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Pacquiao is a 5-time World Champion!!
Pacquiao Not a Four-Time World Champion
The Number is Five, Open Your Eyes
John Chavez
6/30/2008
Here’s a simple, yet effective brain exercise for you mongrels.
Utilize some of that mush in between your ears to imagine Kelly Pavlik immediately deciding to vacate all of his 160 pound straps. Should someone ask you as to who was the undisputed, undefeated, insurmountable, undeniable middleweight champion of the world… what would your answer be?
The correct answer is surely Kelly Pavlik from Youngstown, Ohio.
Not exactly a difficult statistical problem to calculate.
Any imbecile worth the air he or she breathes would understand that it isn’t the bogus sanctioning organization trinkets that make the champion. A belt is only worth as much as the champion whom which it adorns.
This is why I ask the question as to why the general public considers Manny Pacquiao as merely a four weight class world champion.
From the records, recollections, and most importantly… my understanding, the “Pacman” is a world champion in five different weight classes.
While the public considered his recent defeat of WBC lightweight champion David Diaz as his fourth world championship, it was actually his fifth.
Back to the analogy of Kelly Pavlik vacating his belts, should anybody within the 160 pound limit defeat “The Ghost” in the very near future, they will undoubtedly be considered the champion in the middleweight division, belt or no belt.
November 15, 2003 is the day in which Manny Pacquiao captured his third world title when he defeated the surely Hall-of-Fame bound, Marco Antonio Barrera. While the “Baby Face Assassin” held no “official” title on that fateful night, he entered the bout riding an 8-fight win streak which included names of Erik Morales and Prince Naseem Hamed. In fact, Barrera narrowly defeated “El Terrible” in their rematch grabbing the WBC featherweight belt in the process but promptly placed it where it belongs… in the trash can.
There was no doubt in anyone’s mind that on November 14, 2003, Marco Antonio Barrera was the featherweight champion of the world… belt or no belt.
Pacquiao proceeded to thrash Barrera and therefore became a three-division champion which currently makes him a five-division champion.
It’s not that complicated people.
Just remember to use that spongy thing bouncing around in that melon you call a head…
PS. If anything… Pacquiao’s first victory over Barrera at 126 is even more significant than his recent victory over Diaz being that Marco was considered the king of the featherweights at the time while Diaz was considered the weakest belt holder of the lightweights today.Last edited by Chups; 07-01-2008, 12:06 AM.Comment
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Celtics notes
As a 31-year-old who played his first NBA game at the age of 19, Kevin Garnett has been around for an eternity, at least if you’re doing the math in terms of a professional athlete’s career.
So it was more than a little surprising when, after attending WBC lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao’s ninth-round knockout of David Diaz Saturday at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino, the C’s forward admitted it was the first live boxing match he had ever attended.
A Celtics delegation including Garnett, Ray Allen, Tony Allen, Paul Pierce, Kendrick Perkins and Rajon Rondo all visited the champion in his dressing room following the fight. According to press reports, a stunned Pacquiao stepped out of the shower as Garnett led the room in a chant of “Manny, Manny.”
The Filipino fighter responded by saying to Garnett, “You’re my idol. There’s only one guy I want to take a picture with and that’s Garnett. He’s been my idol since he played for Minnesota, and now he’s with the Celtics. Boston has become my favorite team.”
Pacquiao said he had watched every game of the NBA Finals against the Lakers from his Los Angeles apartment. He did not attend any of the three games at Staples Center because of a self-imposed curfew of 9 p.m.
Finals MVP Pierce was told he’s famous in the Philippines. Reportedly, the captain turned to Garnett and said, “See, they know me.” . . .
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