President Duterte Gives Standing Ovation To Pacquiao's TKO Win

President Duterte Proud As Pacquiao Gains A TKO Win Against Matthysse

PRESIDENT DUTERTE – President Rodrigo Duterte is filled with joy and pride as his longtime friend and ally Senator Manny Pacquiao gets a TKO Win on his battle against Lucas Matthysse.

Many have tuned in to Pacquiao’s boxing fight with Matthysse yesterday on July 15. By the time he was declared the winner, many reacted variously. There are those who reacted negatively like ABS- CBN publicist Eric Salut, who posted on Facebook.

According to the report, he explained as to why he is no longer proud of Pacquiao.

Kung ipinatanggol nya ang Panginoon sa pambabalahura ni Duterte, magiging proud pa ako sa kanya! Ano’ng ginagawa nya? Wag ako!
— Eric John Salut (@ericjohnsalut) July 15, 2018

Wag n’yo akong diktahan sa posts ko. Ni hindi nga nyan napagtanggol ang Diyos nung binastos ni Duterte! Namimili yan ng Diyos nya!
— Eric John Salut (@ericjohnsalut) July 15, 2018

On the other side, lots of people are rejoicing over the victory of Sen. Manny Pacquiao. One of those is Pres. Rodrigo Duterte who flew to Malaysia to watch Pacman’s fight versus Matthysse.

President Duterte gave a positive reaction to Pacquiao’s win. He was even in standing ovation.

Furthermore, there is also a video of President Duterte standing up and cheering for the boxer-senator.

You can watch the video below:

WATCH: President Duterte’s reaction to Manny Pacquiao’s win pic.twitter.com/7zzilleoPp #PacquiaoMatthysse | via @pia_gutierrez
— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) July 15, 2018

After the fight, he said that he is inspired to talk to Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir because of Pacquiao’s win.

Here is the interview:

President Duterte inspired to go into meeting with Malaysian PM Mahathir Mohamad because of Pacquiao win; says no regrets in coming to KL to watch fight #PacquiaoMatthysse pic.twitter.com/CeyOwE4pPc | via @pia_gutierrez
— ABS-CBN News (@ABSCBNNews) July 15, 2018

Albeit his reaction, some netizens were a bit irked on the video. Here are their comments: