Boxer saves convicted Filipino drug trafficker on Indonesian death row

His focus would surely be on the May 2 mega-fight with Floyd Mayweather, but Manny Pacquiao still had time to plead for someone's life.

Indonesia is known for their stance against drug related crimes which comes with a death penalty.

A woman from the Philippines where Pacquiao also comers from faces the death penalty after being convicted of drug trafficking and sentenced to death in October 2011.

Mary Jane Veloso was  caught in April 2010 at Yogyakarta Airport in Indonesia with 2.6kg of heroin and was due to be executed on Tuesday, April 28.

A last minute postponement saved her due a plea from Pacquiao to the President of Indonesia and another twist in her case.

"His Excellency, President , I am Manny Pacquiao. On behalf of my countrman, Mary Jane Veloso, and the entire Filipino people, I am begging and knocking on your kind heart that Your Excellency will grant executive clemency to her by sparing her life and saving her life from execution," the statement read.

"Mr President, on 2 May I’ll be fighting in Las Vegas, Nevada, against Floyd Mayweather. It is considered the fight of the century. It will be a great morale booster if, in my own little way, I can save a life. I am dedicating this fight to my country and the entire Asian people, to which the Phillipines and Indonesia belong. Thank you, Mr President.

Although it is not known how much of a factor Pacquiao's plea played in Veloso's death postponement, the good cause by the boxer can never be forgotten.