Right after Pacquiao emerged the victor with his fight against Diaz, the entire Boston Celtics basketball team, current NBA Champions after humbling Kobe Bryant’s Lakers, went to celebrate with him in the locker room for some picture taking. The NBA champs including Kevin “the Big Ticket” Garnett, Finals MVP Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Sam Cassell, Rajon Rondo, and many more joined the celebration with Pacquiao. Apparently, Pacquiao’s favorite basketball player is Kevin Garnett, and the encounter was “a dream come true” for him. Kevin Garnett also expressed his admiration for the Pound-for-Pound King.

In this video you will see the entire Boston Celtics shouting “Manny, Manny, Manny…” A rare sight, considering they are athlete-millionaires cheering another sportsman millionaire, and certainly much deserved by the Fiipino hero.

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Manny Pacquiao wins the WBC Lightweight belt today after beating former champion David Diaz to a pulp with a knockout in the 9th round. Manny totally outclassed Diaz in the whole fight with Diaz suffering from two cuts and a tennis ball on his left eye. This result is not unexpected at all– Manny is the better, stronger, faster, more durable fighter.

Manny is now a record holder for being the first Asian to win championships in four weight divisions.

Mabuhay Manny! We love you!

Manny Pacquiao began his training for the June 28 David Diaz bout April 28. Manny toyed with the boxing bag, shadow boxing, speedball and sit-ups for conditioning at the Golingan Gym, General Santos City for a full week. After that his next training was with long-time buddy and Filipino coach Buboy Fernandez at Gerry Peñalosa Gym, Mandaluyong City, Metro Manila as shown here in a video below. When May 10 arrived he continued his training at Freddie Roach’s Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles for next seven weeks.

The People’s Champ tactic depends on his speed. This is his primary weapon in the fight to grabbed the WBC Lightweight belt. Let’s see if the his special weapon will be effective to his Chicago based opponent. His coach, Freddie Roach is confident enough that Manny will outpoint david Diaz.

David Diaz in turn had also his training at Berkeley in anticipation of the fight which will be held at Mandalay Bay Las Vegas. You will see in a video provided here that Diaz is sharpening his powerful jabs. Here in the video of the WBC lightweight champ Diaz had his training during a public workout in Berkeley, CA on May 31st. He had to polish his expertise in knocking out lefties which is his specialty. This maybe his tactic to win in the said upcoming boxing clash.

“For updates on the fight, please read BoxingVid’s update here.” Pacquiao vs Diaz Updates
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