pacman took the Ledwaba's fight with only 2 weeks notice and the warrior within bag that fight.
2.) Crucify Manny Villar!
This guy is a hypocrite! He must first posed a picture in the leading news papers to let them see that he is distributing relief goods to trick the unfortunate people and get their votes
This is the guy who wants a sticker with his name on it everytime he will extend help.
This guy is as dirty as a sewedge bildge.
Seems you all prefer Manny to keep being a "Yes" man despite paying these guys millions of dollars.
Has anybody seen Oscar, Ricky, Miguel being told what to do outside of the gym by their trainer? No. Freddie even traveled to Puerto Rico to train Oscar for a million dollars; he never insisted that Oscar come to him at the Wild Card.
Manny is the only superstar who bends over backwards to accomodate his trainer's wishes because he knows how much he owes him. Freddie stands to earn 3x more in megafights with Manny than he ever did with Oscar, yet he still treats him like the kid he met more than a decade ago. Times have changed; they are partners now.
THE PACMAN WILL GOO DOWN! LIKEE WOOOSHHHH BOOOYAA...SE YAH LATER! PACMAN = HISTORY
TOO SMALL
TRYING TOO HARD
NOT ENOUGH
COTTO CAN HANDLE SPEED, HAS GREAT DEFENSE, MANILA ICE WONT BE EFFECTIVE AGAINST COTTO, HE CAN TAKE PUNCHES, WATCH THE MARGARITO FIGHT, MANNY BETTER PUT SOME BRICKS TO WIN!!!
BET YOUR HOUSE ON COTTO!
Relax,the final jurror and judgement this coming nov.14.let see what is telling the truth,the cotto team or the pacman team.The only stand alone that is the winner.Those who are in laying in the canvass that is the loser.
you boxing expert ,you are the most good person than pacquiao,i think you better to fight cotto also to take a bomb from cotto ,mayabang ka!!!
HBO 24/7 in reality is entertainment to hype the fight...hence, things will be scripted to sell the fight to majority public. In real life, is it realistic that Roach while confronting pacman infront of a politician is being followed by HBO camera crew? HBO may be trying to portray Pac as a very distracted person to even the odds thereby making people think that Cotto has a great chance. Publicity which is bad is still a publicity that generates interests and curiosity.
Response to jackbw9:
You say Freddie stands to earn 3 times more in megafights with Manny than he made with Oscar? I have to disagree. Manny has, upon the advice of his counsel, made a deal with Freddie for a flat $1M in this Cotto fight. Manny is now learning to be like Oscar. No more percentages, just flat fee, take it or leave it.
oh men... are you NOSTRADAMUS also? wewekwek.. you boxing expert!!!
M. Villar you should have not done that. You could have been wise enough not to show your self in the height of Manny's training. Manny's fan and We Filipinos are not stupid enough to appreciate what you have done. You should have treated sports and politics separately. Look what happened now Mr. Villar that scenario did not help but ruined you. TRAPO!
Hey guys..remember this is HBOs 24/7 a reality show..they'll need a plot to sell the show and the event so they'll do everything even if it is sometime out of context. I don't think that what we saw in the program is 100% true in context...both in Manny's and Cotto's side...it's like writting or reading a novel, they need the audience to be "up on their feet" kinda thing...they need to build a suspense, drama, they need to implant something to us to talk about, to wait for... and finally getting our big bucks for the PPV. All this bruhaha will not mean anything come fight night....these are professional and well discipline athletes they know what needs to be done to prepare for a fight...whatever they do it only boils to one thing...we will have the best fight this year can offer between these two warriors...long live boxing!
BURNIK..BURNIK.. your an idiot.. your one of the idiots here in the Philippines.. pictures.. its part of politics.. The other presidentiables were also taken with pictures during relief goods distributions. And besides, did you help the victims of the disaster? You're good in words and not in works.. PAREHO KA LANG KAY AQUINO AND ESCUDERO na puro salita walang namang NAGAWA.. Did you ever know that Aquino passed not more than 15 resolution and laws in his 3 terms in congress while Villar passed more than 300.. and that ESCUDERO is ZERO performance in Sorsogan.. Be educated, your talking nonsense.. you're an uninformed voter.. you believe with hearsays.. "ANG TAONG NANINIWALA SA SABISABI WALANG BAIT SA SARILI." and your the best example...
AND MATT STOLOW, your such a BULLSHIT...shut up.. your not a Filipino.. You have nothing to do with the politics in our country.. Anyone can go to Manny.
This message is for cotto (( Dont punch pacquiao's balls on nov 14 or you will be disqualified if you are afraid to loss that day just tell the judge early but dont punch mannys balls its not a kind of fighter a champion you are, roach,judges, and all filipinos are watching your punch carefully so 3 months training for balls punching how dare you.......LOL
we love, admire & worship Saint Anthony Margarito.
He is the Messiah of Boxing for Latino & Hispanic fans and all the welfare people
I'll wait until the final bell and see whose hand is raised. Then, not only Manny's big ego, swelling head, rolling eyes, pitiful singing voice, so-so acting abilities, amateurish political tact, ancient feudal piety, messianic complex, hypocrisy and all his other marks of self-delusions would be put under the microscope or magnifying glass. If he loses, it'd be because of these things. If he wins, then fans will forget these and put down the microscope and magnifying glass. Until his next fight and the apprehension it'd bring.
good point in there matt. actually, the 3 most unpopular people in the philippines are:
1. gloria arroyo, the president.
2. manny villar, the insensitive, opportunist senator.
3. mikey koncz, the self-serving, opportunist pacman advisor.
and my point is: roach will always be remembered here in the philippines as a good teacher and mentor. he will be remembered even long after pacman. wish we all had the opportunity to have a teacher like you coach roach.
bottom line: pac, believe in coach roach, and you will be successful even in politics. follow villar and ruin both your boxing and political careers.
ending remarks:
1. no to villar, ever!
2. pac, set your priorities straight!
3. coach roach, you will always be the greatest.
Hey guys,
Just an FYI, during the 24/7 episode, when Pacquiao raised his eyebrows to Roach's comments, that was not similar to an eye roll or a sign of disrespect. With Filipinos, especially in the Philippines, typically when you raise your eyebrows in that manner, it means I hear you and agree with your statement. It in no way means a sign of disdain.
I think that this boxing expert is very fanatic to cotto .boxing expert ,how manny balleggs hit by cotto f-kng punch? you are like gayweather,talking nonsense.
Anyone can go to Manny.. and MP is running for congressman. maybe MV is courting him to join the Nacionalista Party.. Use your Logic. Would you listen to te writer who is not a Filipino and gets his idea from opinions only? By the way, What's TRAPO? You often use this term but you dont even know the real meaning of the term TRAPO...
Politics is not mannys ambition but it is mannys cronies who wants mannys wealth to be used any time they like...politicians knows that manny pacquiao has a lot of manny in his pocket won from his dangerous boxing work but politician are suckers and users for their own benifits they want manny to ride with their dirty tricks they manny to involve in this bad intention...presently manny pacquiao having a good name thats why they want to engage with manay pacquaio so that they will be good also to people but in the end they will crush all his wealth, fame and good name...better for manny walk in your own better life dont involve with this people thier names are corrupt....
Jose Rizal fighted for education.. Yes, Most of the Filipinos now are educated... But they still dont use there education... They will even vote a High Scholl Graduate than a Doctorate... They view the country as a movie that could be run by a low educated person.. They always believe in news that are mixed with opinion.. FPJ vs GMA.. of course they will vote the late FPJ.. he is the KING. Life is like a movie for them..
GISING, use ur mind Filipinos.. Your blinded and deaf with opinions not news.. is VILLAR opportunist? Don't you know that he has been helping OFWS for 2 decades? Of Course, you don't know because it was not televised. His recent programs was then televised to inform the people.. That he is more in works not in words.. AQUINO, ERAP, ESCUDERO... what did they do during their past terms, nothing... PURO PAGWAPO at SALITA.. kahit magresearch ka sa mga nagawa nila
How the #@$! do yous no Manny will make a bad politition? Manny will be the best damn politition you people ever had......Do you realy think that guy Villar what ever his mother#@$!en name is invited himself over? Get the f#@! outta here.....Enough with the politics OK this $hit bores me to death
about manny's ambition to be a congressnan.. ASK him yourself..
Mr. Writer, next time don't mention Philippine Politics.. You're not a Filipino and you have nothing to do with our politics...
T.R.A.P.O.-means Traditional politicians,another maening recycle politician,filthy politician,froud politician,other meanung wicked politician such as plunderer,immoral,undignity,selfish,greed and murderrer,etc,etc,etc.tha's the real meaning of TRAPO!
anak kamote ,este anak ng pinoy,ang tutoo si villar di rin nag papa gwupo?pare pareho lang mga yan,dapat may political ad-ban.
i understand coach freddie roach why he act like that infront of manny and villar... this a big fight and cotto is a great fighter you cant take him for granted.. if you want to win listen to what your coach told you, i think freddie reminded you that you have to focus 100% in this fight..bravo freddie!! pilipinas is expecting you to win this, this a moral boost for all of us..
i still believe in you manny..GO PACMAN!
mga bobo ang paclander in english paclander are diot this pilipinos has nothing in their mind but their idol pacquiao but this idiots are not representing the philippines. Because most filipino in the philippines have no time in reading and making blogs in pacland. They are too busy in their lives...
Jose tumahimik ka...gago!! ilampaso ko yang mukha mo sa kanal
villar is courting manny to be his running mate as a vice president. thats why villar appeared in baguio and interupt manny while packing to leave. he also appeared intentionally on training camp during the filming of hbo 24/7 to advertise his ass. isnt it obvious?
manny still fighting like a gladiator at this new era hope floyd fight like this coz it was a good..floyd was good fighter in his science but to be honest I felt bored when I watch him..people still want see floyd coz they want to see floyd defeated by his opponent cos they dont like they he fight..for my opinion..
hayaan niyo yang si JOSE,malaki ang taya niyan kay cotto.JOSE lakihan mo ang taya kay cotto pag,PAG!pag nanalo si cotto mag pabalato ka naman.maga igan panalampaso yang mukha ni JOSE magugutom kayo sa balato,kayo rin .DI! kaibigan natin iyang si JOSE.go JOSE beat manny by 1rd nock-out.thank JOSE.
Senator Villar demonstrated a self serving interest that he has always been in that visit to Pacs training camp. He showed he is on top of anyone regardless. He is allowed and can always bend the rules. What an ass h%$e.....A real greedy crooked S O B..Totally no shame, no class,,has a heart of a genuine hipocrite...
Many REAL ESTATE BUSINESSES ARE losing money. REAL ESTATE is a multi-million dollar busines. Someone is maybe whispering in MP's ear to invest with them. I hope Manny Pacquiao would not be convinced. PACMAN WORKS HARD, RISKS HIS LIFE FOR THE MILLION$ HE HAS NOW. Some other investors, we don't really know where their money had come from.
jose putangu-ina mo! wala kang kwentang pilipino king ina mo ka..
@btb:
I was talking about total potential earnings - 3x possibly even more if you combine all their past and future megafights together, and especially if the Mayweather fight becomes a reality.
But I don't want to argue specifics. My point is that with the money he stands to make with Manny (again, I'm not talking about a single fight), and if I may add, with the fame and accolades he has earned along the way - Freddie has treated Manny differently from Oscar. Even though the good student deserves better than the primadonna. I'm not saying that Manny should start acting like Oscar, I'm saying that Freddie complains too much and I can't help but roll my eyes too when I hear him talk about Baguio and Manny's entourage.
To Jose, If you are referring to a person you use Filipino not Pilipino. Pilipino is a subject in your elementary school that i'm sure you flunked!
Pac is noticed by many as a really totally changed man..After his win with Hatton, things changed with him..He is not the same. I noticed that after the fight with Cotto was announced. Freddie Roach was trying to reach him to talk to him about training for the fight...Pac ignored his coach big time...he never picked up the phone to talk to the coach...And what has been going on in his training camp, one couln't help but wonder what is the matter with him...
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