Repost: Manny Pacquiao Unhurt as Man Attacks Boxing Star in LA Parking Lot

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Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao was attacked by an unknown assailant as he was about to leave a Japanese restaurant along Hollywood late afternoon of Sunday (Monday, Manila time).

The man, described to be in his mid-30s, suddenly came from behind and appeared ready to punch on the Filipino boxing great just when he was to board his Italia Ferrari car at the backdoor parking lot of the Kabuki restaurant here.

Pacquiao’s security however, was able to hold the guy and pull him away while he kept on yelling invectives against the congressman from Sarangani province.

“He was shouting ‘F@#* you, F@#* you. You homophobic,” David Sisson, Pacquiao’s personal assistant, recalled about what the man was saying as he was being led away from the 37-year-old boxer.

The guy was eventually let go as per Pacquiao’s instruction to his security personnel.

“Manny told them not to hurt the guy, and said ‘let him go, let him go,’” said Sisson afterwards.

Long-time Pacquiao friend Edward Lura, who is based here in L.A., was the first to foil the attack after pushing the man away from Pacquiao and into the hands of the boxing star’s security.

“I really thought he would hit Manny. He almost got to him,” Sisson said.