Manny Pacquiao: The Roots - ESPN Video

[meanzan]

The friend that died was one of the 7 other young boxers that were stowaways with Manny from General Santos.

pretty much 8 kids with boxing dreams . damn.

Only 2 stayed in Manila after Eugene's death, Pacquaio and Cordero. Cordero was a far more refined boxer than young Pacquiao. He became a bantamweight champion too, interim or something like that.

[KnockoutKings]

wow surprised we never heard of this. the kid died on live TV and the most medical attention he got was smelling salts. thats scary man

[BuckToothed]

i get what you are saying. without question its tough being poor anywhere in the world even in developed countries

but these are two whole different definitions of "poor". not having warm water is nothing compared with the fear of extremists cutting your head off for not being ****** in addition to not having something to eat.

i'm sure people like manny would have given anything to be "American" kind of poor.

A homeless person in NYC who can amass $5/day begging in the streets/subway, and have plenty of homeless shelter to spend the evening in, is far greater than a homeless person in a third-world country, who has to dig through garbage to find a half-eaten anything, minutes before spoilage, and uses discarded boxes for comfort in a rough environment.

[SplitSecond]

floyd is in this guys head, pacquiao's scared of his height

[Kuyukut]

pac is really the true definition of a champion.

wow, what a man!

[The Big Dunn]

I didn't see it but I heard this was really good. Anyone who saw this, did any of the hookers get interviewed for this piece?

[tredh]

Some of these comments are a damn shame!!!

[Ruthless One]

3rd world poor is much different than being poor in America.

This is something most posters here living in 1st world countries will never understand unless they experience it themselves.

[Strategic1]

Only 2 stayed in Manila after Eugene's death, Pacquaio and Cordero. Cordero was a far more refined boxer than young Pacquiao. He became a bantamweight champion too, interim or something like that.

Thanks for the info. Researched a bit more...Abner Cordero, Pac, and Eugene Barutag were the best prospects out of all the kids from Gen. Santos.

The kids looked out for each other... And from what I read, they actually pooled their money together to help Pacquiao pay for the $50 fare to Manila.

[The Big Dunn]

This right here is a comment from a piece of shyyyt who's still staying with his mama despite being a 45 year old kid.

Change your name to Big Pig. That suits you better.

This was rude and didn't answer my question. No need to attack another poster.

why did you delete the post?