It's a no-brainer when someone ask who is Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao. Even if boxing is not really the #1 sports in the Philippines but Pacman paved the way in putting the boxing realm in the highest pedestal. Whenever Pacman fights, almost all streets in the Philippines are empty. People from all walks of life eagerly watch his every fights.
Started his career in flyweight division and is now gunning for a title shot at Lightweight division, Pacman a.k.a Pacific storm or whirlind from the East is bound to create a boxing history where no Asian boxer has done so. Manny Pacquiao's quest to topple WBC lightweight champion David Diaz looks every bit like a homefield lock.
And if the Philippines are Pacquiao's birthplace and home, and Los Angeles is his training site, then Las Vegas has become "Pacman's" boxing backyard.
Just as Oscar De La Hoya's legion of fans will make the four-hour, Interstate 15 pilgrimage to Sin City to see their man in the ring, Pacquiao's devoted Filipino followers already are arriving by car and plane in anticipation of witnessing boxing history.
"To make history, to bring that kind of honor to my country and to my family, that means everything to me," said Pacquiao, 29, who is so insanely popular in the Philippines he can no longer train there without distraction, or walk the streets without a full security detail.
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