Manny Pacquiao On The Cover Of Time Magazine

Manny Pacquiao graces the cover of Time Magazine Asia Edition. He is only the second Filipino to be on the cover of Time Magazine after Cory Aquino and the first boxer to be featured in 20 years after Mike Tyson.

His picture is accompanied by the words "The Great Hope: Why Manny Pacquiao is more than just the world's best boxer."

“I absolutely had no idea that when I started my career in boxing, to provide a better life for myself and my family, that I would now be where I am today and on the cover of TIME Magazine,” Pacquiao told Fightnews.com.

“A fighter’s dream is to win a world title and gain financial stability. But what is happening to me now is the most humbling experience of my life.”

In the interview, which is making its rounds online, Pacquiao said the world boxing stage had given him the chance to show the Philippines to be a “small but mighty country.”

“It is a great honor for me to be the face of my people and to let everyone know we are a small but mighty country,” he said. “I have great pride for all of the Filipinos living throughout the world and it is these people that I fight for each and every time I step into the ring.”

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