Here’s the song Pacquiao will enter the ring to on May 2 — VIDEO
By MARK WHITTINGTON LAS VEGAS REVIEW-JOURNAL
Mar 11, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Manny Pacquiao poses for photographers during a press conference to announce their fight on May 2, 2015 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. (Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports)
Eleven-time, five-division world boxing champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather (L) and eight-division world champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao attend a press conference in Los Angeles, California March 11, 2015. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)
Manny Pacquiao during a press conference to announce his fight with Floyd Mayweather fight on May 2, 2015 at Los Angeles. (Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports)
Eleven-time, five-division world boxing champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather (L) and eight-division world champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao pose at a news conference ahead of their upcoming bout, in Los Angeles, California March 11, 2015. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)
Eight-division world champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao speaks at a news conference ahead of his upcoming bout with eleven-time, five-division world boxing champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather, in Los Angeles, California March 11, 2015. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)
Mar 11, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Manny Pacquiao poses for photographers during a press conference to announce their fight on May 2, 2015 at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles. (Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports)
Mar 11, 2015; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Manny Pacquiao during a press conference to announce his fight with Floyd Mayweather fight on May 2, 2015 at Los Angeles. (Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports)
Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao pose for photographers during a press conference to announce their May 2 fight during a press conference at the Nokia Theater in Los Angeles on March 11. (Robert Hanashiro-USA TODAY Sports)
Eleven-time, five-division world boxing champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather (2nd L) and eight-division world champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao (R) pose with Justin Bieber (L) at a news conference, ahead of their upcoming bout, in Los Angeles, California March 11, 2015. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)
Eleven-time, five-division world boxing champion Floyd “Money” Mayweather (L) and eight-division world champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao pose at a news conference ahead of their upcoming bout, in Los Angeles, California March 11, 2015. (REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson)
Manny Pacquiao released a new song, “Lalaban Ako Para Sa Filipino,” a slickly produced ballad that he’ll use as his entrance music at the MGM Grand Garden when he fights Floyd Mayweather Jr. on May 2.
The song’s title translates as “I Fight for the Filipino People” and its video mixes scenes of the devastation and rebuilding from the powerful typhoon that devastated the Philippines in 2013 with clips from the 36-year-old fighter’s career.
Pac-Man is no stranger to the recording studio; releasing an album back in 2006 and reaching the U.S. charts with his cover of “Sometimes When We Touch.” Singing is just one of many interests outside the ring — acting, basketball and politics, he’s an incumbent in the Philippine House of Representatives.
My favorite? Paul Thorn, a middleweight boxer and heavyweight songwriter, singing about losing to Roberto Duran — “I’d Rather Be A Hammer Than A Nail.”
