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Manny Pacquiao
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Pacquiao during the opening ceremony of the NCAA Season 87 at the Araneta Coliseum in July 2011.
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Real name Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao
Nickname(s) Pac-Man,
Ang Pambansang Kamao
(The Nation's Fist),
The Mexicutioner,
The Destroyer,
Fighting Pride of the Philippines,
Pambansang Ninong
(National Godfather),[1]
The Fighting Congressman[citation needed]
The Filipino Slugger[2]
Rated at Flyweight
Super Bantamweight
Featherweight
Super Featherweight
Lightweight
Light Welterweight
Welterweight
Light Middleweight
Height 5 ft 6 1⁄2 in (169 cm)[3]
Reach 67 in (170 cm)
Nationality Filipino
Born December 17, 1978 (age 36)
Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines
Stance Southpaw[4]
Boxing record
Total fights 64
Wins 57
Wins by KO 38
Losses 5
Draws 2
No contests
0
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Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao, PLH (/ˈpæki.aʊ/ pak-ee-ow; Tagalog: [pɐkˈjaʊ];[5] 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 been involved in basketball,[6] acting, and is a retired singer.[7]
He is the first and only eight-division world champion,[8] in which he has won ten world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes.[9] According to Forbes, he was the 14th highest paid athlete in the world as of 2013.[10]
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.[11]
He is the current WBO welterweight champion[12] and is currently ranked number three on The Ring pound-for-pound list.[13]
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.[14][15]
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.[16]
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,[17] as well as the shortest player and the first dual-sport athlete in the Philippine Basketball Association.[18] Pacquiao also owns a team in the PBA Developmental League (PBA D-League), the MP Hotel Warriors.
The Alaska Aces is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of the Alaska Milk Corporation and the owner of 14 NBA championships with the 2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup as their latest. They are one of the most popular teams in the league and the Philippines. The Kia Carnival is a professional basketball team that plays in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team was formed as an expansion team prior to the start of the 2014-15 NBA season. The team is owned by Columbian Autocar Corporation, the exclusive distributor of Kia parts and accessories in the Philippines.The Alaska Aces is a professional basketball team in the Philippine Basketball Association since 1986 under the ownership of the Alaska Milk Corporation and the owner of 14 NBA championships with the 2013 PBA Commissioner's Cup as their latest. They are one of the most popular teams in the league and the Philippines. The Kia Carnival is a professional basketball team that plays in the Philippine Basketball Association. The team was formed as an expansion team prior to the start of the 2014-15 NBA season. The team is owned by Columbian Autocar Corporation, the exclusive distributor of Kia parts and accessories in the Philippines.
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