Manny Page #3

...this is for all of us."

l asked, are you boxing

there in Manila?

"Oh, we're here in Malabon mom...

...we live here at the gym."

MANNY:
I didn't have any relatives

to live with in Manila.

So I slept in the ring at night.

I wanted to become

a professional boxer.

So, I went to sign up

for a boxing license.

They told me that the required age

is 1 8 but I was only 1 6.

So, I lied and told them

I was 1 8 years old.

At that time, I weighed 98 pounds

which was 10 pounds

under the minimum weight.

So, in order to make weight,

I put heavy objects in my pockets

to make me heavier.

COMMENTATOR:
Pacquiao, very impressive

young fighter.

RONNlE:
At the beginning,

he had no finesse.

He threw punches from way out,

from the left and from the right.

He'd just go...

He'd just go forward,

attacking without any rhyme

or reason, or style, or finesse.

COMMENTATOR 1 :
Pacquiao

with a good combination.

A little bit of trouble there.

And look at Manny Pacquiao

trying to psych out Armando Rocil.

RONNIE:
But in any case, Manny had

a passion for boxing.

He saw it as a way of improving

the quality of life for his family.

NARRATOR 1:
Pacquiao nails him with

a long looping right.

And another left.

They're really slamming it out

but Rocil is getting

a bad beating from Pacquiao here.

The crowd is roaring on its feet.

COMMENTATOR 2:
Rocil is slowly

getting up, no...

He has been counted out.

RONNlE:
His opponents were,

very often, much bigger.

They looked much bigger than him.

Every time he entered the ring,

then I get scared.

"Can he do this?

Can he handle this guy?"

And, he did.

Amazingly, he did.

ANNOUNCER:
Manny Pacquiao.

Threw his body with a right

and hurt him.

COMMENTATOR:
And that's why

Pacquiao is leaning against the ropes.

Pacquiao on the defensive.

[EXCLAlMlNG EXClTEDLY] Beautiful...

ANNOUNCER:
Manny Pacquiao...

COMMENTATOR 1 :
All out aggression

coming here from

the 19-year-old boy...

COMMENTATOR 2:
Good move

by Manny Pacquiao...

He's looking for a coup de grce.

[COMMENTATORS CHATTERlNG lNDlSTlNCTLY]

[CROWD CHEERlNG]

Holy cow, that's it! That's it!

[COMMENTATORS SHOUTlNG]

COMMENTATOR:
Pacquiao

is the World Champion!

The jubilant cheers

of the Filipino crowd.

ANNOUNCER:
The new OPBF Champion!

[MANNY SPEAKlNG FlLlPlNO]

I want to greet my fellow men

in General Santos City.

I wish you all well.

I know that you miss me.

I already won here.

l thank you for your support

and your prayers.

Because of you, l won by knockout.

Thanks to all of you who supported me.

Especially, my mom and

my girlfriend, Jinkee Jamora.

My mom, my dad, my siblings,

all my loved ones.

To all my fans,

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