Nelson Mandela very well after health scare, will watch Manny fight on May 7

Unlike last year, Mandela did not attend the opening of parliament and will not be making any public appearances to mark the 21st anniversary of

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But there is one item in his diary, Zindzi revealed: fight night. She said Mandela remains an avid

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fan and will be watching Filipino pugilist

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's next world title defence on 7 May.
"My father is still very much aware of who the fighters are," said Zindzi, who was at a press conference with Pacquiao and American Shane Mosley, his challenger for the WBO welterweight crown, at a hotel in Beverly Hills.
"I was just telling both Shane Mosley and Manny Pacquiao ... my father sits up to watch a fight and he still loves the sport with a passion."
Mandela himself started boxing while at Fort Hare University in Eastern Cape province and shadowboxed during his 27 years in jail. He is also a friend of former world heavyweight champion

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"I grew up knowing that my father was a boxer," said Zindzi, who is in Los Angeles to promote Mandela Day – 18 July.
"We always had those pictures at home of him shadowboxing and I knew the gym where he used to go and practise and spar and so on.
"When he came out of prison, he was already a grown man and he couldn't go back to the sport but we used to go to boxing bouts together."
Mandela was particularly impressed by eight-times world champion Pacquiao, who won a seat in his national congress last year and is revered for his humanitarian work in the Philippines.
"My father has a respect for anybody like Manny who stands up and takes a stand and is willing to serve his people, because that is what he [Mandela] represents," she said.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/feb/11/nelson-mandela-very-well-says-daughter