(photo from this morning's Pacquiao vs Mosley fight at MGM)
And in this corner...wearing red and blue...is the Champ Manny Pacquiao's BEST (not so)SECRET WEAPON...
BUBOOOOOY FERNANDEZ!!!
Undeniably.
A life long friend and Filipino assistant coach, he has guided the Champ on to countless victories alongside American coach Freddie Roach. But this morning's fight at the MGM definitely put him top and center. Roach would be saying instructions to Pacquiao's face while Buboy, as he is fondly called by fans and detractors alike, shouts/whispers visayan translations into MP's ears. Yes, visayan. The widely used dialect in the Mindanao and Visayas islands. That actually shouldn't surprise anybody as anyone who had been boxed and hit around certainly needs to hear instructions in his own dialect, Im sure everyone would agree.
Us from the visayas definitely gave out the extra shouts of victory when we heard Buboy say to MP's ears: "Kung mo dagan, pasagdi! Ayaw gukda!" (If he runs away, don't chase him. Let him go.) "Kung mo sulong, hadloka!" (If he attacks, give him a scare.)
We surely were jumping in amusement and joy! HAHAHAHA!
The rest of the world, even some parts of this country surely didn't understand those phrases at first. We sort of had the edge there. It was pretty amusing. Here's the best punch: "Si Mosley off na, WARRIOR ka pa!" Oooooohhhhh I had about 23 friends who put that line on their Facebook profile status that very hour! Translation: "Mosley is down and out, but you're still a warrior!"
It actually gave me a deeper understanding of where MP stands in his game. All the glamour, the fame, the millions of dollars, mansions, glory, the name! That's Manny Pacquiao for boxing. But he is afterall just but human. A man who glorifies us Filipinos while taking those painful blows. His little body and spirit needing our support. It made me give him more respect. He may not be all that (ehem, elite intellectual) but by God he's fighting for US!
With that kind of banging, Buboy's words are the magic pills. And seals the deal.
(Buboy at MP's side during a 2009 fight)
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