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Short Filipino boxer scores 1st point as professional basketball player

Standing at 5ft6, the pint-sized boxer who is scheduled to fight Floyd Mayweather this year made just one of a possible two free throw points on Wednesday night.

Manny Pacquaio who just turned professional basketballer in his country of the Phillipines, scored his first point for the Kia Carnival team against the Purefoods Star Hotshots in the Philippine Professional League.

Standing at 5ft6, the pint-sized boxer who is scheduled to fight Floyd Mayweather this year made just one of a possible two free throw points on Wednesday night.

He was the shortest player on the court, clearly revealing the discomfort.

'I’m not used to this feeling.’

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The Kia Carnival team emerged winners with a 95-84 points margin.

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