POOR Manny.
He’s made us proud time and again with his incredible exploits inside the boxing ring, but his ill-fated decision to enter the political arena resulted in a humiliating defeat.
What’s worse, if this information from a reader of Philippine Daily Inquirer columnist Recah Trinidad is true, Pacquiao lost the election and a lot of his own money because he was “knocked out” by his own general campaign manager.
Here’s an excerpt from Recah’s column piece:
Reader Renato Ramones Reyes, who gave his address at 10 Magsaysay Avenue, Gen. Santos City, threw most of the blame on Pacquiao’s general campaign manager whom he described as an irresponsible, greedy, incompetent hanger-on who took advantage of Pacquiao’s sincerity and innocence:
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We reprint the handwritten letter in its original form:
Dear Sir,
Binabasa ko yong column mo “Bare Eye” lalo na kung si Manny Pacquiao ang subject matter mo. Hindi totoo na si Darlene at si GMA ang nag-knockout kay Manny. Maybe kung sa points 20 percent lang. Ang malaking dahilan ng pagkatalo ni Manny ay ang kanyang General Campaign Manager (GCM), na incompetent, tamad, lasengo, womanizer, sugarol, sabungero, at marami pang iba.
August 15th, 2007 at 12:08 am
I think there is something else, too, that Manny should think over. Fights should look really serious, what the Morales fights did not.
On a serious fight, how it was possible that Morales has been allowed by his coach to stop training and instead to live comfortable, resulting in heavy overweight just two weks prior to tha fight. And then he had to fasten and use medicines for to lose weight which of course made him unable to stand 12 rounds of a serious fight. It looked much more like the result is anyway pre-fixed so that Morales did not need to be in good condition.
It was also funny at the third fight that Morales handwinked off the counting like being powerless but just minutes later helaughed and discussed already, looking anything but not powerless.
This gives easy the impression that such fights are fixed by money and planned to make money, knowing the eager Filipinos who easy spend big amounts to be at such fight.
Maybe RP boxers should also not rely that much on Mexicans since there are not so many real high class boxers, or do they not want others who maybe would more dangerous? How ever, fights and wins should always look serious, avoiding anything which could be seen suspicious.
August 14th, 2007 at 12:37 am
It is nothing news that professional boxing in the first is business, in the second is often a dirty business with plenty cheating and fixing where money makes winners and losers and maybe in the third it is some kind of sport.
And Paquiao maybe has been thinking that election is not far from that and has now learned that still not all can be fixed with money.
If really he spent 170 million, then the question is: Was he just writing off this amount for the joy to be a congressman, or did he think that as congressman he easy can get it back, how ever, but not via his salary.
July 27th, 2007 at 4:56 pm
I don’t know why manny let other people control him, maybe he is just used to be coached that’s why he jump in to politics. Sometimes popularity is not enough see lots of stars today that joined politics lose. Why people are more intelligent now.,they know how to chose. Sorry i like manny as a boxer but i don’t like the feeling of him becoming a politician.
July 12th, 2007 at 9:49 am
in politics, it’s the brain not the fists that matters. truth hurts. you can’t have everything in this world. don’t be so greedy, concentrate on your boxing career. don’t let others steered your life; gma, singson, atienza, et at. they’re just using you. wake up pacman, it’s not yet too late to redeem yourself from ignomity. GOOD LUCK TO YOUR UPCOMING FIGHT WITH BARRERA.
July 12th, 2007 at 8:36 am
dapatr pag untugin mga ulo niyang cina chavit, atienza at gma cila ang nang uto kay manny para tumakbo khit walang alam. akala kumo sikat mananalo. buti nga sa yo masyado kang gahaman.boxing ka na lang. jan lang talaga utak mo. ok?