Young Filipinos box clever to emulate Pacquiao (Reuters)

By John O’Brien SINGAPORE (Reuters) – Ed Picson can justifiably feel proud of his work at the Southeast Asian Games this week after the executive director of the Philippines amateur boxing board witnessed his 10-strong team of fighters all take home medals from Singapore. Tasked with finding the archipelago’s generation next, Picson was brimming with pride as his country’s boxers cut a swathe through the region’s best pugilists to top the medal table with five golds, three silvers and two bronzes. “We brought 10 boxers here, mandated by the rules, that is six men and four women.