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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