Pacquiao, tinanggalan ng titulo ng WBA

ni Ronalyn Seminiano Reonico | January 30, 2021

Inalis na ng World Boxing Association (WBA) ang Welterweight “Super” Welterweight Champion title ni Manny Pacquiao matapos ideklarang “champion in recess” ang senador.

Pahayag ng WBA, "Filipino Manny Pacquiao has been named Champion in Recess by the World Boxing Association (WBA) in a resolution issued by the Championships Committee, while Cuban Yordenis Ugas was promoted to Welterweight Super Champion.

"Rule C.22-24 states that when a champion is unable to defend the belt for medical, legal or other reasons beyond his control, he may be named champion in recess."

Napanalunan ni Pacquiao ang "super" title noong July 2019 matapos pabagsakin si American Keith Thurman.

Samantala, todo-pasasalamat naman si Ugas sa naturang balita.

Aniya sa kanyang tweet, “Thank God, my agent, my team, family and fans today is a great day for me. Thanks to the WBA for raising me to Super Champion and doing what is best for Sport. “Manny Pacquiao is a legend and he will always be champion, his intention was Mcgregor and now Ryan, but you cannot... behind your history, hijack a championship. This gives fans a chance to see a great unification fight at 147 lbs.

"I don't want this position for easy fights. My team has my consent for my next fight to fight Pacquiao if he wants to show who he is the true WBA champion or another of the champions for a great unification fight.

“I am a warrior committed to his career and to his fans, who have fought and earned every penny and every opportunity. Thank you all and I can't wait to announce what's next. I am grateful and very excited.”

Aniya pa, “Pacquiao took Thurman belt off. He had the opportunity of him. He was not going to give me the opportunity, nor did he want unification. It's the difference. My next fight I want unification. Looks like I'll have the fight that I've been chasing for years. Do not hate me. Congrats me.”

Dobleng pensiyon sa Senior Citizens, inihirit ni Sen. Pacquiao

ni Ronalyn Seminiano Reonico | November 17, 2020

Isinusulong ni Senator Manny Pacquiao na doblehin ng Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) ang monthly pension ng mga senior citizens.

Aniya, "Paano naman makaka-support ang P500 na pension nila sa mga needs nila? Ang gusto ko nga sana, minimum, at least P1,000 para sa senior citizen dahil kawawa sila, eh."

Sang-ayon naman si Senator Imee Marcos sa nais ni Sen. Pacquiao.

Aniya, "Totoo, sobrang baba kasi. Ano naman ang magagawa mo sa P500 a month? Tapos ibibigay kada tatlong buwan, P1,500 din lang. Napakakaunti po.”

Sa ilalim ng Republic Act (RA) 9994 o ang Expanded Senior Citizens Act of 2010, ang mga may sakit at disability na walang pension mula sa ibang ahensiya ng gobyerno at wala ring permanenteng pagkakakitaan o souce ng financial assistance ay kuwalipikado upang makatanggap ng social pension mula sa DSWD sa pamamgitan ng Social Pension for Indigent Senior Citizens Program.

Pacman, malabo na ang laban ngayong 2020

ni Gerard Arce - @Sports | August 30, 2020

Hindi na umano lalaban pa sa kabuuan ng taon si eight-division World champion Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao dahil sa patuloy na pagtutok nito sa kanyang seryosong trabaho sa Senado.

Inihayag ni Hall of Fame boxing trainer Freddie Roach na maaring magbalik boxing ring ang fighting Senator anumang panahon sa 2021, ngunit wala pang kasiguruhan kung kailan nito maidedepensa ang kanyang World Boxing Association (WBA) [Super] welterweight title na kanyang nakuha noon pang Hulyo 20, 2019 laban kay Keith ‘One Time” Thurman mula sa isang split decision victory.

“He won’t fight this year,” pahayag ni Roach sa panayam ni Keith Idec ng BoxingScene.com. “But if this ever goes away – and I’m not sure it will because it’s getting worse and worse, not better and better – but I think Manny will fight once or twice more before he becomes the president of his country. And then he will retire.”

Mahigit sa isang taon ng hindi sumasabak sa boksing ang Fighting Senator buhat ng makuha nito ang 147-lbs na titulo kay Thurman sa MGM Grand Arena sa Las Vegas, Nevada. Dahil sa panalong nakuha ay maraming nagtangkang masusugid na manliligaw si Pacman para makadaupang-kamao at masubukan ang lakas at tikas nito sa ead na 41-anyos.

Ilan sa mga sumubok maghamon ay sina Terrence “Bud” Crawford, na patuloy ang pag-anyaya rito ng boss na si Bob Arum ng Top Rank; IBF/WBC champion Errol Spence Jr. na lalaban kay Danny Garcia sa Nobyembre 21 at multiple champion na si Mikey Garcia. Gayunpaman, sinabi ni Roach na wala sa mga ito ang napipisil na susunod na makalaban ng Filipino Boxing icon na si Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39KOs).

“He will fight again, I feel, and from when I’ve talked to him, he wants to fight once or twice more,” wika ni Roach. “But the thing is, it could be anywhere from the U.S. to Saudi Arabia, anywhere. They were talking about Mikey Garcia and I said, ‘Yeah, that’s the perfect fight for Manny.’ But I don’t think we’ll really know until this [pandemic] is over.”

Makailang beses na nagpahayag ang 88-anyos na boxing promoter na si Arum na itapat ang Pambansang Kamao sa bata nitong undefeated American boxer sa Nobyenbre 14, ngunit patuloy pa rin itong itinanggi ng kampo ni Pacquiao partikular n ani MP Promotions President at international matchmaker Sean Gibbons.

Tila napipisil na lamang ibangga sa Omaha, Nebraska-native na si Crawford (36-0, 27 KOs) si British boxer at dating IBF titlist Kell Brook (39-2, 27 KOs) sa naturang nabanggit na petsa.

Ang magwawagi naman sa 12-round title fight na salpukang Spence Jr at Garcia ay maaaring ibigay kay dating WBC champion Shawn ‘Showtime” Porter o kay Pacquiao sakaling maisip na nitong bumalik sa laban.

Subalit nananatiling prayoridad ni Pacquiao ang pagtulong sa pakikidigma sa coronavirus pandemic. “He told me that [the pandemic is] worse there than it is here,” saad ni Roach. “He can’t leave the house because he’s a senator, and his kids are all in the house. It’s just a bad time for maybe everybody at this point.”