Manny Pacquiao :is more than BOXING

PACMAN IS A REAL STORYBOOK CHARACTER- DOWN & BACK ON TOP AFTER DEFEATING BRADLEY



I sketched   PacMan's Portrait for 30 minutes in my Sketch book for his Macau fight

by Elizabeth Nisperos

 

First, I must confess I'm not a boxing fan. However when Manny Pacquiao emerged into the boxing scene.I became interested not on his boxing skills or his great left and right hooks but Manny Pacquiao as a person. He's not one you can ignore.  Pacquiao or Pacman is the number one pound for pound superstar with  eight belts to his credit from different weight divisions..

 

 

My sketch of PacMan's secret smile for God for the Macau's fight in my sketchbook

With so many accolades like Boxer of the Decade, 100 most Influential People and an elected Congressman of the Philippines, Pacquiao's heart is with the poor people and the underdogs of the world because he knows what it is be an underdog. His list of kind-hearted actions are enormous:
giving a down payment for a house of his sparring partner, giving people sacks of rice and food lining outside his mansion, giving capital to the fisherman's boats , giving up his pay in endorsement in ex-change for ambulances in his province, plus a lot more published in several media.  Pacman was right in the middle of the typhoon Haiyan  in a tent , lending out his support for food and prayers. No wonder people around the world love him.

Everytime he fights I light up a candle to pray that he would somehow emerged as fine not necessarily as a winner but his uniqueness as a boxer and as a human being rises to what a person should be. Long before  "Tebowing"  became a buzz, Pacquiao has been going to his corner to kneel and pray before and after his fight.

The time he got knocked down by Marquez, it was a December 8th , the feast of the Immaculate
Conception, I forgot to light a candle because I thought the Virgin Mary was protecting him. But news spread Pacquaio is no longer Catholic but a born-again Christian but it doesn't matter for God can be Allah, Budhha, or in the person of Jesus.

A great character in any story or novel is one who is confronted with conflicts, drama, ups and down and the ability of the hero to rise from ashes and recover back his greatness. A hero who doesn't suffer defeats is not good for  novels or  movies , it would be a boring movie. So if Floyd Mayweather thinks that having a zero unbeaten record makes him a great hero character - well, he's in for a surprise. A heart who is giving a straight line with no ups or downs is known in the medical world as a  'flatliner', no life. So it's ok to  go down once in a while and come back again to regain your title like what PacMan has done in the Rios & Bradley fight .

Congratulations PacMan, you're more than boxing. PacMan provides inspiration to the downtrodden, to the poor people, to rise up once again after being down. When his mother Dionisia reminds him tosave his money for his own good, he replies, "After all, you CANNOT bring Money to Heaven.".
Floyd Mayweather on the  Youtube scenarios are about counting his millions which is fine.
Floyd is very entertaining on that sense about money . Floyd is about boxing and money only.
 Pacman on the other hand is MORE THAN BOXING- he's about HOPE, LOVE, PATIENCE,
FRIENDSHIP, THOUGHFULNESS,SHARING , all the goodies you'd like to see in a role model.