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    Manny Pacquiao had a difficult childhood growing up in poverty in the Philippines, but found inspiration in boxing after watching Mike Tyson on TV with his uncle at age 12. He began his boxing career winning small local matches for only $2 each as a way to support himself. Through relentless training and overcoming numerous challenges, he went on to become a world champion at just 19 years old and is now recognized as one of the most respected boxers, having found success and inspired millions through his incredible rise from poverty.

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    Manny Pacquiao had a difficult childhood growing up in poverty in the Philippines, but found inspiration in boxing after watching Mike Tyson on TV with his uncle at age 12. He began his boxing career winning small local matches for only $2 each as a way to support himself. Through relentless training and overcoming numerous challenges, he went on to become a world champion at just 19 years old and is now recognized as one of the most respected boxers, having found success and inspired millions through his incredible rise from poverty.

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    Manny Pacquiao had a difficult childhood growing up in poverty in the Philippines, but found inspiration in boxing after watching Mike Tyson on TV with his uncle at age 12. He began his boxing career winning small local matches for only $2 each as a way to support himself. Through relentless training and overcoming numerous challenges, he went on to become a world champion at just 19 years old and is now recognized as one of the most respected boxers, having found success and inspired millions through his incredible rise from poverty.

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    Manny Pacquiao had a difficult childhood growing up in poverty in the Philippines, but found inspiration in boxing after watching Mike Tyson on TV with his uncle at age 12. He began his boxing career winning small local matches for only $2 each as a way to support himself. Through relentless training and overcoming numerous challenges, he went on to become a world champion at just 19 years old and is now recognized as one of the most respected boxers, having found success and inspired millions through his incredible rise from poverty.

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    Manny Pacquiao’s Unbelievable Success Story Will Inspire You

    It’s 1990 in the province of General Santos in the Philippines. Manny


    Pacquiao is 12 years old.

    Pacquiao often speaks of his debt to his maternal uncle, Sardo Mejia, who
    introduced him to boxing after he dropped out of school. It was this moment that
    would spark an unforeseen passion and drive in Pacquiao to be one of the best
    boxers in the entire world. According to his autobiography, he describes watching
    Mike Tyson’s shocking defeat to James “Buster” Douglas in 1990 on television with
    his uncle as an experience that “changed [his] life forever.” In his hometown, he
    set up an open-for-all boxing match and beat every opponent who came. He was
    well on the road of transforming himself from a lanky school dropout to a junior
    boxing champion.

    Despite his success, his family was still living in extreme poverty and hunger.
    They became so desperate to the point that his father had to kill his pet dog for
    dinner. Pacquiao couldn’t forgive his father for what he did so he left home, slept
    on cardboard boxes, and sold bread on the streets just to make a meager living. At
    that point, he also used boxing and won matches for $2 each, as a means of
    escaping poverty.

    He soon moved to Manila and continued winning several boxing matches,


    but given the increased standards of living, he wasn’t making enough to survive. He
    soon got a job at a local gym doing gardening, cleaning and construction while
    boxing on the side. He trained crazily all day and all night when possible, waking up
    the earliest and leaving the gym at the latest possible time. Early on, his
    perseverance and determination to be a part of the boxing world swayed him to
    cheat and add on some weights to meet the featherweight class requirements.

    As the fights got more serious, Pacquiao started getting more famous as well.
    He would beat fighters from South Korea, Japan and Thailand and at the very young
    age of 19, he won his first World Champion title by beating Chatchai Sasakul, the
    reigning World Boxing Council (WBC) World Flyweight Champion at that time. The
    turning point for Pacquiao came when he won against world-class featherweight
    boxer Marco Antonio Barrera at the Alamo Dome in Texas with a TKO. After that
    fight, he was recognized internationally as a force to be reckoned with.

    Today, at 37, he is one of the most respected boxers. Despite his loss during
    the Mayweather match, he still has won the hearts of many boxing fans both in the
    Philippines and worldwide. His one-of-a-kind story will continue to inspire, and it
    will always portray the journey of what millions of Filipinos continue to aspire for.

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