Manny Pacquiao wins the fight, his mother Dionesia wins the Internet
While Manny Pacquiao regained the WBO welterweight title with a unanimous decision over Timothy Bradley, his mother Dionesia also made waves as she won the Internet with a classic display that only she could pull off.
It all started rather normally with Dionesia laying her right hand on Manny’s forehead while praying over him. Pac-Mom as she is often called has long requested her son to quit boxing. However, she threw a fit when the judges scored Pacquiao’s first fight against Bradley in the American’s favor.
During the fight however, things got really weird, really fast. Holding a rosary and what looked like a small prayer booklet, the devout Catholic mother looked like she was trying to put on some sort of curse on Bradley.
She was intently looking at Bradley with squinted eyes, pointing two fingers, then one finger at the undefeated American.
After the fight, Mommy D went up the ring to congratulate and even hug Bradley, perhaps trying to say that the curse she put on him was nothing personal. Mommy D was trending Sunday afternoon in the Philippines because of her antics.
Mommy D you were the X factor today
— Dominic Uy (@Dominic_Uy) April 13, 2014
Whatever Mommy D. did, it worked!! #congratsmanny
— Pia Arcangel-Halili (@piaarcangel) April 13, 2014
I have Mommy D winning by unanimous decision.
— Mico Halili (@micohalili) April 13, 2014
Mommy D just invited Tim Bradley over to the hotel for some lumpia, adobo and pansit. #filipinohospitality #filipinoheart
— Chris Ross (@cmross6) April 13, 2014
Mommy D comforts Timothy Bradley! She's the best!!! ☺️ #PacquiaoBradley2 pic.twitter.com/Mmzkoz2Njy
— Zen Hernandez (@zenhernandez) April 13, 2014
Chavit is trying to get Mommy D off Bradley, hilarious!
— Mo Twister (@djmotwister) April 13, 2014