Pacquiao Vs Cotto

The much anticipated boxing match between Manny Pacquio and Miguel Cotto has come and gone. I stayed up to watch the fight last night, with it's consequences during the day. I sat through three pre-matches before the big fight, I hadn't heard of any of the six boxers but was interesting nonetheless but I did nod off every now and then.

The match finally got on the way around 4:40am.....there abouts, I couldn't wake up my partner to watch with me. She had asked to be woken up but was already in dreamland. So, I lay there and watched the fight by myself.

The bell goes and the fight starts, I get a tense feeling, I wanted to reach for my BlackBerry and check my Facebook to check out friends status' and Twitter for any tweets relating the the match but I didn't want to take my eyes away from the screen, I wanted to watch every punch thrown. Instead, I thought about how millions of Filipinos around the world were probably glued to the TV just like as I was, to give support to the man who has become a national hero, bringing Filipinos around the world together with every match he fights. I can't think of any other person that has brought the Filipinos around the world to a halt and sit in front of the TV to watch him defeat boxing champions.

I was born and raised in the UK but I was brought up in a very Filipino way and Filipino Pride runs deep in me. It's great to a Filipino proud to represent.