In Defense For The Filipino

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Happy New Year Saddoboxing members.

I do not want to make this very long so I will just enumerate a lot of the generalization and false belief that has been going around here for the Filipinos with regards to Manny.

1.) Manny is not treated as God Almighty here in the Philippines - HBO is responsible for this. They make their documentaries so dramatic in 24/7 that the western world is foolish enough to believe. Sells tickets though. Our own media do not worship pac, he has been critisize for gambling, womanizing and embracing politicians.

2.) Are the Filipinos casual boxing fans? Yes and No. Basketball is the most popular sport here in the Philippines as opposed to pool and boxing where Filipinos excel. But we do have an active boxing history straight from the 50's locally and internationally. But ask a young boy what sport he would like to play professionally, the answer 6/10 times will be basketball. Do we know boxing? Of course we do. Do we know basketball? We live it.

3.) Why are we so passionate about Manny? Because he brings joy every now and then to a 3rd world nation where very little positive things are happening. And because he is a Filipino, he is FAMILY. We are a nation filled with a sense of FAMILY and we protect our own maybe blindy sometimes but you have to agree, it's quite nice that a whole nation gets together to watch a boxing fight.

4.) Manny is regarded as a boxer not anything else.
Politician- He lost the first time and will still lose this coming elections.
Actor - Please? I have not seen any of his films, and they do flop.
Singer - OMG.
Humanitarian - Yes he does help, but he is also active in cockfighting which I totally hate.

5.) Our media on Manny - They are fair but cautios. One thing I can say about our media is that they are more concerned with the truth rather than hyping a fight.

6.) I hate Violent Demise - he is a racist pig.

Basketball players? You guys don't have the required height.

Concentrate more on boxing, you guys have a pretty good history with Flash Elorde, Ceferino Garcia, Pancho Villa, and now Manny Pac.

Violent Demise isn't racist. He's more than likely fed up with the idiot Pac fans whom most are Filipinos that talks trash, he's just trying to rile some people up.

BTW, being an humanitarian and engaging in cock fighting is no big deal. Hell boxing is human cockfighting. Most people don't have a problem with boxing or MMA.

I agree with titleist, General...pretty ignorant to say "don't play basketball, you don't have the height"

Basketball is the 2nd most popular sport where I'm from too in Turkey..I don't think we're particularly a tall nation on average...same as the Greeks who also love basketball.

Titleist, VD ain't a racist, he's just winding you up with that shit lol - He backed me when an old poster told me to "fuck off back to your own country". He's kool, he jus don't want no1 to know it

Also, a teeny part of me understands sometimes where the filipino Pacfans are coming from...I used to HATE David Haye with a passion but since I found out how much he adores the country where my family are from, North Cyprus, and wears our colours on his trunks, I can't help but root for him and wish him well.

North Cyprus is a very misunderstood place and isn't even recognised as a place that exists in the world. Turkey is thought to have "invaded" it and turks are now "illegally" occupying the area...like they were never there in the first place...

Put it this way, if Turkey didn't "invade" - my mother, grandmother, grandfather and all of my uncles and aunts would have been killed before I was ever born. I despise the way the Cyprus problem is covered up..It was pretty much an intended holocaust.

Anyway, enough history lesson! Just a point about understanding why Filipino's get so defensive. Turks are exactly the same..very patriotic and proud of anything and everything they do well.

But at the same time, I can also have a laugh and be honest about the faults and personality traits of most of my culture.

Some can...some can't...either way, what can you do!