Pacquiao named Best Pound-for-Pound Fighter of the Decade

LAS VEGAS, Nevada – Filipino boxing hero Manny Pacquiao has been accorded yet another honor – that of being the World Boxing Organization’s “Best Pound-for-Pound Fighter of the Decade.”

WBO president Francisco “Paco” Valcarcel announced this during the final press conference on the Manny Pacquiao-Tim Bradley welterweight championship fight held Wednesday at the Hollywood theater of the posh MGM Grand here.
Valcarcel gifted Pacquiao an imposing WBO diamond ring, in appreciation of the Pambansang Kamao’s 10-year heroics, in a simple ceremony inserted in the program with members of Team Pacquiao and Team Bradley, media men and supporters of both camps.
“This diamond ring is being given in recognition of Manny Pacquiao as the WBO’s Best Pound-for-Pound Fighter of the Decade,” Valcarcel said during the award rite.
After the ceremony, Pacquiao walked toward the front of the stage showing the ring in his finger to the audience to the delight of the photographers and cameramen.
WBO’s recognition came on the heels of the “Fighter of the Decade” honor handed him by the Boxing Writers Association of America, three “Fighter of the Year” accolades, also by the BWAA, and a couple of ESPY Awards. Both camps, Pacquiao and chief trainer Freddie Roach, on the one hand, and Bradley and chief trainer Joel Diaz, on the other, expressed confidence of victory.