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Certain sports stories defy context within the sports world. Remember when Dave Cowens, former rookie of the year, became a Boston cab driver back in the '70s? That's sort of like what happened with Manny Pacquiao, currently the WBO welterweight champion. Except the Filipino Pacquiao took it up a notch.
Imagine Derek Jeter running for U.S. Congress one day. Wait: Is that what Pacquiao did?
Yep. Meet Congressman Manny Pacquiao.
From Time Magazine's report:
It was a fight even Manny Pacquiao's closest advisers warned he would lose. His opponent hailed from a formidable political family. And the last time the Filipino boxing sensation ran for public office, he lost badly. But on Monday, May 10, Pacquiao won a seat in his country's Congress — and won it by a landslide.
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