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91-YEAR-OLD LAURA ELORDE SENDS BEST WISHES TO MANNY PACQUIAO (VIDEO)

PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 20 Jul 2019


Laura Elorde.
The matriarch of Philippine boxing, the widow of Philippine boxing great Gabriel 'Flash' Elorde, sends her best wishes to Manny Pacquiao on the eve of Pacquiao's fight against the undefeated Keith Thurman of the United States for their WBA super world welterweight championship Saturday night (Sunday in Manila) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Laura Elorde, 91, who has been confined at the Asian Hospital Medical Center in Manila the last couple of days, tells Pacquiao in Pilipino, ?Manny, you are loved your countrymen and they expect the honor that you bring to the country. I hope that the fight would be easy... Watch the video below...





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