One of Manny Pacquiao ’s early victories in the Philippines is suddenly tainted. Referee Carlos Padilla, a Filipino, recently said on the WBC’s YouTube channel that he gave his countryman a long count after he went down against unbeaten Australian Nedal Hussein in 2000. Pacquiao went down in Round 4 but beat the count and went on to score a 10th-round TKO. Three fights later, he upset Lehlo Ledwaba in Las Vegas, which was his springboard to superstardom.
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