By REY DANSECO

The proud former WBC title belt holder Manny Pacquiao is staying out of the Philippines until next week.

Pacquiao wants to stay longer in Los Angeles, California, primarily to play more basketball and spend more time with his wife, Jinkee.

On Tuesday, the couple will attend the 62^nd National Prayer Breakfast in Washington, D.C. They will meet President Barack Obama, First Lady Michelle Obama and Tibetian leader Dalai Lama.

Obama will address the attendees while Pacquiao and Dalai Lama don’t have speaking role.

The annual program is an annual, historically Christian event at the Washington Hilton.

Hundreds of mostly evangelical and other faith leaders attend.

Pacquiao is a self-proclaimed spiritual leader in his native Philippines while Dalai Lama, a Nobel Peace Prize in 1989, is arguably the most visible symbol of Tibet’s struggle for independence in China.

Last month, the Filipino Congressman, Actor-Singer and basketball player met Prince Harry in a private dinner in London before judging the Miss Universe Pageant in Florida.

Pacquiao also met his promoter Bob Arum about his anticipated superfight against undefeated champion Floyd Mayweather Jr..

The two popular welterweights briefly talk at the Miami-Milwaukee game in Miami. They exchanged phone numbers and talked about their possible clash for WBC-WBA titles on May 2 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada.

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By REY DANSECO

Thai prospect Petch Sor Chitpattana defended his WBC Youth Silver bantamweight title over Chinese challenger Hou Tin Long on Friday at Chom Thong District Office in Bangkok, Thailand.

Chitpattana floored inexperienced opponent and the Thai referee found no reason to continue the carnage. The referee stopped the fight at 1:40 mark of the fourth round, making it as Chitpattana’s fifth defense of the belt.

The 21-year-old native of Roi-Et captured the vacant title belt in October 2013 at the Ayuthaya Night Bazzar in the town of Ayutthaya after beating debutante opponent Mokhtar Tarighatranah from Iran with fourth round TKO.

Chitpattana, a southpaw, improved his unblemished record to 29-0, 19 KOs. He will also expecting to move up from his current No. 7 position in WBC rankings.

Long took the title shot despite having one professional fight. His ledger now read 1-1 win-loss slate.

PALANGPOL DEFEATS MABAO

In the undercard, Palangpol CP Freshmart (7-1, 4 KOs) earned a unanimous decision win in 8-round flyweight clash against weak journeyman Donny Mabao (21-24-1, 4 KOs).

It was Mabao’s fourth loses in a row since 2014.

Unbeaten Light flyweight Kongfah CP Freshmart (10-0, 4 KOs) has kept his record unscathed following his third round stoppage win against Fahpikard Twins Gym (2-8, 5 KOs)

Welterweight Mohamadreza Hamze (4-5-1, 1 KO) knocked out Kwanpichit Twinsgym (0-2) in the fourth of their scheduled 6-round bout.

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