SAN MIGUEL (Philippines): The pounding beat of “Eye of the Tiger” from “Rocky III” blasted from speakers as Manny Pacquiao’s black Hummer pulled up at an open-air basketball court on a recent humid evening.
The world welterweight boxing champion, seeking a seat in the Philippine Congress, waved to hundreds of cheering fans as he emerged from the vehicle in jeans and a blue vest bearing the name of his political party, the People’s Champ Movement.
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