Pacquiao Graces Front Page of USA Today

Jon Saraceno writes of MANNY PACQUIAO in USA Today:

Undeniable charm and playful exuberance also have helped catapult Pacquiao into the realm of international icon. Increasingly, he is in demand as a product endorser for major companies, among them Nike and Hewlett-Packard. The eight-time champion has branded a cologne fragrance (MP8) and a “Pacquiao Produce” line of vegetables that might hit supermarket shelves before 2012.

Pacquiao, featured on 60 Minutes in 2010, was named to Time magazine’s list of the world’s 100 most influential people in 2009.

In February, Pacquiao, newly elected as a Filipino congressman, visited President Obama at the White House and also met with Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), for whom he campaigned. Demonstrating budding political savvy, he sought Reid’s legislative assistance on behalf of a job-creating bill relating to the garment industry in his homeland.

Asked to compare the vagaries of his two occupations, Pacquiao said with a laugh, “There is no cheating in boxing – only in politics.”

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