AN ALLIANCE TO BENEFIT FILIPINO BOXERS
By Eddie Alinea
PhilBoxing.com
Mon, 21 Oct 2013
GENERAL SANTOS CITY ? Filipino potential world boxing champions can look forward to owning world championship belts like present hero Manny Pacquiao.
The eight division Manny Pacquiao himself, the only man to own four lineal titles, former two-division titlist Gerry Penalosa and businessman-sportsman Anson Tiu Co formed a partnership they named MAG (as in Manny, Anson, Gerry) Pacman Boxing International Promotions for that purpose and more.
?Ang layunin ng partnership na ito ay ang maghanap ng mga may kakayahang Pilipino na magpatuloy na magdala ng bandila ng Pilipinas sa lahat ng boxing capital in the world at, higit sa lahat, pangalagaan ang kanila kapakanan hanggang sa sila ay mawala na sa boksing,? Pacquiao said after his group was formally organized here last week.
?In other words, itinayo namin ang grupong ito bilang alay sa mga boksingerong Pilipino. Including those who want to be fighters and those who have already served the sports of sweet science through the only means they know -- fighting,? the Pacman added during a simple ceremony held Tuesday at his own Wild Card gym.
?Boxers come from the poorest sectors of society. They choose this profession to earn a living and at the same time carry the country?s name in the international arenas in search of fame and fortune,? Tiu Co, owner of Cooyeesan Hotel and shape Up Boxing Gym in Baguio where Pacquiao trained in his previous fights, said.
?Kaya nga naisip namin na itayo ang partnership na ito upang bigyan ng protreksyon at kalinga ang mga boksingero natin sa mula pagkatapos na sila ma-discover, hanggang sa kanilang kasikatan and in their retirement,? Tiu Co said.
?Manny, Gerry and myself have one and the same passion, boxing, at naisip naming bakit di namin pag-isahin an gaming kakayahan para sa ikabubuti ng sport at ng mga taong involved ditto,? he said. ?Si Manny and Gerry, for example can use their popularity being champions at ako naman ang aking konting napag-aralan para sa katuparan ng aming iisang pangarap.?
For Penalosa, who once owned the world super-flyweight and bantamweight belts, having a group that will stand for the welfare of the Filipino boxers are long overdue.
??t?s about time,? Penalosa exclaimed. ?Napapanahon na magkaroon tayo ng isang grupong tulad nito. Except for a few of us na guminhawa sa pagbo-boksing, mas marami sa ating mga boksingero ang namuhay na mahirap at namatay na mahirap.?
All three said though that the nitty gritty on how the organization will operate and achieve its purposes are to be discussed by them after Pacquiao?s fight with Brandon Rios this coming November 24 in Macau.
Photo (L-R): Gerry Penalosa, Manny Pacquiao and Anson Tiu Co pose with their MAG Pacman Boxing Promotions shirts.
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