When Losing Means Winning – Many Times Over
There are a lot of things bloggers and non-bloggers alike (including so called PGB’s like me, err, better stop the labeling and just say, human beings) learn from every Pacquiao fight, aside from letting us experience for a few hours a peaceful Philippines and some few hundred dollars in adsense.
First on the list is determination. You always see a smiling Manny Pacquiao when he goes up to the ring. Last Sunday’s fight with Hatton was no different – in fact, anyone could feel his calmness, his confidence and peaceful state of mind especially when he showed his trademark “Manny Grin” to millions of people who were watching the fight.
Well others might say Manny was seeing “Green Money” and lots of them as he walked towards the ring, so he couldn’t help but display lots of Manny Grin that day. Nevertheless, he showed so much determination the bout was like won already even before the first slug was thrown. And it was very infectious.
Second, respect. The Pacman is now probably the undisputed Pound for Pound king (but don’t tell that to Floyd Mayweather, Jr.) after knocking down The Hitman Hatton not once, not twice but three times in barely 6 minutes of fight. But he still showed lots of respect to the sport, to his fans, and even to his opponents.
Have you seen how he was shoved away by that guy in blue shirt when he tried to check on Hatton after he sent him to the canvass with that powerful left hook? That’s how much he shows respect to other boxers. Pacquiao might not be as humble as before, but he is still respectful. So yeah, it’s possible that a person is not humble but respectful – it’s still a class act.
So if you’re one great blogger, its alright if you boast for it, I don’t mind, but keep it to yourself though and respect other bloggers (especially PGB’s and no marketing value bloggers, like me). Just by being good at it doesn’t give you the right to look down on other bloggers, ‘aight?
Third, and last for this article, betting. LOL! Yeah, I learned to bet when I started blogging about Pacquiao fights. And I always bet against him – and I always win many times over. Sounds absurd? How? Actually its really a stupid bet, but I got takers, hahaha.
It’s like this – during the Pacquiao-de la Hoya fight, I bet for de la Hoya, and of course you won’t see that much Filipino willing to bet money on someone other than the Pacman. But there was a catch – if de la Hoya gets knocked out in the first 8 rounds, I get a bonus, triple the bet! So I didn’t mind losing when Pacquiao won, but I went home smiling because I got the bonus.
Last weekend, I bet for Hatton, well nobody wants to bet for him in the office and among my friends, so I was all alone betting for him. And my friends did not bite the handicap, having learned a lesson from the de la Hoya fight. Not even on the 5th round, but they agreed and the bonus is on if Hatton gets knocked out in the first 3 rounds – five times the bet.
Well it pays to be determined, and respectful and risk taker. These are the things a newbie blogger would need in a crab-eats-blog-eats-blogger Philippine blogosphere.
Ohh, I love crabs especially when steamed. Not when they start thinking and start blogging.
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congrats manny for a job well done.
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bloggista Replies:
May 5th, 2009 at 3:04 pm
So Mayweather’s next. Hehe, just wondering if they’ll gonna be another Pacquiao – Marquez fight. That dude is real tough Mexican fighter.
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Snow Replies:
May 6th, 2009 at 10:00 am
I am more looking forward if Pacquaio will have a boxing match with Mayweather Sr. Grabe, super inis ako sa kanya for bad-mouthing his boxer, Ricky Hatton.
Dapat yang si Floyd Sr, mag-retire eh…He is the biggest loser of the Hatton vs Pacquiao fight! *lol*
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marian Calago Replies:
May 8th, 2009 at 3:38 pm
hi bro!hehheeh pls dont forget my link here. thanks….
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my wife and bro-in-law challenged me and my father-in-law. If hatton wins, we’d pay for lunch that Sunday. We accepted the challenge and returned the favor by challenging them that if pacquiao wins, they’d give us P500. When we got news of hatton’s 2nd rnd defeat, we made fun of them but they didn’t want to hear anything about the pacman. we didn’t get our P500, too. LOL.
iblog5 na this weekend. freebies, freebies! kita-kita tayong mga PGB at sila ring mga A-listers! Sana magkaroon ng world peace!
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bloggista Replies:
May 11th, 2009 at 1:35 pm
hello bro, how’s the event? Masaya ba dun? Hehe.
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Nice way to earn by betting against pacquiao. Will try that on his next fight. Thanks for the tip!
Pardon the newbie question, what does PGB mean?
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bloggista Replies:
May 11th, 2009 at 1:38 pm
Hahaha. I think some commenters have several interpretations:
- Patay Gutom Boxer
- Pogi at Guapong Bloggers (LOL)
- Pretty and Gorgeous Bloggers
- Patay Gutom Bloggers
Hehe.
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Jay Castillo Replies:
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:36 am
Now I get it, I googled it and read all about it. Very nasty term in my opinion.
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Hi B,
wow hehehe are you going to do this professionally soon too hehehe
that is one sly thing to do hahahaha 
Good thing they bite and bite hard hahaha 
Keep cool always 
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bloggista Replies:
May 11th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
I don’t really like betting Metz… I just love the look of my friends’ faces when they realized they were “duped”. Hehe. Just for fun.
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I love those side comments, hehehe…
hope they get through
it really hurts when you are one struggling blogger, and still somebody wants to put you down
is it crowded up there?
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Snow Replies:
May 7th, 2009 at 11:05 am
Same sentiments here.
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bloggista Replies:
May 11th, 2009 at 1:43 pm
I just hate it when people start to impose “standards” on other people for stuffs like blogging. It’s universal, they can’t just do that – its the most stupid thing to do.
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congrats to manny pacquiao…
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wala nang makakatalo kay pakyaw!
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bloggista Replies:
May 11th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
Hehehe, meron pa bro. Baka yung manananggal sa may inyo. Hehe.
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Pacquiao is still the best pound per pound champion in the world and nobody can beat him!
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bloggista Replies:
May 11th, 2009 at 1:46 pm
Its probably his “ego” that will defeat him, eventually. He must avoid politics next election, what do you think?
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and now, i am hearing the raging bull part of you bro regarding this pgb thing. sorry, but that offense is just so hard to forgive and will never be forgotten.
respect, respect is the key…. no one is standing here on a higher moral ground on blogging.
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bloggista Replies:
May 11th, 2009 at 1:52 pm
So true… Maybe some of us were just over-reacting but, you know, when you speak unkind words, you could be forgiven, but the moment you write it – its unforgivable.
I know how hard it is to be a newbie blogger – and I still am a newbie. And its not nice to see other “better” bloggers discriminate on newbies.
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elmot Replies:
May 14th, 2009 at 3:44 pm
i totally agree bro…we can hit each other’s back, but everything remains within the confines of our comfort, its ok, we all are imperfect anyway. but when you write it and shout to the whole world that you are far more superior to a strata of bloggers, that thats shit.
we are newbie bloggers anyway, isn’t it? we learn everyday.
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When he started, Pacquiao was a PGB as well, Patay Gutom Boxer. lol
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Snow Replies:
May 10th, 2009 at 12:32 pm
Ow gawd, that PGB term was so popular na talaga…hahaha…
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bloggista Replies:
May 11th, 2009 at 1:55 pm
Ahaha. PGBs are the forces to watch out for. Itaya ko napanalunan ko kay Pacquiao. Hehehe.
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elmot Replies:
May 14th, 2009 at 3:45 pm
and now, ironically, PGB has become jologs and cool! ehehe!
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wala ng tatalo pa kay pacquiao.
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bro, sayang wala ka dun sa iblog5. daming freebies sa after-event party. kami lang dalawa ni TWG and umubos sa food na good for 10 people. dalawa lang kami sa table, eh!
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bloggista Replies:
May 12th, 2009 at 2:12 pm
Naku! Sayang nga esp the freebies and free food (and beer?). hehe. Baket naman 2 lang kayo sa table? Kunti lang dumating?
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elmot Replies:
May 14th, 2009 at 3:48 pm
PGB ka na rin pala, !!! ehehe! sana namigay ka naman sa amin, ehehe! naku PGB na rin ako! wahahah
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There are a lot of things we can take from Manny’s story and apply them to blogging.
A stand out of course is his humble roots. Ang layo na narating nya. And he seems sensible with what he’s got now. Sana mainvest nya nang mabuti.
The lowly, just starting out and still wet-behind-the-ear bloggers can take a lot of inspiration from Manny. It’s the willingness to train hard and the ability to listen – even when you can say he’s already at the top of his game. He still listens to his mentors and those that have a say in his boxing career. His interest in politics is of course another matter and is altogether a nasty bone of contention among his ardent fans.
Lastly, I really admire those abs and those killer combos of shots Manny is capable of unleashing. It’s this quality one can do well to analyze and bring into a blog: Developing those blogging abs and employing killer ninja moves.
But for the good of blogging community. Dito dapat gamitin.
Mahirap kasi sa atin, nagkaroon lang ilang readers at nakipag social climb na sa mga prominent blog personalities akala natin high and mighty na tayo. Sad, sad affair this penisulares attitude of putting down fellow bloggers just to be talked about. I hope they’d be able to live down their abhorrent, elitist behavior.
I’m just ecstatic for the fact that the bad things they did and still keep dishing out can very well outlive them. Buti nga sa mga walang kwentang tao na to. They’ve just gained their immortality on the net. Hah!
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it’s already late but love to post comment….
Actually, I almost stop blogging about pacman because I was embarrassed upon learning that my posts were not even listed on the top 2 pages of the SERP when searching for pacman related searches.
what made me wrote something about the pacman fights was the thought of my thousands of subscribers who might want to know my reaction about the fight.
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bloggista Replies:
June 17th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
aw, the master Sel is here. Hehe. Probably because you’re not optimizing some keywords sir. And you don’t need it anyway, you already have lots of visitors to your site.
For us newbies, being on google’s first page searches should at least give us 5 or 6 hits a day. LOL.
I have optimized these keywords pacquiao-hatton odds, pacquiao vs hatton betting odds and good thing they’re on the first two pages.
Thanks for the visit.
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PGB sounds like me
anyways looking forward to pacquiao’s next match against cotto
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pacquiao vs cotto..this will be a great event in boxing..may the best fighter wins..
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