The reason he speaks English on ESPN is for crossover appeal. Most great fighters experiencing World and meteoric status will learn at least some English when their major fights happen on US soil. Only fighter that comes to mind that was on the cusp of US breakout stardom (nipping at De la Hoya's heels especially after beating him) that never bothered learning at least some English was Tito Trinidad. All the others like Manny, Cotto etc. try to strengthen their respective "brand" by speaking in English. Of course sometimes they need a translator by their side if the back-n-forth dialogue becomes too complex (like Merchant can get off topic with). I salute these guys like Cotto & Manny for giving respect to the location & venues they make 10's of millions of dollars in and try to converse in that language.
I hope this topic is now dead as I feel embarrassed for having to defend Manny's "uhms, uhs" etc when this guy is a distinguished Congressman and can speak Tagalog as well as any Senator/Rep of the US can speak English.
All Im saying is "ANYTHING BUT,I WILL FIGHT FLOYD ON MAY 5TH IS TOTAL BULL*****!!!!!!!!!! Doesnt matter what language you say it in!!!!!!!
No whenever you translate any language to any other language there is a bit of lost dialogue. Things you say in Tagalog don't make sense in english and vice versa and that applies to probably every languagem. It's just hard to imagine pacquiao saying those words.
Are you for real? There is ABSOLUTELY no "lost dialogue" from Manny delivering several statements on potentially fighting Floyd in Tagalog and even Malay over to English. This is not a 60 page legal brief to interpret or something along those lines. Damn you really are a conspiracy theorist if you're gonna split hairs with your semantics and red herring derivatives like that. Why don't you just watch all 13 or 14 parts of Esoteric Agenda on Utube if that's what you're in to; e.g Conspiracies!
manny pacquiao......i want floyd mayweather on may 5th
bob arum........but manny, your eye isn't ready.
Manny pacquiao......it's ready , i want mayweather
bob arum........but may is too soon. We want to build a new hotel and casino with a giant fish tank inside. We still have to order the fish from over seas.
Manny pacquiao.......the fans have waited long enough and the mgm is ok for the fight.
Bob arum........but ,but we will lose 20 million from the gate if we don't build this new hotel/casino.
Manny pacquiao.......the fight will still gross 100-200 million which is more than enough profit for us.
Bob arum.........but that leaves me with making only a few million off the fight.
Plus the 27% i steal from you of course, but thats besides the point.
Manny pacquiao........bob, make the fight happen.
Bob arum......but what if floyd doesn't get his boxing license?
Manny pacquiao.......mayweather is the vegas cash cow. He will get his license. Didn't roger get his back? Roger did 6 months in jail.
Bob arum........but but i promised peterson and bradley and marquez, and margarito, and cotto, and rios, and pavlik, and chavez jr, and gamboa, and clottey, and lopez and donaire that they will all get three fights a piece with you.
Manny pacquiao.....i want mayweather now
bob arum.......but you against marquez for the 19th time is massive. It will be bigger than the mayweather fight.
Manny pacquiao........mayweather is the fight the people want. Lets do it.
Bob arum......but he's with golden boy.
Manny pacquiao......so
bob arum.......but al haymon sucks
manny pacquiao.........bob, make the fight.
Bob arum........but but, the investors. What about the investors? Michael jackson dad wants the fight in november.
Manny pacquiao........we don't need investors.
Bob arum...........but, but
manny pacquiao..........no buts, just make the fight now.
Bob arum.........f--------cccccccccccccccccccckkkkkkkkkkkkk
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