{"id":17138,"date":"2011-11-02T19:29:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-02T23:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=17138"},"modified":"2011-11-02T19:31:04","modified_gmt":"2011-11-02T23:31:04","slug":"sports-illustrated-inside-story-on-manny-pacquiao","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=17138","title":{"rendered":"Sports Illustrated INSIDE STORY on Manny Pacquiao"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a title=\"cotto_banner300x250_final\" href=\"http:\/\/www.shopecko.com\/family\/index.jsp?categoryId=3204010&amp;cp=11804784.11813355\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"cotto_banner300x250_final\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/10\/cotto_banner300x250_final.jpg\" alt=\"cotto_banner300x250_final\" width=\"300\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=17138\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=17138\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-6322\" style=\"margin-right: 10px; margin-left: 10px;\" title=\"manny-pacquiao (Copy)\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/manny-pacquiao-Copy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>In this week\u2019s issue of Sports Illustrated, on newsstands today, staff writer Chris Mannix (@SI_CMann) focuses on how the world\u2019s best boxer continues to get better, yet it\u2019s what he plans to do outside the ring that is truly impressive.<\/p>\n<p>Freddie Roach tells staff writer Chris Mannix, \u201cThe first day he walked in here I told my guys \u2018This kid can f&#8212;&#8212; punch.\u2019 Now he punches harder.\u201d<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Mannix notes that Pacquiao and Roach are boxing\u2019s Voltron, individually powerful, virtually unstoppable combined. Since teaming with Roach in 2001, Pacquiao is 21-1-2, winning titles in seven weight classes with a hit first, defend-later style that has made him one of the sport\u2019s biggest attractions.<\/p>\n<p>Today Manny is focused on pleasing a crowd. Soon it will be on securing his country\u2019s future. \u201cI was a boy with nothing,\u201d says Pacquiao. \u201cI love boxing but it\u2019s in my power to help my people. There is nothing I want more than that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Family-Secret-Forris-Day-Jr\/dp\/B004GLZ4YG\/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1309134704&amp;sr=1-1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11987\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"family secret ad pic\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/family-secret-ad-pic.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.authorhouse.com\/BookStore\/BookDetail.aspx?Book=232300\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11989\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"boxing interviews ad bio\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/boxing-interviews-ad-bio1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><a href=\" http:\/\/twitter.com\/#!\/RingsideReport1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11987\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"family secret ad pic\" src=\" http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/08\/twitter-ad-link.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?page_id=1371\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-11990\" style=\"margin-left: 10px; margin-right: 10px;\" title=\"advertise header2\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/advertise-header2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"143\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s issue of Sports Illustrated, on newsstands today, staff writer Chris Mannix (@SI_CMann) focuses on how the world\u2019s best boxer continues to get better, yet it\u2019s what he plans to do outside the ring that is truly impressive. Freddie Roach tells staff writer Chris Mannix, \u201cThe first day he walked in here I [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[105,477],"class_list":["post-17138","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-boxing","tag-manny-pacquiao"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17138","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17138"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17138\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}