High school buddy Gerry, after watching Manny Pacquiao finish off Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy career, blogged about the two boxers the Pacman should mix it up with next year.

He started off with Ricky Hatton, the beer-guzzling bloke from Manchester City who should present an easy target for Pacquiao’s pet left straight.

The bigger fight, though, would be Floyd Mayweather Jr., for the right to inherit boxing’s mythical pound-for-pound throne.

Sad to say, though, Manny Pacquiao’s next fight has already been sealed. And it ain’t with either fighter.

And you guys got the scoop here at Smallville.

In fact, there already was a weigh-in for Pacquiao’s next fight.

 

The Nightmare Match

Weight: The Pacman (147 pounds); The Smallville Marshmallowman (too many to mention) 

Here are exclusive photos during the weigh-in:

 

Manny: Alisin mo naman yung bangs mo, nakakailang

Most memorable victory: The Pacman (8th-round TKO vs Oscar De La Hoya); The Smallville Marshmallowman (I don’t remember)

 

Eh di alisin! Papalag ka ba naman kung si Pacquiao ang nagrequest?

Professional record: The Pacman (48-3-2, 36 KO’s); The Smallville Marshmallowman (Slept 36 straight hours without getting up to eat, drink or relieve himself)

 

Nakakatakot makipagtitigan ke Pacman

Current title held: The Pacman (WBC lightweight championship); The Smallville Marshmallowman (Uncle John’s Bathroom Reader: Sports Spectaculars by The Bathroom Readers’ Institute c. 2008)

And now I leave you with this memorable “Dream Match” anecdote, as told by a Team Pacquiao insider.

Meanwhile, here’s an anecdote, as told by a Team Pacquiao insider, that I’ll never forget:

Oscar De La Hoya is speaking in front of a gathering of fans and journalists during a press tour to promote the fight in San Antonio, Texas.

Oscar: It’s just right that I speak here, in San Antonio, right in front of the Alamo. Because on Dec. 6, I will make sure that you, Manny Pacquiao, will remember the Alamo.

Miles away, in his Los Angeles home, Manny Pacquiao is having dinner with friends.

Manny: Oscar De La Hoya says he’ll make me remember the Alamo. To you Oscar, I say this: I don’t know what’s the Alamo.

 

(more photos of Los Angeles, Las Vegas misadventures here)

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