Manny Pacquiao: Ring Magazine

Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH (/ˈpækiaʊ/ PAK-ee-ow; Tagalog: [pɐkˈjaʊ]; born December 17,
1978) is a Filipino professional boxer and politician, currently serving as a senator of
the Philippines.
He is the only eight-division world champion in the history of boxing,[1] having won
twelve major world titles,[2] as well as being the first boxer to win the lineal
championship in five different weight classes.[3][4][5] Pacquiao is also the first boxer in
history to win major world titles in four of the eight "glamour divisions" of
boxing: flyweight, featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight.[6][7][8]
He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 2000s by the Boxing Writers Association
of America (BWAA), WBC, and WBO. He is also a three-
time Ring magazine and BWAA Fighter of the Year, winning the award in 2006, 2008,
and 2009, as well as the winner of the Best Fighter ESPY Award in 2009 and 2011.[9] In
2016, Pacquiao was ranked No. 2 on ESPN's list of top pound for pound boxers of the
past 25 years[10] and currently ranks No. 4 in BoxRec's ranking of the greatest pound for
pound boxers of all time.[11]
Pacquiao has generated approximately 19.6 million in pay-per-view buys and $1.2
billion in revenue from his 24 pay-per-view bouts.[12] According to Forbes, he was the
second highest paid athlete in the world as of 2015.[13]
Beyond boxing, Pacquiao has participated in basketball, business, TV hosting, acting,
music recording, and politics. In May 2010, Pacquiao was elected to the House of
Representatives in the 15th Congress of the Philippines, representing the province
of Sarangani. He was re-elected in 2013 to the 16th Congress of the Philippines.[14] In
June 2016, Pacquiao was elected as a senator and will serve a six-year term until
2022.[15]
Pacquiao started boxing at the age of 14 while living in the streets of Manila and turned
professional when he was 16 years old. He had a record of 60–4 as an amateur and
currently has a record of 62–7–2 as a professional, with 39 wins by knockout.
"Many of you know me as a legendary boxer, and I'm proud of that," he said. "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."[29]
Pacquiao made history by being the first boxer ever to win world titles in eight weight
divisions, having won twelve major world titles,[2] as well as being the first boxer to win
the lineal championship in five different weight classes.[3][4][5] 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.[6][29][8]
He was named Fighter of the Decade for the 2000s by the Boxing Writers Association of
America (BWAA), WBC and WBO. He is also a three-time Ring magazine and BWAA
Fighter of the Year, winning the award in 2006, 2008 and 2009; and the Best Fighter
ESPY Award in 2009 and 2011.[9] BoxRec ranks him as the greatest Asian fighter of all
time[30] and he was ranked second on ESPN's list of top pound for pound boxers of the
past 25 years in 2016.[10] 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.[31][32] He is also the longest reigning
top-ten active boxer on The Ring's pound for pound list from November 2003 to April
2016.[33] Over the course of his decorated career, Pacquiao has defeated more than 20
world champions—Chatchai Sasakul, Lehlohonolo Ledwaba, Jorge Eliécer Julio, Marco
Antonio Barrera (twice), Érik Morales (twice), Óscar Larios, Jorge Solís, Juan Manuel
Márquez (twice), David Díaz, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Joshua
Clottey, Antonio Margarito, Shane Mosley, Brandon Ríos, Timothy
Bradley (twice), Chris Algieri, Jessie Vargas, Lucas Matthysse, Adrien Bronerand Keith
Thurman.
Pacquiao has also generated approximately 19.6 million in pay-per-view buys and $1.2
billion in revenue from his 23 pay-per-view bouts.[12] According to Forbes, he was the
second highest paid athlete in the world as of 2015.[13]
In July 2017, after his controversial defeat to Jeff Horn, Pacquiao said: "I love this sport
and until the passion is gone, I will continue to fight for God, my family, my fans and my
country."[34]
In October 2018, Pacquiao signed with Al Haymon[35] and currently holds the WBA
(Super) welterweight title as of July 2019.

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