I'm growing bored with HBO's "24/7" series -- it's about boxing, which I find numbing -- and it has been done over and over again. There are a finite number of ways to film a fighter training and coping with family duties. But the channel had some morbid luck when it went to the Philippines recently to film Manny Pacquiao's preparation for his fight against Miguel Cotto on Nov. 14: Typhoons had razed much of the surrounding area, creating an obstacle of deep water for local inhabitants.
Pacquiao has offered financial and morale assistance; stateside Filipino athletes are doing similar work. Brandon Vera, Mark Munoz and others have assisted Their Fight is Our Fight, a charitable entity devoted to helping victims of the torrential weather. Vera, who faces Randy Couture at UFC 105 on Nov. 14, hosted a workshop last weekend in Los Angeles and told the Asian Journal that he "had to do something. … I know it's hard in the Philippines right now. There are people who lost a lot -- their homes, cars, aunties and uncles. I just want to tell them to keep their heads up and keep moving forward."
Source: ESPN Sports
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