The Power Of Pacquiao

[XaduBoxer]

When it comes to star power, no fighter can compete with Manny Pacquiao. Every single thing that this guy does makes news, and quite a bit that he doesn’t do as well. He’s good copy in any language.

I can’t think of a single athlete in any sport that can command the type of attention that Pacquiao receives world wide, not in team sports, not golf, not tennis, and not boxing. David Beckham probably comes closest.

For example, pound for pound best Floyd Mayweather Jr., with the help of a great publicity machine has participated in “Dancing with the Stars,” “Wrestlemania XXIV,” and will wave the green flag at the Indy 500. He’s also had his share of negative press for “making it rain” in strip clubs, his family squabbles, and his occasional outrageous statements in hyping a fight. But even Floyd is not in Manny’s league as an international star.

Much has been made about Pacquiao’s superstar status in the Philippines, where he is treated as a god, but it doesn’t just end there in the Pacific. The boxing sites all know it. A story about Pacquiao missing a plane will draw more readers than a heavyweight title bout. Mayweather’s stories don’t even come close.




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[:::PSL:::]

If Floyd has some negative press about him,.. and so does Manny.

[cpcompany]

Get real folks. Manny isnt in the same league as Beckham when it comes to fame.

[XaduBoxer]

Get real folks. Manny isnt in the same league as Beckham when it comes to fame.

tell that to the author of the article or to 15rounds.com ...

[cpcompany]

Get real folks. Manny isnt in the same league as Beckham when it comes to fame.

tell that to the author of the article or to 15rounds.com ...

He can write what he likes, he is still spouting nonsense if he thinks Manny is the worlds most famous sports star.

Unlike Beckham, Ive yet to see Manny on national news in England or Japan (Where I live now). Never seen him on a talk show, never seen him advertising any Multinational brands, never seen his photo splattered all over department stores and fashion shops.

This isnt to suggest that I dont like Manny or that he isnt popular, the author is simply getting carried away.

[C-Lo]

It also attributes to the type of life he lives.

Mayweather is trying to become a mainstream name by doing the things he's been doing. Cotto could be just as big, but he only becomes news when he's about to fight because he probably lives a normal life. Hatton is the same way. HUGE in England, but the most excitement out of boxing you get out of him is his liking to beer and food. I could name more fighters but all-in-all everyone leads pretty normal lives outside the ring.

Pacquiao on the other hand does movies, goes clubbing, makes music, delays training and appearances, supposedly cheats on his wife, etc. There's a lot of room for error with his lifstyle considering he's a boxer. Look at Tyson! He lived a crazy life outside of boxing and that's why he was always on the spotlight.

It's basically just easy to write stuff about Manny because there's so much excitement with him in the ring AND outside of it.

[XaduBoxer]

Get real folks. Manny isnt in the same league as Beckham when it comes to fame.

tell that to the author of the article or to 15rounds.com ...

He can write what he likes, he is still spouting nonsense if he thinks Manny is the worlds most famous sports star.

Unlike Beckham, Ive yet to see Manny on national news in England or Japan (Where I live now). Never seen him on a talk show, never seen him advertising any Multinational brands, never seen his photo splattered all over department stores and fashion shops.

This isnt to suggest that I dont like Manny or that he isnt popular, the author is simply getting carried away.

Probably... Michael Swann (the author) is a Pacquiao nuthugger?

Regarding major multinational brand advertisement, Pacquiao has a Nike commercial with Kobe Bryant, Cristiano Ronaldo, Roger Federer, Maria Sharapova, and Xiang Liu.

That's a very good company of several sports superstars. Xiang Liu is the only one I'm not familiar with...

Here's that Nike commercial:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9nCPbbngmI

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[Dizaster]

I think Pac is a great guy all 'round.. Great for boxing.. Great for sport in general.. His work ethic is sensational, he has trained his skills very very hard.
I'm sure he is huge in his home country though, as they don't have any big sportsmen..

Same sort of thing with Australia. If we have an international star, it really grabs the attention and support from every sport fan..
I don't think he is the worlds biggest sportsman though.. In some circles he is very very well known.. But I can gaurantee you I can go into my workplace tomorrow, ask the 100 odd staff that work there, and I doubt even 5 of them would have even heard his name before..

Mike Tyson, Ali, even Lennox Lewis are more household names than Manny..

If he's doing Nike commercials i'm sure he will be a little more well known, and I think he deserves all the success and money that he has coming to him.

But I don't think the author has much perspective on real time reality if he think that Manny is, or will be the worlds most well known sports star.

[brucelee]

Ehhh, what can I say? My boy has gone big and it will be a matter of time when when he will truly become a household name all over the world..... maybe if he will be able to TKO Diaz in round 1 and TKO Hatton in round 2. hehehe.

Anyway, there's also a chance that he might be forgotten immediately if Diaz TKO him.

[Howlin Mad Missy]

mannymannymannymyarse.

I am neg repping saddoboxer for another dumb thread

[Taeth]

I still say Oscar has larger star power, simply because of numbers... there are so many latino americans that follow him that it probably is a greater number than there are phillipinos in the world.

[XaduBoxer]

mannymannymannymyarse.

I am neg repping saddoboxer for another dumb thread

So you're shooting the messenger... Shoot the author of this article... I'm just presenting his opinion about PAC here...

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[XaduBoxer]

I think Pac is a great guy all 'round.. Great for boxing.. Great for sport in general.. His work ethic is sensational, he has trained his skills very very hard.
I'm sure he is huge in his home country though, as they don't have any big sportsmen..

Same sort of thing with Australia. If we have an international star, it really grabs the attention and support from every sport fan..
I don't think he is the worlds biggest sportsman though.. In some circles he is very very well known.. But I can gaurantee you I can go into my workplace tomorrow, ask the 100 odd staff that work there, and I doubt even 5 of them would have even heard his name before..

Mike Tyson, Ali, even Lennox Lewis are more household names than Manny..

If he's doing Nike commercials i'm sure he will be a little more well known, and I think he deserves all the success and money that he has coming to him.

But I don't think the author has much perspective on real time reality if he think that Manny is, or will be the worlds most well known sports star.

I hope one day Pacquiao can visit Australia... There's a considerable Filipino population in OZ more particularly in the cities of Sydney, Melbourne, Perth and many other...

[:::PSL:::]

The author is a little bit bias. Obviously he's pac fan and a PBF disliker. He just destroyed his credibility as a writter in that article of his.

[killersheep]

I can only speak for my area where I live and who I hang out with, but

Commonly spoken names are: ODLH, Kobe, Shaq, A-Rod, Beckham, Henry.

When I bring up Pacquiao to the average Joe I hang out with the ask 3 or 4 times how to pronounce it and then ask if he's any good. I am sure in the Phillipines and anyone worldwide that follows boxing even casually or occasionally would know him, I haven't met that many people that know who he is. Where I live though boxing is not very popular anymore.

I do however find it funny that someone would write an article that says basically "PAC is popular" not exactly investigative journalism, kinda one of those things that goes without saying if it's true.