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I don't know if this has been posted on here before.
Read this GQ profile on Manny, it's pretty interesting, pretty long (7 pages) but it's pretty addicting after the first page.
Some notes from the GQ profile:
- Article is written before the Clottey bout.
- When Ariza and Roach kept saying that Koncz "cuts Manny's meat" on 24/7, they weren't lying at all. Koncz actually cuts Manny's steak for him. He even tucks him into bed.
- Manny loves watching himself in between rounds at the MGM on the big screens so much that Roach has to slap him at times.
- Pacquiao's dad left when he was a baby. One day, when Manny was a boy, his dad came back for a few hours to eat his dog and left again.
- He left home when he was young because he knew his mom had too many mouths to feed.
- If Manny was considered a hero in the Philippines, his circle of friends would be considered villains: the Ampatuan family (hated his political rival so much he ordered his son to take him out and anybody "with him". That day 57, including 30 journalists were killed) or Chavit Singson, a political figure who found his mistress with a younger man and obliterated his penis with a hammer.
- Many people on Pacquiao's team have stolen a substantial amount of money from Manny himself only for Manny to forgive them because he believed that God told those people to betray him so he can teach them a lesson.
- It costs around $500-$700 per day to eat at Nat's Thai restaurant near the Wild Card gym. When one of Manny's associates told him that they should just buy some Filipino take-out to lessen the financial load, Manny grew angry and told him in front of everybody, "Don't ever mess with another man's livelihood. Now let us enjoy their food."
- The people around Pacquiao are actually scared of him. They're afraid to tell him stuff they believe may agitate him. An example includes when Manny was supposed to throw out the first pitch at a Dodgers game. All the details were ironed out. The problem was that Manny never came because no one ever told him.
It's a hugely interesting read and shows Manny in a positive and not-so-positive light.
Read this GQ profile on Manny, it's pretty interesting, pretty long (7 pages) but it's pretty addicting after the first page.
Some notes from the GQ profile:
- Article is written before the Clottey bout.
- When Ariza and Roach kept saying that Koncz "cuts Manny's meat" on 24/7, they weren't lying at all. Koncz actually cuts Manny's steak for him. He even tucks him into bed.
- Manny loves watching himself in between rounds at the MGM on the big screens so much that Roach has to slap him at times.
- Pacquiao's dad left when he was a baby. One day, when Manny was a boy, his dad came back for a few hours to eat his dog and left again.
- He left home when he was young because he knew his mom had too many mouths to feed.
- If Manny was considered a hero in the Philippines, his circle of friends would be considered villains: the Ampatuan family (hated his political rival so much he ordered his son to take him out and anybody "with him". That day 57, including 30 journalists were killed) or Chavit Singson, a political figure who found his mistress with a younger man and obliterated his penis with a hammer.
- Many people on Pacquiao's team have stolen a substantial amount of money from Manny himself only for Manny to forgive them because he believed that God told those people to betray him so he can teach them a lesson.
- It costs around $500-$700 per day to eat at Nat's Thai restaurant near the Wild Card gym. When one of Manny's associates told him that they should just buy some Filipino take-out to lessen the financial load, Manny grew angry and told him in front of everybody, "Don't ever mess with another man's livelihood. Now let us enjoy their food."
- The people around Pacquiao are actually scared of him. They're afraid to tell him stuff they believe may agitate him. An example includes when Manny was supposed to throw out the first pitch at a Dodgers game. All the details were ironed out. The problem was that Manny never came because no one ever told him.
It's a hugely interesting read and shows Manny in a positive and not-so-positive light.
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