A convincing win by Manny Pacquiao this Sunday over
Mexican-American Brandon Rios will bequeath the nation a beautiful
Christmas gift, a worthy giveaway in the middle of grief and a valuable
present to the country who needs heroes in times of crisis.
Expect again traffic to be slack, restaurants and
public places showing the fight to be filled with fight fans, crimes
turning zero, gymnasia crowded with people rooting for the National
Fist, and inhabitants in typhoon stricken areas with no electric power
to be seeking for available TV sets with generators to get a glimpse of
the country’s fighting congressman.
Even with two succeeding defeats, Pacquiao is still
the people’s champion of the Philippines and the greatest boxer Asia has
ever produced. Throughout the controversies in politics, religion,
brutal KO loss to Juan Manuel Marquez, and questionable loss to Timothy
Bradley, he is still the boxing icon and the sports deity idolized by
many all over the world.
Manny’s popular statement, “We will rise again”
means he together with the whole country will surge again. On Sunday,
November 24, he will exhilarate his people to rejuvenate from
devastation. Good luck, Manny!