Pacquiao’s Toughest Fight Has Been Out of the Ring

Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao Latest News from nytimes.com Sun, 11 Oct 2009

The boxing star 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.

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Manny Pacquiao is in his homeland, the Philippines, training for a Nov. 14 fight.

His promoter, Bob Arum, said that the back-to-back storms, which have caused dozens of landslides and killed nearly 500 people, for the most part did not affect the boxer considered the pound-for-pound king as he trained in Baguio for his fight next month against Miguel Cotto.

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