00:00The second Pakyaw Elorde Awards Night will be celebrated by some of the athletes who have given glory both inside and outside the country.
00:08Here is the report of Teammate Jamyca Bayaka.
00:13Star-studded and very T-Night!
00:16That's how the night of the Pakyaw Elorde Awards Night looks like.
00:23This event has been happening for more than 20 years in the Philippines.
00:26But for the second time, the Filipino boxing icon of Pakyaw and the Elorde family joined forces to lead this program.
00:34In a press conference, Liza Elorde, the COO of Johnny Elorde Management International and boxing promoter and manager, said
00:41that this is a way to value not only Filipino professionals and amateur boxers, but also the entire Philippine sports.
00:49I think it's something for them because what they did was recognized.
00:54And in front of all the boxers, the promoters and everything, I think it's something for them that they are being honored.
01:03And sometimes it happens, right?
01:06There are no really awards-giving bodies that we have here in the Philippines,
01:13except for that awards night, which we have been doing for the past years.
01:19Some of the major awards that will be given to 70 awardees are the Best Manager, Best Trainer, Boxer of the Year, and Fighter of the Year Award.
01:27The Special Award will be given to the two-time Olympic gold medalist Carlos Yulo as a Sports Hero Awardee.
01:33Some of the ones who will be on stage are the Paris Bronze Medalist Neste Petesho and Ayla Villegas.
01:38Aside from them, there are many athletes and professionals who will be watching the awarding ceremony.
01:44We are expecting a lot of former world champions that will be.
01:48Because it's a gathering of all the champions from the past and the present here in the Philippines.
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