Legendary boxer – Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao, in full Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao,(born December 17, 1978, Kibawe, Bukidnon province, Mindanao, Philippines) Pacquiao left home at age of 14. He stowed away on a ship bound for Manila and lived for a time on the streets.

He started boxing while working as construction worker and made the Philippine national amateur boxing team where his room and board were paid for by the government.

Manny Pacquiao has competed in professional boxing since 1995. Over the years, he has shown extreme striking finesse, world-class movement, and exceptional defense inside the ring. Regarded by many boxing experts as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. Pacquiao holds the record of being the only boxer to hold world titles in four different decades, in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s.

He was named Fighter of the Decade for the 2000s by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA), WBC, HBO and WBO.

July 2019, Pacquiao became the oldest welterweight world champion in history at the age of 40, and the first boxer to become a recognized four-time welterweight champion after defeating Keith Thurman to win the WBA (Super) welterweight title.

Pacquiao’s next fight will be the last of his career, during which he’s become boxing’s only eight-division world champion and amassed a record of 62-7-2 with 39 knockouts.