Our country has been brought together by the one boxing champion who has become the figure of the Filipino public importance since he made a name in sweet science. Most Filipinos—those who couldn’t afford to get the ticket—gather before their TV sets just to witness the spar of Manny Pacquiao and his challenger.
The country has at least forgotten its encumbrance even for a short time. The aptness of the event and the approach of every Filipino towards our fellow are not a concern of maturity and sagacity but I deem it is the right comportment of delight and throwing the torment of misery to a short-term void.
Well, though sweet science is an atrocious game, it is reflecting how human beings are sturdy to matters that entail bodily resilience. It transforms people to be strong and get away from vulnerability—even, for not and no boxers, even in psychological surface. It gives us the optimism in the midst of political crisis and mix-up. It may be a means for the resentment and disappointment of some impoverished Filipinos. For one thing, it is a positive channel for the enmity that perhaps concocts inside the hearts of Filipinos who have been strained to fight in order to endure this life in an unfortunate country like ours.
Since boxing is well liked universally, the Philippines has recreated its name in the atlas. Some Hollywood and local stars are visible at the matches where Pacquiao is. That really means that sweet science and the people’s champion have starny followings—apparently.
Well, the perseity of Manny Pacquiao counterbalances the hardscrabble and the moneyed: He has risen to celebrity and has been loved by his fellowmen and that becomes a decipherable run through uniting all Filipinos as one people despite their status in life.
His playing the game is to please everyone who believes that he is invincible. Because of his winning the game, Filipinos—especially those in diaspora—have identified themselves as an extant people.
For all of us Filipinos, sweet science is perhaps one of the most physically demanding sports of all as a pugilist has to train rigidly and believe in himself. But isn’t it a mock-up of how we should wield our lives now as we struggle against impoverishment? It is. Manny Pacquiao is our nonpareil. He fights with briskness of his blows. He fights with grit and cockiness. Most of all he has faith in God and humility to accept nonsuccess lest he won’t carry the day.
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