The Philippine rags to riches story of Pacquiao, who came from a broken family in poverty to become the first man to win world titles in eight divisions, and was then elected deputy, inspires a nation.
His fights in America has made him millions and the Philippines regularly to halt his countrymen to stop work and drove to the big screen across the country to support him. His guaranteed purse for his fight on June 9 against the undefeated American Timothy Bradley is $ 25 million, according to media reports, with more expected from the television money that is counted after the fight. In 2009, the government statistics agency said 27 percent of Filipinos live below the poverty line, which leads to many young fighters and pushy parents for unpaid amateur game to avoid, where these skills are honed and the lessons learned, the Chase the wealth commands Pacquiao in Las Vegas. “The latest edition of our team, he had just turned pro, (he) has done a very good amateur fighter, because he is tall and has a large range,” Piñol said. “But he wants to turn pro and his parents want him to turn pro.”
But the path to greatness is a long hard road with no shortcuts. While promising talent may have the power punching 33-year-old “PacMan” Not everyone can rely on his boxing skills. Piñol in Singapore is one of his fighters, Lorenzo Villanueva, in an attempt to fill the vacant IBO featherweight title in a battle with Indonesian Daud Yordan win. Villanueva, quiet, shy, but very powerful puncher, knocked out his opponent within 20 seconds of the first round of his fight. But his lack of experience showed and he was knocked out in the second after swinging aimlessly for a final touch. For the slight 26-year-old Villanueva, whose father was murdered when he was a boy and his mother left shortly after leaving him to his brothers and sisters to increase dream of accumulating enough money for her brother to send to college is delayed by defeat in Singapore.”Lorenzo is a product of a grass roots program where I started boxing in 1998 when I was governor,” Piñol said. “I formed a team, built a ring, some gloves, went from one village to another and asked the boy interested in boxing ring to go for the measly price of 100 pesos and 50 pesos for victories for the lost. “The story of Lorenzo, the story of how he was attracted to boxing like many other men in the Philippines born in poverty. This is a story of poor people hoping to quickly endless poverty to get they can not and fastest way is through boxing. “This is not the only way, but if your talent, strength and inspired by Manny Pacquiao immediately to open the sport since the legendary story of Manny Pacquiao have – (but) not everyone can be Manny Pacquiao.” Piñol Villanueva acknowledged the lack of technical skills, and her poor background forced him into the professional ranks early, but he hopes to send two fighters from his camp on the Rio 2016 Games. He wants his school, where three of his 40 fighters challenge for the title of the world, built around the country in a bid to the talents of the next generation, to strengthen that elusive gold medal.
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