Manny Pacquiao Should Hire Comedian Jo Koy to Host His Weigh-Ins from Now on

Manny Pacquiao, boxing's number one fighter and biggest star, has pretty much achieved god status in his native Philippines. Unless you have been in a coma for the last five years or so then you probably have came across Manny Pacquiao by now, with his exciting action packed fights, his random commercials and endorsements, HBO's 24/7 and talk show appearances on  everything from Jimmy Kimmel to ESPN.

If you have been going to his fights like a true hardcore fight fan does then you probably know that at the Friday weigh-in day, the hype, energy, and excitement are so enormous it's like a big rock concert party where the MGM Grand Garden Arena reaches maximum capacity, sometimes three full hours or more before the actual weigh-in even happens.

Fight fans from all over the world fly in or drive in to Vegas by the thousands. Hundreds do not even have a ticket and are hoping to score some just in time to attend the actual fight.

One of the reasons why the weigh-ins are so packed and full of life is because they are:

1) Free, so those fight fans who can not afford tickets to the fight (which can run up to several thousand dollars depending on what level) can still get up close to see their boxing idols without any charge.

2) Open to the entire public, until maximum capacity is reached and the doors are closed keeping thousands of fight fans who did not come in time stuck outside. So the most hardcore, dedicated fans who show up the earliest can sit the closest to the stage where their favorite fighters will hop on the scales to be officially weighed-in for the fight.

Again thousands of fight fans come four hours in advance to the MGM Grand Garden Arena just to see Manny on the stage for a mere few minutes.

I personally have been to a number of these weigh-ins by now to know what to expect. For me the most important thing that I get out of the weigh-in is how the fighters look both physically and mentally. Do they look weigh drained or ripped as hell? Fully focused and pumped to fight tomorrow or worried and unsure?

Of course if a fighter can not make the weight that usually means they have had some sort of problem within their training camp and it usually means they will be at a disadvantage the next day; weight issues usually indicate disaster for the most part.

But for all the fight fans who do not get the opportunity to ever attend a weigh-in for a huge fight like Saturday's Pacquiao vs. Marquez III fight, one of the usual rituals is the pre-fight weigh-in entertainment which usually consists of a famous comedian who happens to be of the fighter's ethnic background.

For example past famous comedians to host the big fight weigh-ins were George Lopez, movie stars such as Jeremy Piven and even WWE stars such as Triple H.

Most recently the big Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz weigh-in had comedians Paul Rodriguez and Kevin Hart host the weigh-in. Obviously Rodriguez was there to inspire the mostly Latino crowd in attendance for Ortiz and of course Hart was there to do the same for the large African-American fan base for Mayweather.

As you can imagine, comedians of the fighter's ethnicity will have some jokes to be told which of course will be racially based, usually on ignorance and stereotypes.

George Lopez has made several jokes about Filipino people being small that he often repeats when hosting a weigh-in, and even on his now canceled show Lopez Tonight.

During the Mayweather vs. Ortiz weigh-in both Rodriguez and Hart randomly made jokes about Chinese people. Hart even admitted he would rather make fun of Chinese people that day since the crowd was made up mostly of Mexican and African-American people.

As an Asian-American fight fan, who probably is the complete opposite of just about every Asian stereotype there is (some lucky ladies can actually verify this to be true WINK), I am not personally offended by these ignorant, stereotypical jokes about Asian people, mostly because none of them actually apply to myself.

But what I would like to see is a top comedian such as Jo Koy up on that stage representing Filipino and Asian Americans, especially when we are getting dissed by a comedian of another ethnicity—or in boxing terms, being hit with no counterattack.

Jo Koy is a tall good looking Filipino-American comedian. He often claims to be Filipino when doing his stand-up act and in comedy skits and interviews.

He is one of the top comedians right now, with constant sold-out comedy tours and maybe is best known for appearing as a regular round table discussion panelist on the E!'s Chelsey Lately—where Lately often throws insult jabs at Koy, who always stands his ground and fires back, winning over the crowd with his talent and humor.

Koy is also one of the few comedians ever to receive a standing ovation on the Tonight Show which he got on his very first appearance on the show back in 2005.

The first time I ever saw Jo Koy was when he won on Showtime At the Apollo, which for those who do not know it is a predominantly African American talent show with a very particular audience who will be very blunt and even hostile when booing you off stage if they do not like you.

That night Jo Koy told the mostly African American audience to give it up to the Asians and the crowd start cheering for the Asians. I remember thinking "What the hell?" I have never seen anyone do that before.

Koy obviously was funny as hell and won over the crowd with his talent, which included a Michael Jackson impersonation performance of "Man In The Mirror."

The first time I saw Koy live in person was several years ago at the Laugh Factory comedy club in Hollywod. I was sitting up front and he actually stopped in the middle of his show and asked me what was wrong in front of the sold-out club. I was having a really bad night that night mostly due to some drama with the group of friends I was with, but instead of explaining that to him in front of the whole crowd I decided to say I'm just waiting for your Michael Jackson impersonation.

Koy was shocked that I recognized him, cause at that early point of his career I guess most did not know him just yet. He then made several jokes about me, which if they were not actually about me then I would have probably found them to be funny. After the show he even waited for me outside the club to personally invite me to any show I wanted to go to. He said if I ever wanted to go to let him know and he would get me in.

I told him I appreciate that, but this was the age before all the social networking of Myspace, Facebook, and Twitter existed so whatever means of communication he gave me that night we lost touch.

But going back to the number one fighter on the planet, Manny Pacquiao, you must get Jo Koy to host your weigh-ins from now on. Have the the top Filipino American comedian and one of the best comedians in the world right now host your weigh-in and make all your fans and haters laugh.

I've been going to Pacquiao's fights ever since the legendary trilogy with Erik Morales, and ever since then it has been mostly Latino and African American comedians making jokes against Filipinos and Asians without counterattack. So Jo Koy is the solution.

Manny Pacquiao is where he is today because he not only wins fights but he wins over the crowds and the masses. Jo Koy is just like Manny in that sense where he too is where he's at because of his talent as a hilarious comedian who wins over all crowds of people of all ethnic backgrounds.

Manny hire Jo Koy to host your fight weigh-ins from now on.

It will be the best fighter in the world, who is Filipino, with one of the best comedians, who is also Filipino American, on the same stage rocking the maximum capacity crowds at the weigh-ins.

Just like in any fight if the referee has seen one fighter take on way too much punishment without answering or firing back then that referee will stop the fight.  When Manny gets hit or even hurt what does he do? He fires back and fights fire with fire and fights on even harder. So let's have that same type of winning spirit as well with your weigh-in comedy entertainment—when comedians throw jokes and jabs at your Filipino and Asian people, you can fire back with one of the best pound-for-pound comedians in the world, Jo Koy.

KING J is the Bleacher Report Boxing Community Leader and Featured Columnist. He will be live at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas this weekend covering the Pacquiao vs. Marquez III fight.

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