Content creator Jayson “Boss Toyo” Luzadas is set to auction a new piece of Philippine pop culture history this September.
In the August 18 episode of his online show Pinoy Pawnstars, comedian-host Erik Nicolas brought a pair of boxing gloves—signed by PNP Chief General Nicolas Torre III—to Boss Toyo’s shop in Quezon City.
Erik said the gloves were from the ill-fated charity match with Davao’s acting mayor, Sebastian “Baste” Duterte, which fell through when Duterte failed to show up for the July 27 bout.
Erik, who had been tapped to host the event, had the gloves signed by Gen. Torre.
"Ako naman, e, natawagan lang. Siyempre, trabaho. Alam mo naman.
"Wala naman tayo ng kumbaga e, dito sa panig na ito para manalo o dito sa [kabila]. trabaho. Trabaho lang tayo."
After showing a video of Gen. Torre signing the gloves, Erik initially priced the signed pair at PHP500,000.
He said he planned to sell them to raise funds for the animal shelters he supports.
In the vlog, he told Boss Toyo, "May purpose kasi. May magandang kapupuntahan kung saka sakali makukuha mo ito.
"Ikaw mahilig sa aso? Mahilig sa pusa? Yung mga nase-save, di ba, yung mga na-re-rescue?
"Ito, e, kumbaga, kung anuman ang matatanggap ko rito, dadalhin ko doon sa dalawang shelter."
Boss Toyo, however, didn’t buy the gloves on the spot.
"Kung bibili ako ng five hundred thousand na gloves, siyempre mga boxing worn ng professional like kay Sen. Manny," referring to Manny Pacquiao.
Boss Toyo countered with an offer of PHP27,000, citing the July 27 date as the basis for his pricing and noting that the value wouldn’t reach PHP500,000 since Gen. Torre isn’t a professional boxer.
He told Erik: "Sa price nito, kung eto idadaan natin sa masusing sports, when it comes to sports expert. At isa pa, ang personality.
"Dalawa ang titignan natin dito. Si Chief PNP Torres, isa na siyang figure na iyan ngayon lalung-lalo na dahil sa dami ng kanyang nagawa din.
"Sa sports, mahina sa sports ito. Hindi ito papasok sa sports kasi nga hindi naman kilalang sports athlete si Sir Torre.
"So ito, papasok sa signature ni Chief PNP and the event. So with that kind of event and with that kind of signature, 25,000... 27,000."
To back his counteroffer, Boss Toyo called fellow content creator Kyle Gianan, known as “Kyle the Filipino Picker," who independently valued the gloves at PHP30,000, a figure that closely matched Boss Toyo’s.
Kyle explained: "Hindi ito pwedeng tumaas sa gloves ni Manny Pacquiao at hindi siya puwedeng tumaas sa autograph ni Bongbong Marcos. Parang ganun."
Erik and Boss Toyo failed to reach a middle ground, with Erik’s final asking price at PHP140,000.
Boss Toyo instead offered to put the signed boxing gloves up for auction at his Quezon City shop starting this September.
Erik said: "Kung magkano man ang nakuha natin dito, ipu-push pa natin doon [sa animal shelter] at sa National Children's Hospital."
He later added: "Hindi kami nagkasundo sa presyo dahil siguro mali rin ako nung masyadong malaking, kumbaga, akala kong yun ang nababagay doon sa gloves ni PNP Chief Torre.
"So, ang maganda nito, sa auction baka mas malaki sa inaasahan ko ang maibigay doon sa gloves na yun at mas maraming matutulungan.
"Yun ang mas maganda. Sana. Yun lang naman. Mabuhay kayo. Mabuhay ang lahat ng nagmamahal sa mga alagang hayop.
"Hindi lang aso, hindi lang pusa, lahat ng hayop na may buhay."
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