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For this week's Friday documentary, the BBC's Boxing Correspondent Mike Costello meets Manny Pacquiao - boxer, politician and man of the Filipino people.
Watch this exclusive preview of the documentary which will be broadcast on BBC World Service from Friday 26 of November, click on-air, click online and will also be available as a click download.
"My intention is to unite the Filipino people through my efforts in boxing."
In the two-part series, Mike travels to the Philippines to spend time with this sporting legend as he trained for his fight with click Antonio Margarito - which he won.
He interviews Manny about his stellar boxing career and talks to people that know, love and work with Pacquiao.
He also discovers why his story of suffering poverty to becoming one of the world's highest earning sportsmen is so compelling.
Mike also hears Manny's first hand account of life growing up on the streets of General Santos in poverty and he explores the boxer's political life; asking what impact a sportsman can have on his country's future?
Watch this exclusive preview of the documentary which will be broadcast on BBC World Service from Friday 26 of November, click on-air, click online and will also be available as a click download.
"My intention is to unite the Filipino people through my efforts in boxing."
In the two-part series, Mike travels to the Philippines to spend time with this sporting legend as he trained for his fight with click Antonio Margarito - which he won.
He interviews Manny about his stellar boxing career and talks to people that know, love and work with Pacquiao.
He also discovers why his story of suffering poverty to becoming one of the world's highest earning sportsmen is so compelling.
Mike also hears Manny's first hand account of life growing up on the streets of General Santos in poverty and he explores the boxer's political life; asking what impact a sportsman can have on his country's future?
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