Why is Manny Pacquiao, the big celebrity that he is right now, is so much attached to sabong (cockfighting)?  Here are a number of thoughts.

First, sabong is, like boxing, a fight.  The blood in the vessels of Pacquiao has so much sensitivity to the blood flowing in the arteries of cocks.  There’s the very close analogy of a fighting fowl and and a boxing champ, and for Pacquiao, the analogy can’t get any closer.  In the cockfighting ring, there’s no such thing as a unanimous decision.  The outcome is always by way of “knockout” so to speak, a thing so familiar with the PACMAN.  In fact, it’s not just so familiar; it his his trademark as a fighter.  As much as possible, Manny likes to maim, cripple, or smother his opponent almost to merciless submission much like what a winning rooster does to its dying adversary.

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