By Mortz C. Ortigoza
Morning radio anchors Audrey Hidalgo and Rod Marcelino of DZXL- Manila
asked me today in a phone patched interview if world boxing icon Manny Pacquiao
should resign from being a senator because his being a world class excellent
boxer was being affected after his controversial tussle with unheralded
Australian Welterweight Boxer, a former school teacher, Jeff Horn.
I told them I agreed with their observation that was earlier declared
too by Pacquiao and Horn’s promoter Bob Arum.
But I reversed their poser:
What if Pacquiao retired from boxing and concentrate as a full time senator
because his being a boxer has been affecting his being an “excellent” full time
senator?
The duo guffawed. They know I was humoring them.
Audrey, my former tandem in our morning political radio program in
Dagupan City, told me I was right.
How can Manny Pacquiao be an
excellent senator when he was knocked out by 1,000 pound intellectual elephant
in Heavyweight Senator Franklin Drilon in the worst senate debate in the annals
and even anal of the Philippine Senate that saw the sorry Pacquiao decimated by
the flurries of intellectual and the English language prowess of the Fat Bomber
Solon Drilon.
“Na ubusan
ng hangin, este, ng English at research si Pacquiao kaya na knocked out ni
Drilon,” I quipped.
Okay, ‘nough said!
Let’s dissect the farce called Horn’s victory against the Filipinos’
idol who who many said convincingly won the championship battle for the World
Boxing Organization’s diadem last Sunday at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane,
Australia.
