– My boyfriend is a doctor, and she was absolutely sure he was dead. I thought he was dead … but the thought struck me, says boxing coach, Freddie Roach.
There are 9 December 2012, and boxing standstill. Manny Pacquiao, folk hero and Congressman from the Philippines, lies lifeless on the ground with blood on his face.
He has not really had full control. Opponent Juan Manuel Marquez has concussion, and have seen run out in several steps.
But with only one poor second in the sixth round, he gets into the perfect stroke.
“Pac-Man”, the first in history with world titles in eight different weight classes, Deiser the ground like a sack of rice – and it’s something final about the way he will remain on.
The images show how the trainer and father figure Freddie Roach with his mouth open looking onto his longtime student.
– I was very scared. Manny was dead long, he said to Showtime.
While Manny Pacquiao being taken to hospital, experts begin to doubt. If he can ever come back. If he can ever boxing decade battle against the “unbeatable” Floyd Mayweather. In box studios worldwide points out that no one is completely recover after such a knockout.
Little did they know that the brutal battle was exactly what Manny Pacquiao needed.
Bird perspective: Manny Pacquiao goes down for the count.
Photo: Julie Jacobson / AP
The adventure that started with a boiled dog
Imagine that you are 12 years old and comes home. And then sit dad and eat your dog.
To start the story of Manny Pacquiao.
The poor boy from Kibawe in southern Philippines had taken a stray dog home, the alcoholic his father did not like.
When Manny came home the day after, put his father at the dinner table – full, furious and dog meat on the plate, according to trainer Freddie Roach.
– The episode led to Manny ran away from home and lived on the streets. He survived by buying donuts at the store and resell them with five ear profits. He slept in a cardboard box, says Roach to The Independent.
Pacquiao dropped out of school, and along with his friend Eugene Barutag he traveled to the capital Manila, an 800-kilometer boat ride away from danger. There discovered the two boys boxing.
Pacquiao was tiny – only 150 centimeters tall and 44 kilograms heavy – but he wondered coaches by stuffing his pockets full of stones when he was weighed in.
There was no guarantee that he would succeed. For buddy Eugene ended the journey when he was brutally knocked down in the ring and died, according to GMA News. But flimsy Manny won 60 of the 64 amateur matches are played.
The audience loved the small bones tough street kid. And finally he received income: $ 2 per game. He sent half to his mother.
The totals would soon be larger. For 2001 met Pacquiao man who would change his life: Freddie Roach.
Freddie Roach and Manny Pacquiao trainer in Roach old gym.
Photo: PHILIPPE LOPEZ / AFP
Miracle coach
The former pro boxer Roach was recovering alcoholic and had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s. A hot summer arrived Manny Pacquiao strollers onto his fitness.
– After a few minutes in the ring, I thought only “wow!”. I realized right away that he was special, says Roach today.
He whipped Pacquiao through relentless four hours sessions of sparring, boxing bags and skipping rope. So had the talent take situps while coaches hit him on the stomach with bamboo canes.
According to New York Times Pacquiao must eat six meals and drinks five protein shakes a day because he burns so much. The newspaper describes the workouts as “inhuman”.
Along with his new coach began the young Filipinos opportunity to pick world champion titles in different weight classes.
– I had never heard of him, but førsteinntykket was just “Pow – where did his left hand from?” He really had the wow factor, says box expert Larry Merchant to HBO.
When Pacquiao smashed legendary Oscar De La Hoya in 2008, so unequal struggle that commentators called it “embarrassing”.
– I had never in my wildest dreams envisioned it to be like that. The victory sent him to new heights, says De La Hoya to HBO.
Manny Pacquiao
- Born: 17 December 1978
- Location: Bukidnon, Philippines
- Height: 169 cm
- User name: Pac-Man, The Nation’s Fist, The Destroyer
- games 64
- Wins: 57
- Loss: 5
- Draws: 2
- Wins by Knockout: 38
the downside
While opponents were lying bloody on the parquet, step “PacMan” higher and higher up the celebrity heaven.
Even trainer Freddie Roach appeared on the list of the most famous people in the Philippines – number three, only beaten by Pacquiao himself and the president.
When “Pac-Man” boxes, it is apparently so many who see the fight that crime rate in the Philippines drops.
it appears in the Philippines when ‘Pac-Man’ boxes.
Photo: Aaron Favila / AP
But while the poor boy from Kibawe, who still spoke with the accent of the disadvantaged areas in the south, introduced to a world of spirits and gambling. It was a bad match.
At one point owned Pacquiao 1000 highly trained roosters, fighting in the traditional rooster fighting in Manila. His marriage was close to whistle because of alleged romances with TV stars, and trainer Roach had to rebuke him for humid city tours.
Manny Pacquiao earns good money on advertising.
Photo: Casey Rodgers / AP
The normally conscientious athlete began to concentrate on other things than just boxing. He took in the Philippine pro league in the basket, as the all-time lowest, while he trained team. He evolved into a useable chess player. He played in a number of feature films and television series and released the music video.
And what took the most time of all: He started a career as a politician.
In 2010, he crushed all opposition in the local congressional elections. He stood in a district where another party had ruled for over 30 years, but got twice as many votes. Pacquiao has indicated that he probably is going to run for president when box career is over.
It all made him a kind of icon of the Philippines. But while it took time. And suddenly losses.
downturn
Thousands of Filipinos wept in the streets after the loss against Bradley.
Photo: CHERYL Ravelo / Reuters
– I was absolutely sure I had won, said Pacquiao to ESPN after the game against Timothy Bradley in June 2012.
Then we had judges just given him his first loss in seven years, to box the world’s astonishment . In their homeland, people went around aimlessly in the streets, crying, said.
The judges received massive criticism afterwards, so Pacquiao could fortunately blame them.
He could not six months later, when he was beaten brutally down by Marquez and coach feared he was dead.
Roach believed that Pacquiao was turned down because he stumbled, but knockout was in reality continues a downturn that had been going on for several years, commented experts.
Manny Pacquiao down for the count.
Photo: Julie Jacobson / AP
However, it would prove that knockout awakened something in Manny Pacquiao.
– Sometimes the hardship of life. That’s when you have to be strong, he says to HBO.
The living legend got to his feet. And turned life on its head.
Come Backed
Pacquiao told how he had found God, and sold all their shares in casinos, nightclubs and bars. The profits he gave to the employees. He gave away all the 1,000 fighting cocks his friends. And he began to give away huge sums of money to the needy.
Manny Pacquiao is the lowest who played in the Philippine pro league in basketball.
Photo: NOEL CELIS / AFP
In 2013, Manny Pacquiao was the largest taxpayer in the Philippines, but it was still him populace turned to when tropical storm Sendong occurred in 2011. He gave away so much money that he is now being called the nation’s largest charitable organization.
36-year-old always goes around with a Bible, which apparently is full of pink notes and annotations.
– I’m just a simple man. The lifestyle min and my heart are the same as before. It will never change, he told AFP.
The new Manny Pacquiao took the step up from sports icon to a kind God.
He wrote so many autographs that he had to learn to use both left and right – so he could switch hands when he was exhausted. And when he began to win boxing matches, come claims that he would finish his career with the biggest battle of them all: against Floyd Mayweather.
Mayweather and Pacquaoi under weigh the big game. They meet on Saturday night.
Photo: AL BELLO / AFP
The ultimate battle
There was only one problem: Against Mayweather, the burly moneymaker that has never lost, he is the underdog. Especially since there are only two and a half years ago knockout that nearly killed him.
But Gods are losing not against ordinary people. So many Filipinos do not realize that Pacquiao may lose.
– It is our toughest match ever. The only way we can win is if Manny makes the perfect match, says coach Roach.
– Time catches up with all of us, and Manny is not as stable as he was before. But the work ethic is still there. He has not lost step, says Roach.
Perhaps the fight against Mayweather late for Pacquiao. Maybe he is too old, maybe it’s too tough to reach the top again after such a brutal knockout.
But if anyone can do the impossible, it’s him.
– When I was a little kid, I ate only one meal a day. I had to sometimes sleeping on the streets. I’ll never forget it. It inspires me. It inspires me to think of all those who live like that in this country. It inspires me to be strong, says Manny Pacquiao.
Manny Pacquiao trainer Match against Mayweather.
Photo: Harry How / AFP
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