Story of Manny Pacquiao

Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, CLH (/ˈpækiaʊ/ PAK-ee-ow; born December 17,
1978) is a Filipino professional boxer and politician who is currently serving as a Senator of the
Philippines and as party president of the PDP–Laban party. Nicknamed "PacMan", he is regarded
as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time.[5]
Manny Pacquiao is the only eight-division world champion in the history of boxing and has won
twelve major world titles.[6][7] He was the first boxer to win the lineal championship in five
different weight classes,[8][9][10] the first boxer to win major world titles in four of the eight
"glamour divisions": flyweight, featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight,[11][12][13] and is the
only boxer to hold world championships across four decades (1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s).
[14]
As of 2015, Pacquiao's fights had generated $1.2 billion in revenue from his 25 pay-per-view
bouts.[15] According to Forbes, he was the second highest paid athlete in the world in 2015.[16]
In July 2019, Pacquiao became the oldest welterweight world champion in history at the age of
40,[17]and the first boxer in history to become a recognized four-time welterweight champion
after defeating Keith Thurman to win the WBA (Super) welterweight title.[18]
Pacquiao has held the WBA (Super) welterweight title since July 2019. As of November 2020,
he is ranked as the world's eighth best active boxer, pound-for-pound, by BoxRec, ninth by
Boxing Writers Association of America and tenth by ESPN. He is also ranked as the world's
third best active welterweight by the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, Espn, The Ring
Magazine and BoxRec.
Early life and amateur career

Pacquiao was born in Kibawe, Bukidnon and raised in General Santos, Philippines. He is the son
of Rosalio Pacquiao and Dionisia Dapidran-Pacquiao.[19] His parents separated when he was in
sixth grade, after his father had an affair.[19] He is the fourth of six siblings, one of whom, Alberto
"Bobby" Pacquiao, is also a politician and former professional boxer.
Pacquiao completed his elementary education at Saavedra Saway Elementary School in General
Santos City, but dropped out of high school due to extreme poverty.[20] At the age of 12,
Pacquiao was introduced to boxing a by his maternal uncle Sardo Mejia. According to his
autobiography, Pacquiao said watching Mike Tyson's defeat to James "Buster" Douglas in 1990
with his Uncle Sardo as an experience that, "changed my life forever." His early interest in
combat sports was also inspired by martial-artist Bruce Lee and the boxer Muhammad Ali.[21][22]
In 1990, Mejia began training his nephew in a makeshift home gym. After 6 months of training,
Pacquiao began boxing in a park in General Santos eventually traveling to other cities to fight
higher-ranked opponents. By age 15, he was considered the best junior boxer in the southern
Philippines.[23] At the age of 15, he moved to Manila. In January 1995, at the age of 16, he made
his professional boxing debut as a junior flyweight.[24]
In February 2007, Pacquiao took and passed a high school equivalency exam, and was awarded
with a high school diploma by the Department of Education.[25]
Professional boxing
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Overview
Manny Pacquiao has an amateur record of 60–4 and a record of 62–7–2 as a professional, with
39 wins by knockout. World-renowned boxing expert and historian Bert Sugar ranked Pacquiao
as the greatest southpaw fighter of all time.[26] In 2020, Pacquiao topped the Ranker's list of best
boxers of the 21st century.[27][28]
Pacquiao made history by being the first boxer ever to win world titles in eight weight divisions,
having won twelve major world titles, as well as being the first boxer to win the lineal
championship in five different weight classes. Pacquiao is also the first boxer in history to win
major world titles in four of the original eight weight classes of boxing, also known as the
"glamour divisions" (flyweight, featherweight, lightweight and welterweight), and the first boxer
ever to become a four-decade world champion, winning world championships across four
decades (1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s).
Pacquiao was long rated as the best active boxer in the world, pound for pound, by most sporting
news and boxing websites, including ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Sporting Life, Yahoo! Sports,
About.com, BoxRec and The Ring, beginning from his climb to lightweight until his losses in
2012.[29][30] He is also the longest reigning top-ten active boxer on The Ring's pound for pound list
from November 2003 to April 2016.[31]
Pacquiao has generated approximately 20.1 million in pay-per-view (PPV) buys and $1.2 billion
in revenue from his 25 PPV bouts. According to Forbes, he was the second highest paid athlete
in the world in 2015.
Early years
Pacquiao was introduced to boxing at the age of 12 by his maternal Uncle Sardo Mejia.
According to his autobiography, Pacquiao said watching Mike Tyson's defeat of James "Buster"
Douglas in 1990 with his Uncle Sardo as an experience that, "changed my life forever." Mejia
began training his nephew in a makeshift home gym. After 6 months of training, Pacquiao began
boxing in a park in General Santos eventually traveling to other cities to fight higher-ranked
opponents. By age 15, he was considered the best junior boxer in the southern Philippines.[23] At
the age of 15 he moved to Manila. In January 1995, at the age of 16, he made his professional
boxing debut as a junior flyweight.[24]
Pacquiao stated of his early years, "Many of you know me as a legendary boxer, and I'm proud of
that. However, that journey was not always easy. When I was younger, I became a fighter
because I had to survive. I had nothing. I had no one to depend on except myself. I realized that
boxing was something I was good at, and I trained hard so that I could keep myself and my
family alive."[32]
On December 4, 1998, at the age of 19, he won his first major title, the World Boxing Council
(WBC) flyweight title.

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