BOXING-PACQUIAO/ALGIERI REAX Filipino boxing fans cheer Pacquiao's victory against Algieri

Record ID: 574400

  • Title: BOXING-PACQUIAO/ALGIERI REAX Filipino boxing fans cheer Pacquiao's victory against Algieri
  • Date: 23rd November 2014
  • Summary: MARIKINA CITY, PHILIPPINES (NOVEMBER 23, 2014) (REUTERS) CROWD SITTING AND STANDING IN A PUBLIC PARK CROWD WATCHING LIVE TELECAST OF PACQUIAO AND ALGIERI FIGHT ON A MONITOR CROWD CHEERING MEN STANDING UP AND CHEERING PEOPLE CHEERING AND SITTING DOWN MORE OF CROWD CHEERING WHILE WATCHING THE FIGHT VARIOUS OF PEOPLE RAISING FISTS AND CHEERING CROWD STANDING AND CHEERING (SOUNDBITE) (Filipino) DRIVER, ROBERTO MEDINA SAYING: "This is the best fight I've seen of Pacquiao. Pacquiao, you're the champion! You're our number one." (SOUNDBITE) (Filipino) MAID, MERAFE ANSEL SAYING: "The people here are happy because he won again." (SOUNDBITE) (Filipino) RETIRED EMPLOYEE, MARIO UMALI SAYING: "He should really fight Mayweather. That's what everyone is waiting for." CROWD RISING FROM THEIR SEATS PEOPLE WALKING OUT OF PUBLIC PARK PEOPLE WATCHING MONITOR AS IT SHOWS PACQUIAO BEING INTERVIEWED AFTER THE FIGHT CROWD WATCHING
  • Embargoed: 8th December 2014 12:00
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  • Location: Philippines
  • Country: Philippines
  • Topics: General
  • Reuters ID: LVA1LXGJOVR5998TQQYKRUKQCF84
  • Story Text: Filipinos cheered as the country's boxing hero Manny Pacquiao knocked down American challenger Chris Algieri six times to retain his WBO welterweight championship in Macau on Sunday morning (November 23).
    At a public park in the eastern Manila suburb of Marikina, over 3,000 people watched the live telecast on large LED screens.
    Fans cheered each time Pacquiao landed successful punches on Algieri and shouted words of encouragement.
    Although Pacquiao sometimes struggled to hit Algieri cleanly because of his opponent's backward motion, the punches he did land took their toll.
    "This is the best fight I've seen of Pacquiao. Pacquiao, you're the champion! You're our number one," said Robert Medina, a long-time fan of Pacquiao.
    "The people here are happy because he won again," said Merafe Ansel, a maid who dropped by to watch the fight.
    The win raised once more the prospect of a long-anticipated clash with undefeated American Floyd Mayweather, a fight that Pacquiao said he welcomed.
    "He should really fight Mayweather next. That's what everyone is waiting for," said retired employee Mario Umali.
    Pacquiao's storied 20-year professional career is littered with wins over some of boxing's biggest names, including Erik Morales, Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez, Shane Mosley and Oscar De La Hoya.
    He suffered successive defeats in 2012 but has got back on track with two impressive wins over Brandon Rios and Timothy Bradley.
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