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    Manny Pacquiao Case

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    Mayweather Jr., British fighter Amir Khan wants to fight Manny Pacquiao because he sees the Filipino boxing champion as the key for him to snatch Mayweather's pound-for-pound spot. Sporting News reported that the 28-year-old fighter said: Khan, who had long wanted to fight Floyd Mayweather Jr., has been very disappointed when Mayweather chose to fight someone else for his 49th and final match on September 12. He feels that next to Pacquiao, he's the one who brings so much attention to the table

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    Manny Pacquiao History

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    Manny Pacquiao came back to the ring to score a consistent choice over champion Jessie Vargas to guarantee the WBO welterweight title in Las Vegas. Previous eight-division title holder Pacquiao, 37, had reported his retirement in the wake of beating Timothy Bradley in April. The judges scored the session 114-113, 118-109 and 118-109 for the veteran Filipino. His previous world title equal Floyd Mayweather Jr had a ringside situate. "Not terrible," Mayweather said, offering Pacquiao a go-ahead

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    Filipino’s most loved boxer, Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, continues to be Philippines’ source of pride and inspiration. His life is an example that heroes are made, not born. How he pursue his boxing career since year 1995 to present despite of the challenges he faced especially while he was starting his boxing career. Pacquiao is the first and only eight-division world champion, aside for his boxing career lets get to know some interesting facts about him and how he is able to be the great

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    The beam of light that reflects on him gives more of a vivid image of the religious resemblance. This simile can symbolize Pacquiao as a savior to his fans giving them a promise of saving all hope of his fans that want him to be victorious. “Give Us This Day”, is the quote in the advertisement and it is also an excerpt from the Lord’s prayer, which gives us the fact that Pacquiao is religious.  Underneath the “Give Us This Day”, it shows the date “12.06.08”. This date embodies the day of the fight against

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    For the people who know me know that I that I am a diehard baseball fan, basketball fan, and football fan. However, one of my favorite sports to watch is boxing. I started to enjoy the sport of boxing after I saw the first Rocky movie. The Rocky movie was my first introduction to the sport of boxing. Even though Rocky is the fictional character he is one of the most iconic boxing figures in the sport. Sure, there are boxing legends like Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson, Floyd Mayweather, and Oscar de la

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    Moreover, companies use famous sports athletes in every race in advertisements, so that the product is targeted for everyone. According to Howong, “Researchers have consistently provided empirical evidence showing that consumers tend to be attracted to advertisements featuring a spokesperson from their own racial group” (Jeong 1). If the audience sees their famous sport athletes that have the same race as the audience then the audience will be interested in the product. The companies strategies is

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    “You hear certain things, negative things, all the time that aren 't true, but you never hear about the positive,” This quote resembles Floyd Mayweather 's life. His family really loves the sport of boxing, and Mayweather loved being in the gym with the gloves on his hands. The life of crime started to take over for Mayweather 's parents. Mayweather’s talent inside the ring was amazing, and a great is what Mayweather turned into he shined in the ring. Mayweather proves to be one of the greatest with

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    Pacquaio's Motivations

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    may be his motivation, he is also fueld by ego and the desire to be the best. Pacquaio seems to have lost that. He talks about relying on his salary as a public official, this is a man that's estimated net worth is around $250 million dollars. Maybe Manny should encourage his family, his wife's family and those running to him for money to get a job. He appears to have made a significant amount of money in his lifetime, why he is scraping by is no one's fault but his own. What about the fans? The last

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    I was born on a cool winter night in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Before my boxing career started, I was just another kid trying to find his vocation. Boxing was a big thing in my family. My dad, my uncles, even my grandfather were all boxer. So, our family had a long legacy of fighting which was the cause of my father's quick temper. Every night I’d stare at the American flag that hung across my ceiling and think to myself, “I need to be great. Considering my situation, boxing is the only way out of

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    seemingly unattainable feat. The legendary creation was first sparked while watching the much hyped Manny Pacquiao vs Floyd Mayweather fight in my basement with some friends . As their match went on, I said "imagine if we had a fight night for Prep kids." The initial reaction was as if I just dropped an atomic bomb. It blew them away and came off as such a ludicrous, yet magnificent idea. Pacquiao and Mayweather 's disappointing fight droned on for 12 rounds with minimal action, so we

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