Imagine for a second you're a young athlete, somewhere between the age of eight and 14. You are yet to play high school sports or get into one of the ever-competitive after-school boxing gyms that abound in urban neighborhoods throughout North America.
It is likely that in today's day and age you are more concerned with playing "Call of Duty" or "Madden" on your XBox 360 or Playstation 3. If you're lucky you have an iPad, or at least an iPhone, that you use to bump your favorite hip-hop joints while playing said video game.
If we're being real honest, the 8-to-14-year-old version of you is largely unconcerned with Manny Pacquiao. His boxing career and personal life are of little importance to little, narcissistic you.
That he has won eight separate boxing titles, 54 bouts and had 38 knockouts in his career means nothing to you. It's nice to know only if the holiday trivia game at your school...
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