source: mb.com.ph
MANILA, Philippines -- Boxing champ and music enthusiast Manny Pacquiao will release a new single before his WBO welterweight title fight with Sugar Shane Mosley on May 7.
As reported by Reuters, the eight-division world boxing champion and Sarangani Representative will release “Sometimes When We Touch,” a duet with American balladeer Dan Hill. The CD Single/DVD of the song for his fans is expected for a worldwide release on April 28.
Hill, the song’s creator, made the song a hit in 1978. Apart from Pacquiao, several artists have covered the song including Tina Turner, Tammy Wynette, Rod Stewart, Barry Manilow and Engelbert Humperdinck.
“I was immediately drawn by the honesty and the gentleness of his performance. It was like ‘wow,’” Hill was quoted as saying about Pacquiao.
The pound-for-pound king, who is busy training in Los Angeles for his upcoming bout, is scheduled for return on the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” show this week for the song’s debut. His supposed fourth appearance on the show is said to be part of the Pacquiao-Mosley fight promotion.
Meanwhile, Pacquiao has been named Best Paid Athlete of Year 2010 by ESPN The Magazine, putting his earnings at $32 million (P1.376 billion) last year. The estimated income was from the boxing champ’s wins against Joshua Clottey (March) and Antonio Margarito (November). Endorsement and appearance fees, sponsorship deals, and other sources of extra income are not included in the figures.
Ranking tie with Pacquiao is American baseball player Alex Rodriguez of New York Yankees.
Placing next to Pacquiao and Rodriguez is Formula One champion Kimi Raikkonen of Finland, with race winnings of $26,333,333 last year. On the third spot is NBA superstar Kobe Bryant with $24,800,000.
Fourth is Portuguese soccer player Cristiano Ronaldo with $19.5 million, while Japanese baseball player Ichiro Suzuki ranked fifth with $18,000,000.
Completing the top 10 are Chinese basketball player Yao Ming ($17,700,000), Venezuelan-born horseracer Ramon Dominguez ($17,411,880), tennis player Rafael Nadal of Spain ($10,171,998), British golfer Luke Donald ($5,867,601) and Belgian tennis player Kim Clijsters ($5,035,060).
