MR. NUTHUGGER
08-15-2008, 07:39 PM
Pacquiao as ABAP prexy?
By NICK GIONGCO
Manny Pacquiao as new president of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP)?
Why not?
Pacquiao, regarded as the best in the world pound-for-pound, yesterday expressed his desire to lend a hand in uplifting the level of competition of the country’s amateur boxing program.
"I can do it," said Pacquiao without saying he is after the ABAP leadership. "If they ask me to help, I will not hesitate to give a hand."
"I am a boxer who knows how it feels like in the ring," said Pacquiao, who admitted that he was hurt by the defeat of light flyweight Harry Tañamor in the Beijing Olympics.
"He really lost," Pacquiao said.
Pacquiao said there are lots of talents in the provinces waiting to be tapped and apparently the current ABAP leadership did not bother to bring in new ones to replenish its roster.
Following Tañamor’s defeat in the first round of eliminations, boxing people yesterday named Pacquiao as a perfect replacement for long-time ABAP president Manny Lopez.
"Manny knows the pulse of boxing being a boxer and he has the personality and the credibility to lead amateur boxing because of his many accomplishments in the professional scene," said boxing analyst Moy Lainez of the weekly TV show In This Corner.
Lainez goes further by saying that "Pacquiao will not dare mishandle funds that will be given to the ABAP if he ever is picked to head the boxing body because he will not depend on it and instead will spend his own money for the boxers."
Rey Golingan of General Santos City, whose boxing club was where Pacquiao first strutted his stuff when he was known as Kid Kulafu, echoed the same sentiment and admitted that a total revamp should be done.
"I will give my 100 percent support if Manny gets that job," said Golingan, who heads the GenSan chapter of the ABAP.
"I have been told that the bata-bata system is practiced there," said Golingan.
Lainez noted that since Pacquiao is in the twilight of his career, he will be able to devote more of his time and his expertise in the recruitment of prospects in time for 2012 London Olympics.
This will be the third straight time that the Philippines will come home without a medal in boxing after light fly Onyok Velasco settled for a silver in the 1996 Atlanta Games and elder brother Roel took a bronze, also in the light-fly class, four years earlier in Barcelona.
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By NICK GIONGCO
Manny Pacquiao as new president of the Amateur Boxing Association of the Philippines (ABAP)?
Why not?
Pacquiao, regarded as the best in the world pound-for-pound, yesterday expressed his desire to lend a hand in uplifting the level of competition of the country’s amateur boxing program.
"I can do it," said Pacquiao without saying he is after the ABAP leadership. "If they ask me to help, I will not hesitate to give a hand."
"I am a boxer who knows how it feels like in the ring," said Pacquiao, who admitted that he was hurt by the defeat of light flyweight Harry Tañamor in the Beijing Olympics.
"He really lost," Pacquiao said.
Pacquiao said there are lots of talents in the provinces waiting to be tapped and apparently the current ABAP leadership did not bother to bring in new ones to replenish its roster.
Following Tañamor’s defeat in the first round of eliminations, boxing people yesterday named Pacquiao as a perfect replacement for long-time ABAP president Manny Lopez.
"Manny knows the pulse of boxing being a boxer and he has the personality and the credibility to lead amateur boxing because of his many accomplishments in the professional scene," said boxing analyst Moy Lainez of the weekly TV show In This Corner.
Lainez goes further by saying that "Pacquiao will not dare mishandle funds that will be given to the ABAP if he ever is picked to head the boxing body because he will not depend on it and instead will spend his own money for the boxers."
Rey Golingan of General Santos City, whose boxing club was where Pacquiao first strutted his stuff when he was known as Kid Kulafu, echoed the same sentiment and admitted that a total revamp should be done.
"I will give my 100 percent support if Manny gets that job," said Golingan, who heads the GenSan chapter of the ABAP.
"I have been told that the bata-bata system is practiced there," said Golingan.
Lainez noted that since Pacquiao is in the twilight of his career, he will be able to devote more of his time and his expertise in the recruitment of prospects in time for 2012 London Olympics.
This will be the third straight time that the Philippines will come home without a medal in boxing after light fly Onyok Velasco settled for a silver in the 1996 Atlanta Games and elder brother Roel took a bronze, also in the light-fly class, four years earlier in Barcelona.
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