This article provided to Doghouse Boxing by Ring Talk.com. Having first met Pacquiao in late 2001 in San Francisco as he completed final workouts for what turned out to be one of his most disappointing ring performances when he all but quit in a fight with the late Agapito Sanchez, then the dirtiest fighter in the game of boxing.

Although his English was limited, it was apparent that Pacquiao was not a future Rhode Scholar. Nice, cordial, respectful, this was at a point in Pacquiao’s life where he didn’t have millions of dollars in the bank, luxurious mansions, his own team of bodyguards that mirror the United States Secret Service protection bestowed upon President Barack Obama.

BEING AN ATHLETE DOES NOT MAKE YOU PRESIDENTIAL MATERIAL

There was one exception to the aforementioned notion that athletes are not smart enough to be a good politician. That was Alexis Arguello, the Mayor of Managua, Nicaragua when he died a few years ago.

Although the official ruling was death by suicide, intelligent people believe that conclusion about as much as they do in the self-hanging of Arturo Gatti, whom I feel was murdered by... CONTINUE READING - READ THE FULL ARTICLE AT RING TALK NOW: Filipino-Americans Say "No" On Manny Pacquiao For President Ring Talk

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