Filipino boxer Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao must pay up US $30,000 (HK$234,000) within the next 15 days or he will be stripped of his World Boxing Council lightweight championship title he won against David Diaz.
The sanctioning body’s governors, are meeting in Chengdu, China and are demanding the fighter pay his sanctioning fees they claim he owes, or they will take his belt.
On June 28, 2008, Manny Pacquiao defeated champion David Diaz to capture the WBC world lightweight title, the event took place at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas and the NBA champion Boston Celtics were in attendance at Pacquiao’s request.
Pacquiao made history by being the first Filipino and Asian world boxing champion to win 5 different weight division belts, no other Asian in history has won belts in 5 weight classes.
Widely regarded as the most exciting fighter in the world today, On December 6, 2008 the diminutive Filipino slugger will take on his toughest test when he moves up two weight classes to face PPV superstar “The Golden Boy” Oscar De La Hoya at the welterweight limit of 147-pounds.
Win or lose it is likely Pacquiao will go back down to 135 pounds, the fight with De La Hoya is regarded by many in the boxing community as a money grab and a cherry picked easy opponent by Oscar De La Hoya in order to get a big money rematch with Floyd Mayweather Jr.
