How can you not love Manny Pacquiao?

Manny Pacquiao's marketing people are geniuses. Between goofy videos like this one from Fox Sports and punching pumpkins on Jimmy Kimmel you can't not like this guy. Cotto who?

Video: Manny Pacquiao and his boxing coach Freddie Roach

Contrary to what some may think, I don't spend all my time at the Playboy Mansion! Recently when I was in L.A. for Yardbarker my good friend Elie Seckbach pointed out that my hotel was right down the road from the Wild Card Boxing Club, where Manny Pacquiao was training for his upcoming fight against Ricky Hatton. So we decided to stop by when Pacquiao was working out. Elie is buddies with Freddie Roach and the folks at Wild Card, so big thanks to him for getting us in the door to film this video:



Freddie Roach of course pumped up Pacquiao and his chances against Hatton. He also had some interesting thoughts on MMA versus boxing and some of the MMA fighters he's been training like Anderson Silva and Andrei Arlovski.

Manny Pacquiao: always smiling, even when trying to look tough

Even when he's trying to look tough for an HBO promo spot, he can't help but smile and look friendly. Guess that's part of the reason he's the People's Champ.



I saw Pacquiao recently when I was in L.A. for Yardbarker -- stay tuned for my interview with his coach Freddie Roach and a look inside the gym where Pacquiao has been training.