World Boxing Council lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao (R) salutes with fellow officers before receiving a Philippine Legion of Honor for Sports award and a military merit medal for being an outstanding military athlete, in Manila on December 22, 2008. Pacquiao, who beat the golden boy of US boxing, Oscar de la Hoya in a famous Las Vegas welterweight non-title bout on December 6, 2008, is an Reservist master sergeant in the Philippine Army. AFP PHOTO/JAY DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)
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President Gloria Arroyo (L) awards Philippine Legion of Honor for Sport and a military merit medal to World Boxing Council lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao (R) for being an outstanding military athlete, in Camp Aguinalbo in suburban Manila on December 22, 2008. Pacquiao, who beat the golden boy of US boxing, Oscar de la Hoya in a famous Las Vegas welterweight non-title bout on December 6, 2008, is an Reservist master sergeant in the Philippine Army. AFP PHOTO/JAY DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)
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World Boxing Council lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao (2nd-R) walks with fellow officers before receiving a Philippine Legion of Honor for Sports award and a military merit medal for being an outstanding military athlete, in Manila on December 22, 2008. Pacquiao, who beat the golden boy of US boxing, Oscar de la Hoya in a famous Las Vegas welterweight non-title bout on December 6, 2008, is an Reservist master sergeant in the Philippine Army. AFP PHOTO/JAY DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)
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President Gloria Arroyo (L) awards Philippine Legion of Honor for Sport and a military merit medal to World Boxing Council lightweight champion Manny Pacquiao (R) for being an outstanding military athlete, in Camp Aguinalbo in suburban Manila on December 22, 2008. Pacquiao, who beat the golden boy of US boxing, Oscar de la Hoya in a famous Las Vegas welterweight non-title bout on December 6, 2008, is an Reservist master sergeant in the Philippine Army. AFP PHOTO/JAY DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY in Spanish by Pablo de Jesus (FILE) Boxer Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines (R) hits Oscar De La Hoya in the fifth round of their welterweight showdown at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 6, 2008. The 29-year-old, already the stuff of legend for his rise from poverty to the pinnacle of the sport, cemented his place in the hearts of Filipinos with his demolition of Oscar De La Hoya, who received the worst beating of his career. Ethan Miller/Getty Images/AFP (Photo credit should read Ethan Miller/AFP/Getty Images)
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY in Spanish by Pablo de Jesus (FILE) Boxer Manny Pacquiao of the Philippines, celebrates after defeating Oscar de la Hoya of the US during their welterweight showdown at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada, on December 6, 2008. The 29-year-old, already the stuff of legend for his rise from poverty to the pinnacle of the sport, cemented his place in the hearts of Filipinos with his demolition of Oscar De La Hoya, who received the worst beating of his career. AFP PHOTO/Jewel SAMAD (Photo credit should read JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty Images)
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Fans wave from a bridge as the motorcade including Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao (white shirt) passes through a Manila road on December 11, 2008. Pacquiao, the reigning WBC lightweight champ, pummelled Mexican-US legend Oscar de la Hoya into an eight-round stoppage at the weekend to cement his reputation as the world's best pound-for-pound fighter. AFP PHOTO/JAY DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)
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Fans wave from a bridge as the motorcade including Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao (R) passes through a Manila road on December 11, 2008. Pacquiao, the reigning WBC lightweight champ, pummelled Mexican-US legend Oscar de la Hoya into an eight-round stoppage at the weekend to cement his reputation as the world's best pound-for-pound fighter. AFP PHOTO/JAY DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)
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Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao raises his fists he makes his way on a motorcade through a Manila road on December 11, 2008. Pacquiao, the reigning WBC lightweight champ, pummelled Mexican-US legend Oscar de la Hoya into an eight-round stoppage at the weekend to cement his reputation as the world's best pound-for-pound fighter. AFP PHOTO/JAY DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)
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Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao shakes hands with fans as he makes his way on a motorcade through a Manila road on December 11, 2008. Pacquiao, the reigning WBC lightweight champ, pummelled Mexican-US legend Oscar de la Hoya into an eight-round stoppage at the weekend to cement his reputation as the world's best pound-for-pound fighter. AFP PHOTO/JAY DIRECTO (Photo credit should read JAY DIRECTO/AFP/Getty Images)
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