What differentiates a Pacquiao fan with a *******?
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Pacfan here!
If this is the case, then count me in as a pacfan. I first heard of Manny's rise to stardom when my mom visited me here in England back in 2007. She said Pacquiao has a fight coming up (Barrera 2) and I replied, "Pacquiao who? is he still fighting?". I asked because back when I was still in the Philippines circa 1990's I have already heard of his name. I was surprised to hear from her that he is still active and fighting. "Oh, yes! and he is very popular now in the Philippines." that is when I started following Manny's career and eventually became a full boxing fan.
Boxing for me is now my favourite sport. I dont even watch football anymore (no.1 sport in the UK), and now find it (football) boring. I only watch tennis, basketball and those few and controversial and hyped MMA matches.
As a pacfan, I now have 38 videos of his 55 career fights. And as a boxing fan, i have already accumulated 200+ videos of past and recent fights. Including those of Floyd Jr, Cotto, Dela Hoya, Mosley, Ali, Gatti, Pryor SRL, Hagler, Duran, Tyson, Lewis etc. and numerous boxing documentaries and boxing-inspired movies.
I even had a channel for boxing fans at justin.tv a while ago, but constant channel closure made me decide to stop broadcasting. It wasnt worth it. (I only broadcasted past fights and didnt broadcast live but HBO kept shutting me down).
So going back to the thread title, I consider myself a pacfan but who can blame them if Manny's fans become *******s eventually. He is just that exciting to watch!
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i can't believe you missed mike tyson, jack dempsey, and ricardo lopezI became a Pacquiao fan first before I really became a real boxing fan. Does that automatically make me a *******?
I mean, I loved the Rocky movies but I knew those weren't real. I was also a casual fan of Roy Jones beforehand and knew some of the stories of Ali, Frazier, Foreman, Holyfield, Joe Louis, etc. Mostly the Heavyweights.
But anways,
One day I accidently taped a Pacquiao vs Agapito Sanchez fight thinking it was the US soccer team vs. some other team on ESPN. I was just gonna turn it off and I noticed one of the fighters was a Filipino, which I am also. I kept on watching as Pacquiao was delibarately being cheated but he kept on wanting to continue. Being low blowed several times and headbutted twice. Sanchez was penalized twice. But in the end it went to the scorecards and Pacquiao got a draw after a stoppage due to cuts. One of the dirtiest fights I've ever seen. After that I became a Pacquiao fan and then his legend grew.
Over the years, I've also become a fan of Gatti, Ward, Barrera, Morales.
I guess I really am a big fan of a boxer's warriors spirit. Victor Ortiz is still just a boy to me.
Also one day my friend who is really into Animes told me to watch this boxing anime called Hajime No Ippo. At first I was hesitant and what am I going to learn in boxing from a cartoon. But the Anime really had boxing insights, like how to throw a proper jab, a counter-puncher usually always beats an in-fighter, how to thow a proper over hand right. It's very story driven but it also praises the styles of boxing legends like Hagler, Hearns and Floyd Patterson.
Anyways I've written so much to try and prove that I'm not just a biased *******. I guess ya'll just have to agree or disagree.
Ohh by the way, I've probably already said this before but nice sig pic Story.
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