i’ve been following the euphoria over manny pacquiao’s win against de la hoya on tfc. un-effing-believable. i can’t remember the nation celebrating over other pinoy athlete’s triumphs this way before.

is it because boxing is one of the few “pang-masa” sport (another being billiards)? a sport that even the poor (or should that be especially the poor?) have a chance to excel in? isn’t that also why people say football is so popular in south america and africa — because you don’t need much equipment for training, no expensive gears and tools required to start?

if that’s the case, it’s no wonder not many appreciate bowler paeng nepomuceno, even though he holds 3 guinness world records. or those mountaineers who conquered mt everest– how many people remember their names now? will the philippines ever have Titleist golfers? will theirs be household names like pacquiao’s? will they also bring home 11 million dollars plus some 5 million dollars more in pay per view revenues?

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