Manny Pacquiao

About Manny Pacquiao

Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH born December 17, 1978) is a Filipino world champion professional boxer. At 32 he was elected to the Philippine House of Representatives. He has also gotten involved in basketball,acting, and is a retired singer.

He is the first and only eight-division world champion, in which he has won ten world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes.According to Forbes, he was the 14th highest paid athlete in the world as of 2013.

He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 2000s (decade) by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA), World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Organization (WBO). He is also a three-time The Ring and BWAA "Fighter of the Year," winning the award in 2006, 2008, and 2009, and the Best Fighter ESPY Award in 2009 and 2011.

He is the current WBO welterweight champion and is currently ranked number three on The Ring pound-for-pound list.

He was long rated as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world by some sporting news and boxing websites, including ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Sporting Life, Yahoo! Sports, About.com, BoxRec and The Ring from his climb to Lightweight until his losses in 2012.

Beyond boxing, Pacquiao has participated in basketball, business, 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.

Pacquiao, while mostly focused on being a boxer and a congressman, is listed as the head coach of the basketball team Kia Sorento. At 36, he also played 7 minutes of one of the team's games and is thus a professional basketball player. He was drafted onto the team that he coaches as 11th overall on the first round of the 2014 PBA draft by the Kia Sorento, making him as the oldest rookie drafted, as well as the shortest player and the first dual-sport athlete in the Philippine Basketball Association.Pacquiao also owns a team in the PBA Developmental League (PBA D-League), the MP Hotel Warriors.

Amateur boxing career:

At the age of 14, Pacquiao moved to Manila and lived for a time on the streets. He started boxing and made the Philippine national amateur boxing team where his room and board were paid for by the government. Pacquiao reportedly had an amateur record of 64 fights (60–4).

Manny Pacquiao Achievements

Titles in boxing:

Major World Titles:

WBC Flyweight Champion (112 lbs)

IBF Super Bantamweight Champion (122 lbs)

WBC Super Featherweight Champion (130 lbs)

WBC Lightweight Champion (135 lbs)

WBO Welterweight Champion (147 lbs)

WBC Light Middleweight Champion (154 lbs)

(2) WBO Welterweight Champion (147 lbs)

Minor World Titles:

IBO Light Welterweight Champion (140 lbs)

The Ring/Lineal Championship Titles:

Lineal Flyweight Champion (112 lbs)

The Ring Featherweight Champion (126 lbs)

The Ring Super Featherweight Champion (130 lbs)

The Ring Light Welterweight Champion (140 lbs)

Regional/International Titles:

OPBF Flyweight Champion (112 lbs)

WBC International Super Bantamweight Champion (122 lbs)

WBC International Super Featherweight Champion (130 lbs)

WBO International Welterweight Champion (147 lbs)

Special Titles:

WBC Emeritus Super Featherweight Champion (130 lbs)

WBC Diamond Welterweight Champion (147 lbs)

WBO Welterweight Super Champion (147 lbs)

Recognitions:

International:

2000–2009 Boxing Writers Association of America Fighter of the Decade

2000–2009 HBO Fighter of the Decade

2001–2010 World Boxing Council Boxer of the Decade

2001–2010 World Boxing Organization Best Pound-for-Pound Fighter of the Decade

2006, 2008 and 2009 Boxing Writers Association of America's Fighter of the Year

2006, 2008 and 2009 ESPN Fighter of the Year

2006, 2008 and 2009 The Ring Fighter of the Year

2008 Sports Illustrated Boxer of the Year

2008 Yahoo! Sports Fighter of the Year

2008 and 2009 ESPN Star's Champion of Champions

2008 and 2009 World Boxing Council Boxer of the Year

2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011 The Ring No.1 Pound-for-Pound (year-end)

2009 Ask Men Most Influential Men (ranked 24th)

2009 ESPN Knockout of the Year (in Round 2 against Ricky Hatton)

2009 and 2011 ESPY Awards Best Fighter

2009 Forbes Magazine World's Highest-Paid Athletes (ranked 6th)

2009 Sports Illustrated Fighter of the Year

2009 The Ring Knockout of the Year (in Round 2 against Ricky Hatton)

2009 TIME 100 Most Influential People (Heroes and Icons Category)

2009, 2010 and 2012 Forbes Magazine Celebrity 100 (The World's Most Powerful Celebrity) (ranked 57th, 55th and 33rd)

2010 World Boxing Organization Fighter of the Year

2010 Yahoo! Sports Boxing's Most Influential (ranked 25th) 

2011 Guinness World Records Most boxing world titles in different weight divisions (8 times; since November 13, 2010) 

2013 Reader's Digest Asia Pacific Most Trusted Personality 

2013 Forbes Magazine World's Highest-Paid Athletes (ranked 14th)

2014 PublicAffairsAsia HP Gold Standard Award for Communicator of the Year 

National:

2000–09 Philippine Sportswriters Association Athlete of the Decade

2002, 2003, 2004, 2006 and 2008 PSA Sportsman of the Year

2003 Presidential Medal of Merit

2003 and 2010 Congressional Medal of Achievement / Distinction / Honor

2006 Order of Lakandula with the rank of "Champion for Life" (Kampeon Habambuhay)

2008 Philippine Legion of Honor with the rank of "Officer" (Pinuno)

2008 University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Honorary Award for Sports Excellence

2009 Order of Sikatuna with the rank of Datu (Grand Cross with Gold Distinction)

2011 Gabriel "Flash" Elorde Memorial "Quintessential Athlete" Award