Just a month ahead of the scheduled Philippine national election, Filipino boxing icon, Manny Pacquiao scored a knock out blow against his political rivals who will be running for senator in the May 2016 poll, whether he win or lose in his mega-buck fight on Saturday night (Sunday morning Philippine Time). Manny Pacquiao scored a massive national and international news media coverage on his fight against Timothy Bradley.
Senatorial candidate Manny Pacquiao controversilly scheduled his bout against Timothy Bradley Jr., whom he first met during a controverisl defeat, the fight will ensure that most Filipinos will be fixated on him as they watch live broadcasts on Sunday morning. The media coverage of Manny Pacquiao for the past few days has already gifted the boxing champion tens of millions of dollars of free advertising.
Some rivals of the 37-year-old Manny Pacquio were fuming and accusing him of below-the-belt tactics that circumvent election campaign advertisement spending laws, one of his senatorial opponent Walden Bello even filed a legal challenge to reschedule the bout but failed on his effort.
According to some political observers, Manny Pacquiao is gaining an unfair advantage because his rivals have traveled across the Philippine archipelago to introduce their credentials to the public, but Pacquaio did not bothr to do so, instead the media were using its powers to promote the boxing icon due to his bout against Bradley.
Some analysts een noted that the senatorial bid of Manny Pacquiao will serve as a platform for an eventual presidential run in the future despite the fact that for the past six years of serving the Lower House, his critics stated that he’s done little as a politician.