CANCER-STRICKEN PACQUIAO FAN SHOWS VAST IMPROVEMENT
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Wed, 02 Jul 2008
The 78 year old cancer-stricken Filipino Placido Dosdos who fulfilled his cherished dream of meeting his idol Manny Pacquiao during the Chicago pep rally held to promote the "Lethal Combination" showdown between Pacquiao and then WBC lightweight champion David Diaz says he is recovering fast since he met Pacquiao who embraced him and had photos taken.
The daughter of Dosdos informed Viva Sports special correspondent Romy Sajer of the Philippine Weekly who lives in Chicago and helped arrange the meeting with Pacquiao, "I have noticed a vast improvement in my Dad'as mental and physicial health since the pep rally."
Gigi Dosdos Jardine reported that her father was "more alert, walks more and doesn't use a cane anymore and is now doing a lot of ballroom dancing" at the Chicago Department of Aging. She stressed that although living in the US they were "very proud of our Filipino heritage."
Placido Dosdos himself said that he was "so excited watching the fight with my daughter but she had to go to work and I was left alone. I am very happy and proud of my idol who showed the world we are experts in boxing."
He said "before the fight I prayed for his victory because you know prayer is the most powerful weapon."
Dosdos said that when Pacquiao knocked out Diaz "I shouted as if I had no illness."
The former Customs official who migrated to the US years ago disclosed that since he met Pacquiao at the Federal Plaza pep rally "my health is fast improving everyday." Dosdos said that when he went to the Stroger Hospital for a check-up of the progress of his chemotherapy and his lungs, heart, blood pressure and urine were checked "everything was alright."
He attributed this to "the contributory factor of my idol Pacman and prayer."
Click here to view a list of other articles written by Ronnie Nathanielsz.
Recent PhilBoxing.com In-House articles:
Smarts over power
By Joaquin Henson, Tue, 16 Sep 2025HALL OF FAME FLIES FLAGS AT HALF-STAFF FOR TWO-DIVISION CHAMPION RICKY HATTON
Tue, 16 Sep 2025Kazakhstan tops the medal table at the inaugural World Boxing Championships 2025 thanks to victory in the final bout of the competition
Tue, 16 Sep 2025THRILLA IN MANILA GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY 13: JOE FRAZIER’S HUMBLE BEGINNINGS AS AN AMATEUR FIGHTER
By Maloney L. Samaco, Mon, 15 Sep 2025A New King, A New Challenger: Turki Alalshikh Proposes Crawford-Benavidez While Canelo Alvarez Faces Defeat with Humility
By Dong Secuya, Mon, 15 Sep 2025Highly Questionable Title Eliminator
By Teodoro Medina Reynoso, Mon, 15 Sep 2025Yoseline Perez Earns Silver Medal at Inaugural World Boxing Championships
Mon, 15 Sep 202521-year-old Filipino wins at Germany rapid chess tournament
By Marlon Bernardino, Mon, 15 Sep 2025Nagoya Nightmare: Naoya Inoue Notches One-Sided Decision over Murodjon Akhmadaliev
Mon, 15 Sep 2025Inoue’s Philippine Connection: Which Pinoy Super Bantamweight Could Challenge “The Monster?”
By Carlos Costa, Mon, 15 Sep 2025Yoseline Perez Advances to the Finals at the World Boxing Championships Perez Set to Face Chinese Taipei’s Hsiao-Wen Huang for 54-Kilogram World Title
Mon, 15 Sep 2025Canelo Gets Outboxed, Loses Undisputed Title to Crawford
By Carlos Costa, Sun, 14 Sep 2025A Masterpiece of Boxing: Terence Crawford Dethrones Canelo Alvarez in Historic Showdown
By Dong Secuya, Sun, 14 Sep 2025LEWIS CROCKER IS CROWNED THE NEW IBF WORLD WELTERWEIGHT CHAMPION
Sun, 14 Sep 2025Battle of Undefeated: Callum Walsh Vanquishes Fernando Vargas Jr.
By Dong Secuya, Sun, 14 Sep 2025