STOP THAT PACMAN HYPE!

[shoeless_rebel]

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i rest my case! "pacman" should be ur national hero!

[Velvet]

@franklin: si pacman ra diay imohang nailhan nga pwede natong ikapanghambog? here's a portion of what my friend wrote for their school editorial..


"Precious Lara Quigaman, Miss International 2005; Dr. Jossette Talamera-Biyo, 2002 Intel Excellence in Teaching Award winner; Manny Pacqiuao, World Boxing Champion; Jed Madela and Rizza Navales, 2005 World Champions of the Performing Arts in Hollywood; Patricia Evangelista, 2004 Best Public Speaker in London and Leah Salonga-Chien, International Star.

Those are just a few and the list goes on and on, making your heart swell with pride."


daghan pa na. but i told him nga kuhaan kay basin taas na kaayo for an editorial. if i knew pa lamang nga someone out there might need to see the list, i would've told him not to change anything. peace.

[DexterTexter]

Although he has done the country proud, by no stretch should "Pacman" be branded a "National Hero." "Pambansang Kamao" is fine, but not "National Hero."

Although he is being tagged a world champion by many of our countrymen, his victory against that Mexican heartthrob, Morales, was not a title bout at all. No World Title Belt was ever wagered in that event. No wrold championship title was ever won by Pacquiao by that sensational victory.

But even so, Pacman has proven to the world that the Philippines can make it to the top of the list other than the "Poorest Countries List" or the "Most Corrupt Government List." While, admittedly, making it to the top of a sports list cannot be considered a veritable source of national pride, it has for very human reasons been a great inspiration for many of our folks.

[shoeless_rebel]

Although he has done the country proud, by no stretch should "Pacman" be branded a "National Hero." "Pambansang Kamao" is fine, but not "National Hero."

Although he is being tagged a world champion by many of our countrymen, his victory against that Mexican heartthrob, Morales, was not a title bout at all. No World Title Belt was ever wagered in that event. No wrold championship title was ever won by Pacquiao by that sensational victory.

But even so, Pacman has proven to the world that the Philippines can make it to the top of the list other than the "Poorest Countries List" or the "Most Corrupt Government List." While, admittedly, making it to the top of a sports list cannot be considered a veritable source of national pride, it has for very human reasons been a great inspiration for many of our folks.

ditto

[iloveyou4ever]

there are more to come... stop this pacman hype na pls. its anoying na.

[franklin]

"Precious Lara Quigaman, Miss International 2005; Dr. Jossette Talamera-Biyo, 2002 Intel Excellence in Teaching Award winner; Jed Madela and Rizza Navales, 2005 World Champions of the Performing Arts in Hollywood; Patricia Evangelista, 2004 Best Public Speaker in London and Leah Salonga-Chien, International Star.

Btaw naa ni cla good achievements unya made our country proud but if you compare them with pacman, layo ra kaayo ni sila. If mu ad2 ka sa us, i doubt if naay nakaila aning mga pips gawas sa mga pinoy. Pero si pacman even mga holly wood actors, most sports writers, michael jordan, mike tyson, muhammad ali(considered by many nga the greatest champ of all time) salute pacman samot na ang mga mexicano. Mas sikat pa gani si pacman kay ni arroyo did2 sa gawas

Although he has done the country proud, by no stretch should "Pacman" be branded a "National Hero." "Pambansang Kamao" is fine, but not "National Hero."
i agree with you, naa na man si idol rizal

[eelssej_]

hehehe...

filipinos are fond of idolizing people... mapa-artista, or athlete...

dili lang siguro ta magpalabi..

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[la_gnostic]

Manny Pacquiao, Pambansang Kamao or National Hero? pagka-OVER and OA gyud!

Look at the honors these Filipinos brought to our country and compare them to Pacman's accomplishments.

Boxer Gabriel "Flash" Elorde
- declared by WBC "the greatest world jjunior lightweight boxing champion in WBC history"
- held his world title for (7) seven years, making him the longest reigning world junior lightweight champion ever;
- inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame
- inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame

Boxer Pancho Villa
considered the greatest flyweight of the century
for becoming Asia's first world champion in boxing;
and for being inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame
and International Boxing Hall of Fame

Boxer Ben Villaflor
- world junior lightweight champion at the age of 18 years old
-held the world title for (5) years from 1972 to 1976

Chess player Eugene Torre
- Asia's first grandmaster in 1974; and for stirring the Philippine team that placed 7th at the 1988 Greece Olympiad

Boxer Luisito Epinosa
- held two different world-boxing titles: the World Boxing Council (WBC) featherweight crown and the World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight belt; and one of the longest reigning Filipino world champion

Bowler Rafael "Paeng" Nepomuceno
- awarded the "Greatest Filipino Athlete of All Time"
"Athlete of the Century" and "International Bowling Athlete of the Millennium"
- recipient of the prestigious International Olympic Committee (IOC) President's Trophy for winning over 100 tournaments, including four World Cups and two other prestigious international titles; for winning an Asiad gold medal

Billiard player Efren "Bata" Reyes
- declared as the best billiard player of all time; for winning the World 8-Ball championship five times
- won the 1999 World 9-Ball title
- won over 100 international tournaments

Golfer Dorothy Delasin
- won three world championships: the 2000 LPGA Giant Eagle Classic when she was only 19,
- won the 2001 LPGA Giant Eagle Classic
-won the Samsung World Championship and chosen the Rookie of the Year in 2000
- chosen the Amateur Golfer of the Year in 1998
- won the US Women's Amateur Championship, California Women's Championship, the US Girls Championship and the Junior World Cup;

Tennis player Felicisimo Ampon, for winning the Davis Cup singles championship in 1937, the singles title in the Pan-American championship in Mexico City in 1950, the Wimbledon Plate championship in 1953; and for being considered the best tennis player in the world, pound for pound

High jumper Simeon Toribio, for winning a bronze medal at the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics; for winning gold medals in many Far Eastern Games; and for being considered the "Filipino Field Athlete of the Half Century" and "Asia's Best Athlete"

Bowler Bong Coo, for winning the 1979 World Cup and FIQ World Championship; for clinching five gold medals at the Asian Games; and for collecting over 100 national and international awards

Bowler Arianne Cerdena
- winner of Olympic gold medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympics

Shooter Jethro "the Jet" Dionisio, for being considered the world's fastest shooter and for being a (6) six-time world champion in pistol shooting

Billiard player Francisco "Django" Bustamante, for being declared the world's number 1 billiard player in 1998; for winning an Asiad gold medal in 2002; for bagging the World Pool Masters Championship twice; for winning several other international tournaments

15. Boxer Ceferino Garcia, for being the heaviest Filipino boxer who became a world champion when he knocked out world middleweight champion Fred Apostoli in New York in 1939; and for being inducted into the Ring Magazine Hall of Fame and into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 1981

[franklin]

la_gnostic, sure ka anang imong gipang post? si flash elorde greatest world junior lightweight? I think all the data you have posted are overhyped. see flash elorde's record http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=12678
Most of elorde's wins were for the opbf title not the wbc. He was beaten twice by that time's current wbc title holder carlos ortiz and most of his wins were held here in the philippines and most by decision. Villaflor held the wba belt pero but wbc is considered superior to it.

Bowler Arianne Cerdena
- winner of Olympic gold medal in the 1988 Seoul Olympics. sure ka naka gold nata sa olympics?? mura silver og bronze ra ta kutob. sa asian games siguro.

Daku nig na achieve ang imong gi pang post pero i doubt if true ni tanan. pero bisan sa ila mga achievements, dili gihapon sila maka labaw ni pacman kay wala pay asian nga naka main event sa pay per view sa us. Unya what is extra ordinary with pacman is that he beat legends. Legends dili basta basta nga fighters. I dont think maka lupig ni si elorde ni barrera og morales nga surely future hall of famers and the greatest featherweights of all time. If you compare the quality of their opposition, layo ra kaayo sa quality sa nakontra ni pacman. Si pacman kay naa sa elite pero si elorde kay class c fighter ra. Elorde is a good boxer but pacman is a great boxer. Ang fame ni pacman is even greater kaysa tanang belt sa featherweight division. That's why no titles are needed sa fight nila morales og pacman because they dont need them, they are greater than the titles. If you look at barrera's record, he vacates his belts when he was a champ at superbantam and featherweight because he is considered the people's champ of the ring magazine which is greater than all belts combined.

[la_gnostic]

sure ka anang imong gipang post?

re: elorde. sure ko. basaha tarong ang imog gi-google.
re: arianne cerdena. sure gihapon ko

dili gihapon sila maka labaw ni pacman kay wala pay asian nga naka main event sa pay per view sa us.

aw kung sa pangwarta pagka-boksingero, wala makalabaw ni Pacquio sa mga Pinoy.

Unya what is extra ordinary with pacman is that he beat legends.

unsay legend gud, mga maayo ni sila boxers pero wala ma-legend.

I dont think maka lupig ni si elorde ni barrera og morales nga surely future hall of famers and the greatest featherweights of all time.

imo lang nang pangagpas. si elorde and Pancho Villa nahipatik na gyud sa record nga international hall of famers.

If you compare the quality of their opposition, layo ra kaayo sa quality sa nakontra ni pacman. Si pacman kay naa sa elite pero si elorde kay class c fighter ra. Elorde is a good boxer but pacman is a great boxer.

kung ikaw pasultihon. pero dili man ka prestigious international boxing organization nga maoy nihatag sa honors.

gibasehan ang Ang fame ni pacman is even greater kaysa tanang belt sa featherweight division. That's why no titles are needed sa fight nila morales og pacman because they dont need them, they are greater than the titles.

diin man ka ana nga opinyon? kataw-an ka ana sa boxing community.

If you look at barrera's record, he vacates his belts when he was a champ at superbantam and featherweight because he is considered the people's champ of the ring magazine which is greater than all belts combined.

sure ka ang hinungdan sa iyang pag-vacate mao ang pagkapili niya sa "people's champ" sa ring magazine?