Manny Pacquiao Nominated as USSA "Athlete of the Year"

The Boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao is among the 12 nominees for the United States Sports Academy's (USSA) 2011 Male Athlete of the Year.

Philboxing.com reported that Pacquiao was nominated together with known personality in different field of sports namely David Beckham (soccer), Patrick Chan (figure skating), Novak Djokovic (tennis), Kirani James (track and field), Ryan Lochte (swimming), Rory McIlroy (golf), Geoffrey Mutai (marathon), Dirk Nowitzki (basketball), Aaron Rodgers (football), Kohei Uchimura (gymnastics) and Justin Verlander (baseball).

The annual awarding rites, which also recognize a female athlete, are held in cooperation with USA Today and NBC Sports.

Here are the 12 nominees for USSA’s “Female Athlete of the Year” are Miki Ando (figure skating), Seimone Augustus (basketball), Tatyana Chernova (track and field), Kim Clijsters (tennis), English Gardner (college track and field), Carmelita Jeter (track and field), Li Na (tennis), Federica Pellegrini (swimming), Yani Tseng (golf), Lindsey Vonn (skiing), Jordyn Wieber (gymnastics) and Chrissie Wellington (triathlon).

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Pound - For - Pound Champion Joins World's Sexiest Men

The pound - for - pound champ Manny Pacquiao joins the list of Salon.com's World's Sexiest Men for the year 2011. The fighting congress of Sarangani Province was surprised for him to be part of the said list of sexiest men. Pacquiao believed that it is not just the looks that matters but also the personality.

"Pacquiao's blood lust and killer instinct... has served the world's greatest boxer in 59 fights," said Salon.com. "But outside the ring, the boxer - with the Bieber esque moptop - has an ability to croon romantic ballads that's just as deadly," Salon.com added.

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