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By Mel Yiasemide in Drink, Events, Nightlife
Sunday, Dec. 28 2008 @ 4:31PM


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Boxing fans crowded into Downtown's J Lounge on Friday December 26 to celebrate boxer Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao's win over Oscar De La Hoya at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on December 6.

Filipino sports icon Pacquiao, who turned 30 on December 17, spent most of the event in an upstairs suite that only friends and boxing mafia were allowed to enter. He emerged later for a photo op in the J Lounge courtyard that had paparazzi and fans scrambling to get his picture. Also present were Pacquiao's longtime trainer Freddie Roach (who used to train De La Hoya), Pacquiao's very pregnant wife, Jinky Pacquiao, and Dean "Irish Lightning" Byrne, Pacquiao's sparring partner as he prepared for the De La Hoya match.

Seems like Pacquiao is a people lover with a good heart. After the photo op, the WBC Lightweight Champion waded into the crowd to meet his fans -- mostly young Filipinos -- even as they bore in on him from all sides. Pacquiao dedicated the proceeds from Friday's event to the Blue Diamond Foundation, established this year by activist T. L. Kittle to promote universal U.S. health care.

ByrnePacquiao.JPG The greatest boxer in the world: Manny Pacquiao and Dean "Irish Lightning" Byrne, behind the VIP curtain at J Lounge Friday.

 Kittle,Pacquiao.jpgThe boxer and the princess: Pacquiao, with Tara Leigh Kittle, donated all the proceeds from Friday's J Lounge party to Kittle's Blue Diamond Foundation.

Trainer Roach's summation of Pacquiao: "The greatest boxer in the world." Better than Casius? "Yes."

Says Byrne, a Light Welterweight with a 9-0 record who also trains with Roach: "Train hard, fight easy." Good advice, in and out of the ring.

Pacquiao/De La Hoya Dream Match:

Blue Diamond Foundation: Contact T. L. Kittle, (323) 843-4200.

Tags: Blue Diamond Foundation, Dean "Irish Lightning" Byrne, Freddie Roach, J Lounge, Las Vegas, Manny "PacMan" Pacquiao, MGM Grand, Oscar De La Hoya
9 comment(s) / Post a Comment
Vasil says:

yeah! you're really great manny...

Posted On: Monday, Dec. 29 2008 @ 3:46AM
ver says:

Congratulations Manny. May you received great blessings and good fortune in the year 2009.!!

Sincerely yours,

Ver Garcia
From the Philippines
email: vmgedit@yahoo.com.ph

Posted On: Monday, Dec. 29 2008 @ 4:10AM
ver says:

congratulations Manny. May you received great blessings and good fortune in the year 2009. sincerely yours, ver garcia from the philippines.

Posted On: Monday, Dec. 29 2008 @ 4:34AM
dan gurrea says:

manny,you're blessed by god's power.your destiny is to help those hungry kids in the philippines' cities. please continue to help them.don't forget your roots. god will be please and give you all the power you need in the ring.i know you know this.

Posted On: Monday, Dec. 29 2008 @ 6:36AM
john paul rossdal says:

i agree, manny is one of the greatest of all-time, perhaps even greater than muhammad ali... Remember ali was being asked to fight for the vietnam war but he refused.,. Compare that to manny as a person and as a citizen of his country manny is more than willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of respect, honor and that what makes him so successful at the same time respected by his people... Manny the "pacman" is really one of a kind and the Boxing World should be proud of him

john paul, horsham PA

Posted On: Monday, Dec. 29 2008 @ 4:17PM
sam gali says:

You are blessed only because you're glorifying God in all your fights, He promised He will lift you up if you lift up and glorify His name.

I always watch all you fights, we are all proud of you, don't change and don't forget to lift up God!!! you owe you're speed, skills and power to the Lord.

Posted On: Monday, Dec. 29 2008 @ 6:38PM
T. L. Kittle says:

I would like to thank everyone who came to the party--it was really a magical evening--I feel very fortunate that I had time to speak with Manny for a few moments, and I just want to let his fans know he talked very dearly about the Philippines, and the people who are suffering there--how God, boxing, and his quest to help his fellow man were all connected into one--

I feel very lucky to have met a man that carries such a passionate love for people all over the world---such compassion for those who are suffering everywhere--

We are all very blessed to have a man like Manny in our lives--a citizen of the world--a child of God--I know he's going to do many more beautiful things in his time on Earth--

Truly an exceptional human being---someone we can all admire and learn from---

Warmly,
T. L. Kittle

Posted On: Monday, Dec. 29 2008 @ 8:40PM
Bill Angresano says:

Looks like change is here! Manny Pacquiao has always been a great natural fighter, Freddie Roach and Manny have actually evolved and improved on his greatness. (more Boxing ability) But the real power and strength that Pacquiao has and derives is from his faith in God, that he gets from his strong Catholic beliefs. Keep going Manny in 2009!! Blessings.

Posted On: Tuesday, Dec. 30 2008 @ 8:48AM
bribon says:

congratulations to you manny,we, all FILIPINO ''PINOY" are very proud of you, we love....muaaaaaah

Posted On: Sunday, Aug. 2 2009 @ 1:31AM


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