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Manny Pacquiao was born as Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao in Kibawe, Bukidnon, and raised in General Santos, Philippines. He is the son of Rosalio Pacquiao and actress Dionisia Dapidran. [ 19 ] His parents separated when he was in sixth grade, after his father had an affair. [ 19 ]
Manny Pacquiao competed in professional boxing from 1995 to 2021. Regarded by boxing historians as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time, [ 4 ] Pacquiao is the only boxer in history to win twelve world titles in eight different weight divisions . [ 5 ]
With the victory Pacquiao had the first Filipino and Asian to become a three-division world champion. [ 9 ] On November 24, 2003, then Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo conferred on Pacquiao the Presidential Medal of Merit at the Ceremonial Hall of Malacañang Palace for his knockout victory over the best featherweight boxer in the ...
Manny Pacquiao, who won titles in a record eight weight classes from flyweight to super welterweight while becoming one of boxing's biggest draws, was elected Thursday to the International Boxing ...
Manny Pacquiao stands between promoter Bob Arum, left, and trainer Freddie Roach after winning a WBO welterweight title fight against Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas in November 2009. (Mark J. Terrill ...
Manny Pacquiao vs. Yordenis Ugás, billed as "The Legend vs. The Olympian", was a welterweight professional boxing match contested between former eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao, and WBA (Super) champion Yordenis Ugás. The bout took place on August 21, 2021, at the T-Mobile Arena in Paradise, Nevada, U.S. This was Manny Pacquiao's ...
Manny Pacquiao vs. Jessie Vargas, billed as The Legend/The Champ, was a boxing match contested on November 5, 2016, for the WBO and Lineal welterweight championship. The event took place at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. [1] Pacquiao won the fight by unanimous decision and took the WBO welterweight title. [2] [3]
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, billed as the Fight of the Century or the Battle for Greatness, [1] was a professional boxing match between undefeated five-division world champion and WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring welterweight champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and eight-division world champion and WBO welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao for the unified world welterweight championship.