Aside from being one of the best in their sports, golf legend Tiger Woods, basketball star Kobe Bryant, and Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao share one thing in common. They will be endorsing Nike in a commercial that will be aired around the world.    

While Tiger Woods and Kobe Bryant are not new to endorsing internationally, it will be a first for Manny Pacquiao and a first for Filipinos who consider him a hero.

It was Pacquiao who broke the information to Philippine media, although he was earlier criticized for allegedly snubbing a shoot with Kobe Bryant while he was preparing for the fight against Juan Manuel Marquez.

Although Woods lost to Geoff Ogilvy in the recent CA Championship in Doral, he remains to be the world’s golf icon while LA Laker’s Kobe Bryant has become one of basketball’s superstars.

The schedule of release for the Nike commercial has not been set yet but insiders revealed it should be in the next few weeks.