{"id":158487,"date":"2025-09-21T04:33:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T04:33:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/158487\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T04:33:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T04:33:09","slug":"filipino-boxing-icon-manny-pacquiao-joins-netflixs-star-studded-physical-asia-line-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/158487\/","title":{"rendered":"Filipino boxing icon Manny Pacquiao joins Netflix\u2019s star-studded Physical: Asia line-up"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Netflix Korea on Sept 19 unveiled a star-studded line-up for Physical: Asia, the franchise\u2019s first-ever nation-versus-nation showdown.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">The series will feature 48 contestants from eight countries \u2013 Australia, Indonesia, Japan, South Korea, Mongolia, the Philippines, Thailand and Turkey \u2013 competing in a high-stakes test of strength, strategy and teamwork.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Each six-person team is led by a national superstar. Team Korea is anchored by Ultimate Fighting Championship pioneer Kim Dong-hyun and boasts a powerhouse roster including Olympic gold medallist Yun Sung-bin and Physical: 100 Season 2 winner Amotti.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Team Japan will feature MMA standout Yushin Okami while Team Australia presents former UFC middleweight champion Robert \u201cThe Reaper\u201d Whittaker.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Boxing icon Manny Pcacquiao headlines Team Philippines and Thailand\u2019s squad features muay thai world champion Superbon. <\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Team Mongolia showcases traditional wrestling star Orkhonbayar Bayarsaikhan, Team Turkey includes four-time oil wrestling champion Recep Kara and Team Indonesia has Igede Dharma Susila, known as \u201cIgedz Executioner\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"font-body-baseline-regular text-primary\" data-testid=\"article-paragraph-annotation-test-id\">Expanding on the hit variety franchise Physical, which launched its first two seasons in 2023 and 2024, Physical: Asia premieres this October on Netflix. THE KOREA HERALD\/ASIA NEWS NETWORK<\/p>\n<p>South KoreaStreaming &#8211; music\/video\/contentCelebrities<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Netflix Korea on Sept 19 unveiled a star-studded line-up for Physical: Asia, the franchise\u2019s first-ever nation-versus-nation showdown. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158488,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-158487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}