Jimmy Kimmel surprised his audience when he sang Manny Pacquiao's song titled "Lalaban Ako Para Sa Pilipino," which means "I Am Going To Fight for Filipinos."
The boxing champ's walkout song will be played during his fight against Floyd Mayweather on May 2.
"To inspire himself, to get himself fired up for the fight, Pacquiao just released his own walkout song," the talk show host said as reported by IB Times.
Then he showed a clip of the boxer's music video on "Jimmy Kimmel Live". The music video featured footages of the boxer's previous fights and heartwrenching scenes from the victims of the typhoon.
Check out the video below:
After showing a teaser of Manny Pacquiao's latest music video, Jimmy Kimmel started to perform the boxer's song. As the 47-year-old comedian sang "Lalaban Ako Para Sa Pilipino," the audience waved their hands. He even joked that his performance should be included in the Grammy Awards next year. Check out Jimmy Kimmel's version of the Filipino song below:
According to the website, the 36-year-old athlete loves to sing and he has even released an album in the Philippines. One of his most popular songs is "Para Sa'Yo ang Laban Na 'to", which means "This Fight is For You". He also covered the classic song "Sometimes When We Touch", which was originally sung by Dan Hill.
Apart from boxing and singing, Pacquiao is also a congressman, basketball player, and actor. The Filipinos are really proud of their champion that they even made a movie based on the boxer's life entitled "Kid Kulafu", which was recently shown in his home country.
Jimmy Kimmel and Manny Pacquiao are really good friends and the boxer has appeared on his show several times. The Filipino boxer has been training hard for his upcoming fight against Floyd Mayweather, but he managed to drop by "Jimmy Kimmel Live" last month to have a little fun.
"I'm trying to be a security guard here," Pacquiao joked while dressed up like a security guard as reported by Yahoo TV. "I think we'd be in a lot better shape if you were a security guard," Kimmel replied. The host also asked Manny if he had heard about the news that Justin Bieber will be joining Floyd Mayweather on the ring. "Will you beat Justin Bieber up too?"
Kimmel asked Pacquiao who just laughed at the question. Watch the clip below:
