Here’s another honor for Manny Pacquiao: he’s only the second Filipino to grace the cover of the prestigious Time Magazine since Corazon Aquino (who was named the magazine’s “Woman of the Year” in 1986) and only the tenth boxer since Mike Tyson in 1989.
Wow, that was a long time ago!
Manny Pacquiao joins boxing greats Joe Louis, Max Schmeling, Sugar Ray Robinson, Joe Frazier, Cassius Clay aka Muhammad Ali, Jack Dempsey, Primo Carnerra, Gene Tunney and Mike Tyson. He is the only non-heavyweight boxer in the list aside from middleweight Robinson.
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Time Magazine has already released the finalists for its annual list of 100 Most Influential People in the World. For this year’s list, 202 people (sometimes pairs or groups) are included in the online voting.
The Philippines’ very own Manny Pacquiao is included in the elite list. He is also the only boxer. Pacman’s inclusion in the list of finalists is ALREADY a great source of pride for us Filipinos but if he can make it to the Top 100, then that’s all the more reason that we’ll feel great honor. NO Filipino has ever been named to that list!
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