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In 1995, the death of a young aspiring boxer and close friend, Eugene Barutag, spurred the young Pacquiao to pursue a professional boxing career. [33] Pacquiao started his professional boxing career when he was just 16 years old, stood at 4'11'' and weighed 98 pounds (7 pounds under the mini-flyweight division).
A documentary entitled "Manny", which featured Pacquiao's early life as well as his boxing and political career, was released with Liam Neeson as the narrator. [ 118 ] Pacquiao has featured in the Fight Night boxing video game franchise as a playable character. [ 119 ]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. defeated Manny Pacquiao after 12 rounds by unanimous decision, 118–110, 116–112, 116–112, to remain undefeated in his career. According to CompuBox , Mayweather landed 67 more punches throughout the match, connecting with his punches 34 percent of the time, while limiting Pacquiao to only 19 percent. [ 116 ]
Manny Pacquiao vs. Keith Thurman, was a boxing match for the WBA (Super) welterweight championship. [2] The event took place on July 20, 2019 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas , Nevada . Pacquiao won the fight by split decision , and at 40 years old, became the oldest welterweight to win a major world title in boxing history. [ 3 ]
To date, the only octuple champion is Manny Pacquiao, who has won twelve major world titles. [ 1 ] Pacquiao achieved the feat when he defeated Antonio Margarito via a unanimous decision to win the WBC super welterweight title on November 13, 2010 at the Cowboys Stadium , Arlington, Texas , US.
LAS VEGAS — Two weeks ago, Manny Pacquiao was preparing to fight Errol Spence Jr., the unbeaten unified welterweight champion and perhaps the biggest test of his career since he fought Floyd ...
Erik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao, billed as Coming With Everything, was a super featherweight boxing match. [1] This match occurred on March 19, 2005, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena , Las Vegas , Nevada , United States and was distributed by HBO PPV .
Manny Pacquiao has been elected to boxing’s Hall of Fame. And the sun will rise in the East. There was never a doubt. The only question was when he would stop fighting and become eligible. On ...