Pacquiao lends hand to Philippines storm relief

Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao Latest News from google.com Sat, 10 Oct 2009

NEW YORK — Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao took a break from training camp in the Philippines last weekend to distribute food and supplies to hundreds of people who have been affected by the country's worst flooding in 40 years.

Promoter Bob Arum said Friday that the back-to-back storms, which have triggered dozens of landslides and killed nearly 500 people, for the most part didn't affect the pound-for-pound king as he trains in Baguio for his highly anticipated fight next month against Miguel Cotto.

"I talked to them last night, and the typhoon is still hanging around, so he couldn't run outside," Arum told The Associated Press. "But he's getting good sparring in."

That is, when Pacquiao's not making a quick trip down from the mountains to the capital of Manila, where last Sunday he spent several hours helping with flood relief.

The storms began Sept. 26, and after Typhoon Parma struck last Saturday, rescuers waded through mud near Baguio and retrieved more than 150 bodies. Dozens of others were still missing, and more than 100 people were pulled out alive. TV footage showed bodies arriving in black bags in a hall in Baguio, where relatives wept after recognizing their loved ones...

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