A commentary: Is Roach right? Has Pacquiao’s head been turned from the ring?

COMMENTARY:
As a boxing fan, and a Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao fan this news is troubling. Imagine an ill prepared Manny Pacquiao fighting against a well prepared and highly motivated Miguel Cotto. I can almost see Manny kissing the canvass of the boxing ring. I hate to admit this, but lately I noticed but Manny's attention is very divided with his other careers -- singer, actor, commercial endorser, boxer and now politican. I believed that being a politician is what is his main focus right now, and he is just doing the others in order to promote is cause as a politician.

This is not really good news if you are a boxing fan. But Manny is entitled to select his own career path. But I really wish, as a boxing fan, that he will pursue his political ambition after his boxing career so that he won't be defeated badly...

ARTICLE EXCERPT:

The Philippine boxing hero declared yesterday – only days after there was speculation that he was not taking the contest with Miguel Cotto, in November, seriously enough, that he needed to ‘switch on’ now. It is certainly time.

Instead, Pacquiao, 31, re-asserted that he was determined to run for Congress next year despite a previous election defeat and the up-and-coming bout with three-time world champion Cotto.

He insists he has sufficient time to train for his fight against Cotto in November and then campaign for a seat in the lower house, with national elections slated for May next year.

“It (my election campaign) will still push through. Nothing has changed,” said Pacquiao, who has set up his own party, the People’s Champ Movement. “I will start my training next week. I count the days. I need at least eight weeks of training before a fight,” he said. “Cotto cannot be underestimated. He is big, strong and he is a good boxer and he has shown what he can do in the ring. We can’t take him lightly,” said Pacquiao, widely regarded as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world.

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