Manny has also sought a new group of supporters for this fight, right in Ricky Hatton’s backyard.
Manny Pacquiao is apparently a big fan of the film Braveheart and has repeatedly through out the press-tour Manny Pacquiao has used comedy to reach out to fight fans in Scotland. At some press stops he has been known to do an impersonation of Mel Gibson in the movie and claim that he is Fighting for freedom! Fighting for Scotland! You can even find Youtube
videos of Pacquiao talking in a Scottish accent and claiming to hail from Scotland while on tour in the UK. At the Wild Card Gym, the above image has been posted a sign has been hung up closed for "Fighting for Freedom against the Englishman."
The images includes Celtic nationalist symbols: such St. Andrews Cross and Shamrocks . The image was featured in HBO’s first 24/7 episode and is meant to draw on both Manny's "Scottish" background but also Freddy Roach's Irish heritage.
Since the last time I visited the Wild Card Gym a new Scottish flag has been added to the windows of the Gym as well to join the Irish tricolour.
Perhaps Manny Pacquiao is conjuring one of the forgotten areas of Philippine history when the Philippines was seized by an entrepreneurial English military officer named William Draper in the name of the Crown and held for two years until it was returned to Spain as result of the end of the Seven Years War (or the French and Indian War as it is known in the United States).
How will this all play out in Saturday's fight? Will either of these fan-minority groups be visible in the arena this May 2 in Las Vegas? Regardless fans of all backgrounds should hold onto their sombrero and expect a great fight.
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