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Manny Page #6
Beautiful. Beautiful singing.
What a pleasure!
-Thank you.
-You're amazing!
NARRATOR:
: Manny had already won sevenworld titles in seven weight classes.
But the people behind Manny needed
another way to sell him.
They hoped to take him from
a popular boxer to a legendary one.
The greatest credit to boxing,
Manny Pacquiao.
NARRATOR:
To reach an unprecedenteda feat never achieved in the sport,
he would have to defeat
Antonio Margarito,
20 pounds more than Manny.
BERT:
One, what you've got, Sandy,is a man who's got everything to lose,
and very little to gain.
He's already won seven championships,
seven divisional titles,
more than any man in history.
If he wins, he wins an eighth.
On the other hand,
Antonio Margarito,
he's got everything to gain,
and very little to lose.
He has already lost,
if you will, credibility,
having have been found to have
wrapped hands
that were basically loaded.
Suspended for a year.
Although l spent most of my life
as a boxing promoter,
l'm a lawyer,
and this hurt me more than anything.
Because, fair is fair,
and justice is justice.
And we don't convict the man
because of innuendo and suspicion.
As far as the record is concerned,
this man did nothing wrong.
Do you, in your heart, believe that he
knew that those wraps were loaded?
Of course. l know he knows.
Would you know if someone were putting
extra things in your hand-wraps?
-You would know that?
-Of course.
BERT:
He's got a tough opponent.Margarito almost dwarfs him in size.
Has a seven-and-a-half inch reach.
[CROWD CHEERlNG]
And everyone asks, every fight,
how far is that bridge
that Manny Pacquiao has to cross?
And he does it again and again.
The question is always,
what is the bridge too far for him?
FRANKLlN:
Every time he fights, theentire country is in a standstill.
You can't see anybody on the street.
Everybody is in their homes,
watching and waiting for the fight
of Manny Pacquiao.
[CROWD CHEERlNG]
Zero crime in the entire country.
The rebels, the secessionists...
Ceasefire. Everybody's in a ceasefire.
That's how it is when Manny fights.
lt's bigger than boxing.
It's bigger than
being a prize fighter.
His journey now is about fighting
and winning for a people.
Every time he goes out there,
he's winning for them.
Huge burden, but he accepts it.
MAN:
Most of these people here,they were so ashamed of who we were
as a race.
to reclaim our true identity.
COMMENTATOR:
The issue is notMargarito's eye
at this moment, it's his brain.
How many clean head shots
can one man take?
Pacquiao looking towards the ref
asking him to stop the fight.
How much punishment
do you want him to take?
[CHEERlNG]
ALEX:
If you're Filipino, your head isdefinitely held high right now.
Knowing that the best fighter
in the world is a Filipino.
Let's go, guys.
NARRATOR:
: Manny had just wonWorld Titles,
He had taken more punishment
than he had ever endured.
He was cloaked in glory.
But the fight had changed him.
Really... this was the
hardest fight of my life.
lt can't always be like this.
You know...
l've had many boxing fights, but...
l didn't think
it would be this hard...
NARRATOR:
: The life in boxingwas fulfilling,
but uniting people through twelve
rounds of fighting felt short-lived.
Manny's journey would soon take
another direction.
My dream is to focus as a politician.
Lot of politicians is corrupt so,
I don't want to be like them.
I want to serve people honestly.
[CHEERlNG]
MANNY:
Mr. Speaker,my dear colleagues,
ladies and gentlemen, good afternoon!
The victory over Margarito
the eighth championship belt
in the different weight division
is not mine alone.
The Filipino people have shown
once more to the world
that the Filipinos can excel
in a world-class arena.
Because of hard-work, dedication
and faith in God Almighty.
As your colleague,
let me thank our President,
His Excellency, Benigno Aquino
because of his promise
that he will help
the province of Sarangani
build its first public hospital.
FRANKLlN:
One ofthe promises of Mannyas a Congressman
is the promise to people
to give them a hospital.
The promise has been there
for some time,
and we don't have a public hospital.
So this is a promise that was
made to the people,
and a promise that it will be done by
Manny Pacquiao.
[APPLAUSE]
MANNY:
l have a responsibility,to serve people,
to give back
what God gave to me.
FRANKLlN:
A lot ofpeopleare saying
that Manny Pacquiao will become
a resident of Malacanang.
lt's the White House
of the Philippines.
I think it will happen.
WINNIE:
Manny has done Filipinos proudbecause he is a tremendous boxer.
But l cannot say that he is
going to be as good a politician
as he is a boxer.
Doesn't work that way.
He will have to make a choice as to
what his priorities are.
You've got these loves in your life.
You've got boxing.
You've got politics.
You've got gambling.
You've got mistresses, all right?
And then, you've got
your people of Sarangani.
What priority are you gonna give them?
That's the question he has
to decide first.
Unless of course you think that he
can do everything at the same time.
We welcome him to SportsCenter,
the former No. 1
pound-for-pound fighter in the world,
Floyd Mayweather.
Floyd, welcome back.
-We've missed you, Floyd.
-Hey, how are you doing?
l'm not the former No. 1
pound-for-pound fighter.
l'm just saying l'm the best fighter
in the sport of boxing.
No one has dethroned me.
So how am l not pound-for-pound
the best fighter in the world?
-Because you retired?
-But have l been beaten?
Floyd has the right to talk sh*t
because he has never been beaten.
And he's that good.
l don't think it's a no-brainer that
Manny goes there and beats him.
But it's the fight.
l would love to see that as Manny's
last fight, and then retire.
Because, you know what?
There's nowhere else to go.
Why go any further than that?
He avoided no one.
He's a throwback.
He's like the old days,
when people fought the very best.
Every time he stepped up,
he fought the best available.
And he continues to do
what boxing fans have always wanted
Floyd to do.
Make fights against the biggest,
most threatening opponents,
and once the bell rings, go to war.
The whole boxing world, Floyd,
has been clamoring for this
Mayweather - Pacquiao fight,
lt's Pacquiao and Mayweather.
l mean, that's the fight.
lt's one of those fights
where it's very competitive,
that's why it's compelling to
people all over the world.
What is it going to take
to get these two boxers
best pound-for-pound in the ring?
No, l'm not going to dodge anybody.
You know what it is.
No, what is this?
Bob Arum?
You gotta talk to Bob Arum, not me.
l would love to do that fight.
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