pacs amateur experience

And why is that important? 50% of ESB say that amateur boxing is not the same that porfessioanal boxing, as a matter of fact every time a Cuban is going to fight they predict a loss because of the amateur background.

 

That is not amateur.

It is called semi-professional fights.

They got paid for their effort but it is never a sanctioned fight by any organization.

Amatuer fighters don't get paid. and they fight uder a strict sanctioned fight. The state gives them allowance and they fight other fighters who are also like them.

The thing with the semi-professional fights is that the quality of opponents varies. You might get a totally amateur to someone who actually had already professional fights and is just fighting for the easy buck. Some even hide their real identity.

 

its an undocumented amateur fights, until today it's very common practice in the province, normally it is held during fiesta celebration.....a boxing show is part of the fiesta program which any person can join instantly

 

That's quite a fiction you have written for yourself there.

The Philippines does not have a formal amateur program, except for the Olympics team, which is mostly composed of members of the Armed Forces. We used to have a Palarong Pambansa (National Games) featuring high school athletes from different regions, but as you well know, Pac didn't even reach Grade 6.

The only amateur experience that Pac had was fighting in backyards and fiestas when he was very young, and even that wasn't purely amateur since the winner received fifty to one hundred pesos as prize money. So, you could say that even then he was already a prizefighter. :hi:

This is amateur boxing in the Philippines:
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