Ka taƙaita labarin:  Manila (CNN) Shekaru arba'in da suka gabata, daya daga cikin wasannin dambe mafi girma a tarihi ya gudana a wani wuri da ba a saba gani ba: babban birnin Philippines. Gasar da Muhammad Ali ya yi a kan babban abokin hamayyarsa Joe Frazier a shekarar 1975 ya zama sananne a matsayin "Thrilla a Manila". Shekaru arba'in bayan haka, kuma taron jama'a sun taru a wuri guda a wannan birni mai gumi, da aka fi sani da Araneta Coliseum, don wata gasa ta daban: wasan kwallon kwando tsakanin kungiyoyin kwando biyu na kasar. Duk da haka, Coliseum ba zai iya guje wa tarihin dambe ba. Dan wasan da ya fi shahara a kotu a yau ya zama dan dambe. Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao shine kocin, kazalika daya daga cikin 'yan wasa mafi ƙanƙanta a cikin jerin a kawai biyar ƙafa, shida inci (168cm) tsawo, na tawagar Kia Carnival. Amma Filipino ya fi shahara a duniya a matsayin daya daga cikin manyan 'yan dambe na zamaninsa, mayaƙin farko da ya lashe belin zakarun Turai a rukuni takwas daban-daban. Amma duk da yadda yake janye hankali a filin wasa, bai gama ba a cikin wasan. Pacquiao yana da kadan fiye da watanni biyu daga yaƙin da ake tsammani mafi girma a cikin aikinsa. A ranar 2 ga Mayu, a karshe zai yi karo da zakaran dambe na Amurka mai nauyin welter Floyd Mayweather Jr. a Las Vegas - gwagwarmayar da mafi yawan magoya bayan dambe ke son gani tsawon shekaru. Amma a yau, da alama ya fi damuwa da cewa Kia Carnival ya rage maki da yawa a bayan Talk 'N Text Tropang Texters. A cikin dakin gyaran tufafi, Pacquiao, wanda ya taka leda na 'yan mintoci kaɗan a cikin kwata na biyu, ya ba da ɗan gajeren jawabi na rabin lokaci don kunna' yan wasan sa. Ya fi yawan magana da Tagalog, babban harshen Philippines, yana mai da jawabinsa a dakin gyaran tufafi da kalmomin Ingilishi kamar "laifi" da kuma "tsaron mutum-da-mutum". Da alama an yi wahayi, ƙungiyar ta sake komawa kotu ba da daɗewa ba. Abin mamaki, Pacquiao ya ce ya fi damuwa a filin wasan kwallon kwando fiye da lokacin da yake fuskantar gwagwarmayar gwagwarmaya a cikin wasan. "Hannuna [suna] sanyi!" in ji shi yana dariya, yayin da yake shafa hannayensa a sama. "Na yi imani a zuciyata cewa na biyu...
CNN ta hadu da dan wasan na Philippines a kotu a Manila, inda yake horar da kungiyar kwando. Dan wasan mai shekaru 36 ya shiga harkokin siyasa a kasarsa. Pacquaio ya ce manyan yaransa biyu suna matukar son ya yi fada da Mayweather.