And because pacman is an international boxing icon, his words are watched, spread fast and became a big issue all over the world. His biggest opponent Mayweather gave a statement for pacquiao to stop trashing gay people. His spoken words hurt many people even those not in LGBT community, but also those who respects them. One of them is his primary sponsor of clothings. The nike company turn back on paquiao.
This incident doesn't please everyone. On the other side there are still big stars who protects pacman like vice president jejomar binay and local action star robin padilla.
alleged manny scandal
Because of pacman statements against them is a personal issue for LGBT, an fb page of pro LGBT releases an alleged scandal of manny paquiao stating that he is criticizing their community. They tend to down pacman on his reputation. This hits a big impact over his career specially now that he is running for a senatorial position in the Philippines.
