Manny Pacquiao Dominates Internet and Print News Headlines

Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rican WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto seem to be creating Internet traffic of unmatched proportion while Pacquiao's images and news bits occupy prime spots of todays newspapers and sports magazines

A few hours before the highly publicized 'Firepower' match of Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto, the Internet and print media are filled with articles and videos of Manny Pacquiao, the world's most popular boxer and the 56th most the most influential person of the world. Barely two weeks before his date with WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Nevada for the WBO welterweight crown, Pacquiao's images and news articles occupied six pages of Time Magazine's Asia edition, with his photo as the magazine cover for the November issue of the prestigious news magazine. In the Internet, online news magazines and all sorts of websites and blogs are filled with news and images of Pacquiao. Sportswriters and columnists who love (and hate) boxing, are racing to beat their deadlines before anyone else does, to report on the latest news about the world's most popular boxer. Philboxing-Pacland, a popular site for boxing news and views in the Philippines is exploding with up-to-the-minute news on the upcoming 'Firepower' match which will happen in Las Vegas, Nevada a few hours from now. Pacquiao's popularity is unmatched in this years most explosive boxing fight. Boxing fans, celebrities and even politicians are heading for Las Vegas to witness this year's biggest boxing event No less than the US Secretary of State, Hillary Clinton was not spared by enterprising reporters to predict on the outcome of the Pacquiao-Cotto match. She was reported to be rooting for Manny Pacquiao. The news story made headlines in Internet sites and blogs all over the world. The hype created by the 'Firepower' match is expected to heat up even more as the fight draws closer. Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao and Puerto Rican WBO champion Miguel Cotto face each other tonight in their 'Firepower' match at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. At stake is Cotto's WBO championship belt.