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Happy Birthday, America!

By Emmanuel Rivera, RRT
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 05 Jul 2019




Happy Birthday, America this 4th of July 2019!!!

Philippine Senator and WBA world welterweight Champion Emmanuel ?Manny? Pacquiao shares a light moment at the Wild Card boxing gym in Hollywood, California.

Filipino and American fight fans, surely, appreciate his efforts in singing the national anthem of the United States of America.

?I will legally light firecrackers tonight and celebrate with friends and family. However, I am reserving the fireworks for July 20th against Keith Thurman in Las Vegas,? the good Senator from the Philippines intimated with a handful of friends and reporters at Freddie Roach?s gym.



Photo and video courtesy of Mr. Robert Lyons of Starflite.com by way of PhilBoxing.com.

Saturday, July 20 (9:00 PM ET), boxing?s only eight-division world champion, Philippine Senator and regular WBA welterweight champion Pacquiao (60-7-2, 39 KOs) returns to face undefeated Super WBA Welterweight Champion Thurman (29-0, 22 KOs) in a powerhouse 147-pound showdown live on Premier Boxing Champions on FOX Sports Pay-Per-View event at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas.


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