After conquering the American sporting landscape, Manny Pacquiao now seems hell-bent on exporting his brand of pop music to the stateside audience. ABS-CBN is reporting that the pound-for-pound king that he had been invited to guest star on the hit television musical Glee:

In an interview with ABS-CBN News reporter Gretchen Fullido, Pacquiao admitted that he was invited to guest on Glee but had yet to receive confirmation about the offer. Pacquiao, who counts singing as one of his many passions, said he wants to guest on the musical show.

Even Pacquiao's wife, Jinkee, and friend, Ilocos Sur Gov. Chavit Singson, are all in favor of Pacquiao's Glee guesting.

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What you do in the bedroom, apparently, is now pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao’s business. He believes you shouldn’t use condoms or other contraceptives when you have sex. Taking the Catholic Church position opposite the controversial Reproductive Health (RH) bill in Congress, the gentleman from Sarangani is currently on a PR blitz to drum up opposition to the measure.

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I’d been out on business the whole day, which was why I missed the eruption of yet another steroid controversy involving Manny Pacquiao. Like the previous others, it was utter garbage.

It all started with an article on some fly-by-night boxing website, where Pacquiao’s alleged steroid use was confirmed by a former sparring partner, who said he used to inject the gentleman from Sarangani with drugs. Pacquiao’s accuser identified himself as a Filipino, and according to the article, wanted to remain anonymous for fear of backlash from his countrymen.

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My favorite sidelight from the big fight in Las Vegas yesterday was Paris Hilton partying with Manny Pacquiao and wife Jinkee after his victory over Shane Mosley. The hotel heiress tweeted last night that she’ll be visiting the couple in the Philippines given how well they got along.

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Pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao failed to knock Shane Mosley out in their match this morning at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, but they damn near put everyone who watched the match to sleep. After getting rocked by Pacquiao in the 3rd round, Mosley spent most of the rest of the match refusing to engage in combat, leading the crowd of 16,000 to serenade him with boos.

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Here's a second round of links to whet your appetite hours before the Manny Pacquiao-Shane Mosley match. Check out the first batch of links.



TMZ.com: “Manny Pacquiao made a beeline for beef and chicken today after his weigh-in ... Filipino style, of course. Manny -- who is scheduled to beat Sugar Shane Mosley tomorrow in Las Vegas -- weighed in at 145 lbs ... 2 lbs under the welterweight limit. Immediately after getting off the scale, Manny followed his tradition and ate a big meal prepared by his long-time personal chef. And what, you ask, does a champ eat -- grilled beef, boiled chicken, rice, fruit and Filipino chicken broth soup.”

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Fire Quinito rounds up all the links you need to read for tomorrow's big match between Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley, so you can concentrate on your Mother's Day shopping.



Kevin Iole, Yahoo! Sports: “There was a time not that long ago that those in Manny Pacquiao’s camp had legitimate reason to be worried before his major fights. He didn’t have a right hand to speak of and he only fought moving in one direction. He was so aggressive on offense that he was deficient defensively. There wasn’t a lot of nuance to his game. One by one, Pacquiao has erased those flaws and turned himself into the best fighting machine the sport has seen since ‘Sugar’ Ray Leonard more than a quarter of a century ago.”

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MANNY PACQUIAO, the best fighter in the world, will win his match against Shane Mosley this Sunday. I’m not really going out on a limb with my prediction; at 39, Sugar Shane is past his prime, and in fact hasn’t been impressive in the last 22 or so rounds he has fought against Floyd Mayweather and Sergio Mora. The last time Mosley showed signs of being the dangerous fighter he was for most of his career, he was pounding Antonio Margarito from pillar to post a few minutes after Naazim Richardson, Sugar Shane’s trainer, complained about the Mexican fighter’s hands being wrapped by a hardening substance in the locker room. That was two years ago.

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Manny Pacquiao will be stepping into the ring against Shane Mosley in less than two weeks, but his promoter, Top Rank, has already potentially lined up the next opponent for the pound-for-pound champ: Juan Manuel Marquez.

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This blog turns two years old today, so let me take this opportunity to celebrate this blog’s modest achievements.

Over the past couple of years, the level of discourse about sports in this country has deepened and broadened, and I’m proud to say that Fire Quinito has had a little to do with that, even though the posts here aren’t always polite or in good taste.

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