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Manny Pacquiao
- Sport: Boxing
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Nationality:
Philippines
- Birth date: 1978-12-17 (34 years)
- Nickname: PacMan
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao or simply Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao is a Filipino professional boxer who was born on December 17, 1979 in Bukidnon, Philippines. He has a total of 58 fights, with 53 wins, 38 of which are KO wins, then 2 draws and 3 losses. He started fighting professionally at the age of 16 in 1995. Since then, he has made his way up and is now given the title the No. 1 “Pound-for-pound” boxer by Ring Magazine. He is trained by Freddie Roach at the Wild Card Gym in Hollywood, California.
He then had his first International bout at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Nevada where he defeated the IBF Super Bantamweight champion Lehlohonolo Ledwaba. Then he followed it with a series of victories against his Mexican contenders that include Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez, Erik Morales, Oscar Larios and Jorge Solis.
By June 2008, Pacquiao won his fight against his first American opponent, David Diaz in Las Vegas. And b December of that same year, he won against strong fighter Oscar De La Hoya also in Las Vegas. His latest fight was against Rick Hatton of the United Kingdom where he knocked out the Briton in the second round.
In his personal life, he presently resides in General Santos City, South Cotabato with his wife Jinkee and their four children. Aside from boxing, Pacquiao has also pursued his other interests which include politics, acting and singing.
2010 has been a very fruitful year for Pacquiao as he won in the Philippine local elections in his bid to be the congressman of Sarangani. In addition, he went head to head against Antonio Margarito and won the bout. By the start of 2011, Pacquiao went against Shane Mosley and won in a lopsided victory. Pacquiao is set to close 2011 with another hopeful victory, this time against Juan Manuel Marquez in November.
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Pacquiao wins by decision over Marquez
Sunday November 13
In a gripping fight against Juan Manuel Marquez, Manny Pacquiao fought long and hard until the 12th round where he won via majority decision against Marquez, retaining his welterweight title. More
Hatton thought of suicide after Pacquiao knockout
Tuesday October 4
Ricky Hatton, former British boxing world champion revealed how he considered committing suicide after he was knocked out by Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao after their Las Vegas title fight in 2009. More
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Donaire Reconciles with Top Rank
Thursday July 28
After the much-publicized tug of war between Golden Boy and Top Rank over Filipino-American boxer Nonito Donaire, Top Rank president, Todd Duboef, finally announced that after weeks of rumors the boxer is finally back in their fold. More
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I admire Manny for acknowledging his sinful condition, who like everybody else, like me is a sinner, who turned to God for his forgiveness, redemption and salvation. He is making effort to correct his mistakes and wrongdoings, esp. to his family, among others, by the grace of God. I also would like to congratulate him for not being afraid to express his own conviction in relation to gay marriage based on biblical principles. All of us is entitled to our own conviction, which in the case of Manny Pacquiao-is based on honoring God, which is not bad because God ultimately wanted us to be happy and have eternal life together with Him. However, not all of us would like to be with God. Hence, God allows people to choose whom to worship, listen and obey. It is Manny Pacquiao's choice to listen to Gods' instruction in the bible. It's the gays' choice not to. In the end, people will decide where do they want to go in the eternal life, if they ever believed there is such a thing. I just hope and pray that the gay people will be touched by God, although they would not like to be under His authority or accept the teaching of the bible on the issue because it seemed so unfair and there are many struggles and things they have to sacrifice and let go (same with straight people who are living in sin and blatantly opposing God's will...but there are also gay and straight people who are remorseful and strive to be better and discover that it's peaceful and fun to be with God). We have to be sympathetic with gays with their hurts, just as we should be sympathetic with the straights as we are not perfect people, that's why Jesus Christ came because we can't save ourselves and we need help. In a nutshell, we should always bear in mind that our action shoud always lead to love and what is honoring and glorifying God. Gays and straights, let us remember, God loves us and may God's inner voice within each of us and not the other inner voice, prevail.
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WHY SHOULD JUNE WEATHER OR JULY WEATHER FIGHT PAC MAN ? HE KNOWS HES A PIECE OF HUMAN SHIT WITH TALENT AND KARMA IS A BITCH SO WHY RISK IT MAY DOG SHIT MAY LOSE
PAC MAN 8 DIFFRENT TITLES MAYWEATHER HES SMART HE AINT GOING TO FIGHT PAC MAN HE WOULD GET OUT POINTED WHY RISK THE 40-0 RECORD ? ANYWAYS WE ALL KNOW THAT KARMA IS A BITCH SO MAYWEATHER YOU BETTER NOT FIGHT PAC MAN