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.