President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo and the entire Philippine nation join the whole world in celebrating the victory of Manny Pacquiao.

His heart, valiance, dignity and love of God and country exemplify the indomitable and triumphant Filipino spirit.

“We are exceedingly proud of this victory and we congratulate Manny and Coach Freddie and Team Pacquiao” for championing the Filipino.

May they continue to bestow honor and glory to the country and inspire us to dare to dream, to reach for our dreams and to conquer every challenge that come our way.

Manny Pacquiao claimed the IBO light-welterweight title with a stunning second round knockout of Ricky Hatton.

“PacMan” knocked the Englishman in the opening round before ending the fight with a stinging left hook two minutes and 59 seconds into the second round.

Pacquiao simply saw an opening, his left hand flew through the air, landed on Hatton’s chin and that was that.

“That was my strategy, left hook and right hook, that was going to be the key to this fight,” Pacquiao said in the ring afterward. “I expected my right hook to be dangerous for him.”