The Cinderella Boxer

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The Cinderella boxer

Read the text carefully and write the following comparatives and superlatives in correct position
according to the context.
as good boxer less considerate less dangerous more less happy than
as interested
not as famous one of the the most the poorest the best
as richest famous
Manny Paquiao was born in a poor neighborhood in Philippines; when he was 12 years old his dog got
lost and he went out looking for it, Manny spent two days to find it and to return. His father was
a   man than others and he killed his dog, to punish Manny, besides his father cooked and
ate the dog.

Manny left the house and slept on the street in a cardboard box, sold donuts to survive, he
was   than many children in his country. He once sold donuts in a box gym and asked the
owner to let him sleep in the gym.

He was   in box than ever and began to practice, when he was 16 he had his first match, he
weighed only 48 kilos, after 12 victories, he won his first world championship in December 1998.
Manny was famous in the Philippines but not in the world, so he went to the USA in 2001. There he met
his trainer Freddie Roach, soon Pacquiao won the super bantamweight championship at the MGM Grand
in Las Vegas.

Later he defeated   boxers of the world, such as Mexican star Marco Antonio Barrera, Manuel
Marquez, Erik Morales, Hector Velazquez, Oscar Larios, Jorge Solis, David Diaz, with these triumphs he
gained fame. One of his best wins was against Oscar de la Hoya, who said “he is quick, effective and his
resistance to punishment goes beyond what the rest of mortals can understand as pain. One of his
hands is a sharp razor; the other could knock out a mammoth”.

After Oscar de la Hoya, Manny beat Antonio Margarito, Juan Manuel Marquez, Miguel Cotto and Shane
Mosley, with revenues of $ 42 million in a single year. In 2015, in a fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr he
earned 120 million; He is   people in his country, but with his money he has bought
houses for   people.

Nowadays, The Philippine Government issued five-peso coins with his figure; the national mail issued a
postage stamp with his picture. The security minister said that the Philippines is   when
Manny boxes because everybody is watching his fights.

In Philippines, there is a movie about his life, because he is   person in his country, even
more famous than the president. He also created his own political party, with which he managed in the
last elections to occupy a seat in the National Congress.

He has a career as a singer and his smiling face appears in commercials for cosmetics, food products and
Nike sportswear. Some people say he is   Henry Armstrong, Sugar Ray Robinson,
Muhammad Ali, Tom Hearns and Sugar Leonard or Mike Tyson.
Others say he is   Muhammad Ali or Mike Tyson because he isn´t a heavy weight, others
say that everybody can say anything, but Manny will be the president of Philippines sooner or later.

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