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The Kobe 9 EM Philippines was designed by Erick Goto, a Filipino-American who works as a graphic designer for Nike. An insert card was included with the EM Philippines that were sold in the Philippines explaining the inspirations drawn in designing the shoe. The insert doesn't mention Pacquiao as a contributor to the design of the shoe, and knowing the how the Philippine community has so much pride with Manny, something like that would have been mentioned by Nike Philippines.
As far as Pacquiao's influences to the Kobe 9, Kobe said in an interview that he was watching Pacquiao train, which inspired the idea of the Kobe 9 Elite High,
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I havent seen the last two images. Makes some more sense now with 24 Mamba.
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