Not surprisingly the world of sports media just can’t break off from talking about the man everyone calls Pacman.

Just few hours after the virtuoso 12th round stoppage of Manny Pacquiao of hapless Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto, sports media’s crème de la crème went ala-Pacquiao with their rapid, superlative-laced writings about the pound-for-pound king’s rise to immortality.

“We are witnessing one of the all-time boxing greats, and the impressive part about it is that Manny Pacquiao doesn’t talk about how great he is. He proves it, fight in and fight out,” was how ESPN’s Dan Rafael opened his column.

Rafael later on gave specifics of Pacquiao’s remarkable but distinct run that began 14 years and 41 pounds ago.

“For a 16-year-old who turned professional at 106 pounds and won his first championship at 112 pounds, Pacquiao has raced up the scales like nobody else in boxing history,” said Rafael moments after Pacquiao grabbed Cotto’s welterweight crown last Sunday in Las Vegas.

Over in Los Angeles, the LA Times’ widely read columnist Bill Dwyre not only depicted Pacquiao’s annihilation of Cotto but also gave their over a million subscribers an idea about his familiarity on the Filipino’s stupendous skills.

“In the end, Cotto’s face was battered, swelling and bloody. His white shorts had turned pink from his own blood. Like so many Pacquiao opponents in recent years, he had now experienced  Pacquiao, a whirlwind wearing boxing gloves,” wrote Dwyre.

After quoting Freddie Roach who said they want Floyd Mayweather, Jr. next which could be their last outing too, Dwyre ended his obra by articulating how Pacquiao’s fellow 140-147 campaigner would feel about it.

“For lots of boxers, particularly those still hanging around in the middle weight divisions, that would be a most welcome relief,” said Dwyre.

Off we go to the East Coast where the New York Times, which promoter Bob Arum said has been paying too little attention to boxing for years, sent the well-traveled Greg Bishop to cover the fight.

After touching on Pacquiao’s history with his family, his philanthropic ways, the celebrities talking about the man and of course the way the Filipino tore Cotto apart, Bishop had his own coup de grace.

“This was more than just another knockout. This one was historic,” said Bishop.

The newspaper of all newspapers, the Associated Press, had Tim Dahlberg cover the event and illustrated how hugely popular Pacquiao is.

Dahlberg actually commenced his post-fight story by reporting how Pacquiao made clear to those he invited to his concert the price of his concert ticket.

“Not a problem. Anyone who watched Pacquiao cement his place in boxing lore Saturday night by giving Miguel Cotto a terrible beating would have gladly paid a few more bucks to see him in action again, even if it was with a microphone in his hands,” wrote Dahlberg. “Heck, he was so good they might have paid to watch him tie his shoelaces, if he didn’t already have people in his entourage to do that for him.”

And before you say this is an “Only in America” piece, check out how Pacquiao’s unassuming manner captured the imagination of British writer Ron Lewis of The Times.