Pacquiao on TIME Magazine cover
Barely a week before the Pacquiao-Cotto fight in Las Vegas on November 15, 2009 (Philippine time), Manny Pacquiao once again proves that he is very much a hot media copy by landing the covers of the next issue of the Asian edition of TIME Magazine!
To hit the newsstands over the weekend, this issue is only the the 10th time that a boxer was featured on the cover of TIME. It is also only the second time that a Filipino celebrity made it.
The first time a Filipino was featured on the cover of TIME Magazine was in 1986 when then Philippine President Corazon C. Aquino was declared as the magazine’s WOMAN OF THE YEAR!
This time around, the TIME Magazine cover carries the blurb, “THE GREAT HOPE“, in reference to Manny Pacquiao as the Filipino’s icon for a better life, a better tomorrow.
Bariles personally met Ishaan Tharoor, one of the two writers of the article, when he flew in to General Santos City during the first week of October to interview some people who knew the Pacman.
The Indian writer had earlier asked an audience with GenSan City Mayor Pedro Acharon, Jr. Bariles received him first at the mayor’s office since the mayor was still on a meeting. Later on, he joined the two gentlemen while the interview was being conducted at the chief executive’s conference room.
The article which Tharoor co-write is entitled “THE MEANING OF MANNY“, and chronicled Manny Pacquiao’s rise from poverty to his present status. It dealt not only with him but the people surrounding him, including Freddy Roach, Mike Konch, his mother Dionisia, Governor Chavit Singson, among other people.
It also speaks lenghtily on his upcoming second foray into politics and although the writers were ambivalent about his chances, they both agree that the 2010 elections will have to be “the fight of his life“.
To read the TIME Magazine article, PLEASE CLICK HERE.
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- Pacman profiled in Sports Illustrated Magazine, days before the Dela Hoya-Pacquiao Fight
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Bariles is a Filipino word for “Tuna”, the primary source of income of the people of General Santos City which hosts 6 of the Philippines’ 8 tuna canneries and more than 80% of its tuna processing plants.
ark Says:
Ayos ah. Bibili ako ng copy nian.
Collector’s item yan!
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Posted on November 6th, 2009 at 5:21 PM
fahdingding Says:
Tumpak! Bili ako nyan! MANNY the GREAT!
Posted on November 6th, 2009 at 6:19 PM
fahdingding Says:
Dati reader’s digest…ngaun TIME Magazine..What’s next for manny? Pag manalo sa against COTTO..mas lalaki pa commercial value ni pacman!
Posted on November 6th, 2009 at 6:21 PM
orman Says:
am really truly proud to be a filipino.
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Posted on November 7th, 2009 at 9:43 PM
elmerceq Says:
Grabe talaga si PacMan! The last time that a boxer was featured on TIME cover was the great Mike Tyson in 1988. Not only that, he is also the only non-heavyweight boxer being featured on said magazine. Not even Mayweather, dela Hoya, Sugar Ray Leonard, Duran, Chavez nor Thomas Hearns – all Hall of Famers and future Hall of Famers! Sukol ka ana!
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Posted on November 8th, 2009 at 1:53 PM
BrAvO SiX Says:
he’s on the pinnacle of his career as pugilist, creating headlines, stunning victories in the boxing world and now, attempting a new feat to become the only boxer in the world to win 7 title in different class weight by beating Miguel Cotto. whoooa!
GO CHAMP…!
Posted on November 9th, 2009 at 1:23 AM
orman Says:
super mighty mega-proud to be a filipino! salamat bosing for bring accolades to the philippines! sana manalo ka na this time as congressman!
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Posted on November 9th, 2009 at 2:36 PM
lito Says:
ibang klase ang galing mo pacman!
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Posted on November 10th, 2009 at 11:49 PM