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A Super large 16x20 Action Bobing Photograph from the Manny
Pacquiao vs Marco Barrera fight, signed by The pacman himself,
Manny Pacquiao. A rare signature on such a large photo.
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Emmanuel Dapigran Pacquiao, (born December
17, 1978 in Kibawe, Bukidnon, Mindanao, Philippines) is
a Filipino professional boxer and reigning WBC International
Super Featherweight champion. He is a former world champion
at IBF Super Bantamweight, and WBC Flyweight divisions.
Pacquiao has a record of 44 wins, 3 losses, and 2 draws,
with 35 wins coming by way of knockout.[citation needed]
His brother, Bobby Pacquiao is also a Super Featherweight
boxer.
Pacquiao ran for a congressional seat to represent
the 1st district of South Cotabato, but he was defeated
by Darlene Antonino-Custodio. Custodio had 139,061 votes
while Pacquiao received 75,908 votes.
In September 2007, he signed up with GMA Network
as an artist.
Biography
Early career
Pacquiao started his professional boxing career in 1995
at 106 pounds at the age of 16. His early fights usually
took place in small venues and were shown on Vintage Sports'
Blow by Blow evening boxing show (hosted by John Ray Betita).
His first professional fight was a four-round bout against
Edmund Ignacio on January 22, 1995, which Pacquiao won via
decision, thus becoming an instant star of the program.
His weight increased from 106 to 113 pounds
before losing in his 12th bout against Rustico Torrecampo
via a third round technical knockout (TKO). As well-known
sportscaster Joaquin "Quinito" Henson observed,
Pacquiao clearly had not made weight, so he was forced to
use heavier gloves than Torrecampo, thereby putting Pacquiao
at a disadvantage.
Shortly after the Torrecampo fight, Pacquiao
settled at 112 pounds, winning the WBC Flyweight title over
Chatchai Sasakul in the eighth round only to lose it in
his second defense against Medgoen Singsurat, or Medgoen
3K Battery, via a third round knockout on a bout held at
Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. Technically, Pacquiao lost
the belt at the scales by surpassing the required weight
of 112 lb (51 kg).
Following his loss to Singsurat, Pacquiao
gained weight anew, this time stopping at the super bantamweight
division of 122 lb (55 kg) where he picked up the WBC International
Super Bantamweight title, defending it five times before
his next world title fight came.
Pacquiao’s big break came on June 23,
2001, against IBF Super Bantamweight champion Lehlohonolo
Ledwaba. Pacquiao stepped into the fight as a late replacement
and walked out of the fight as the newly crowned IBF Super
Bantamweight champion on a bout held at MGM Grand, Las Vegas,
Nevada.
Pacquiao's rise
Pacquiao went on to defend his title four times before the
match that many consider to have defined his career, against
the Mexican boxing idol, Marco Antonio Barrera of Mexico.
Pacquiao, moving up in weight and in his first fight ever
in the featherweight division brought his power with him
and defeated Barrera via a TKO in the 11th round at the
Alamodome, San Antonio, Texas.
Only six months removed from his win over
Barrera, Pacquiao went on to challenge another respected
Mexican counter puncher, Juan Manuel Márquez, holder
of the World Boxing Association (WBA) and International
Boxing Federation (IBF) Featherweight titles. The fight
held at the MGM Grand ended in a controversial draw after
he knocked down Márquez three times on the first
round, but lost most of the latter rounds. One of the judges
later admitted to making an error in the scorecards, as
he scored the first round as a "10-7" in favor
of Pacquiao instead of the standard "10-6" for
a three knockdown round. Had Marquez not had the extra point,
Pacquiao would have won by split decision. It was probably
the most hated decision done by the WBA and IBF for the
Filipino boxer.
In a bout held at Taguig City, Philippines,
Pacquiao fought against Fahsan (2K-Gas Battery) Por Thawatchai.
Pacquiao sent Por Thawchwai to the canvas three times en
route to a knockout in the fourth round. A left uppercut
to the jaw knocked down the Thai fighter that lifted his
feet off the canvas and ended the fight.
Pacquiao once again moved up another division
from 126 to 130 pounds in order to fight another Mexican
fighter, three-time division champion Erik Morales on March
19, 2005 at the MGM Grand. However this time around at his
first fight in the superfeatherweight division, Pacquiao
lost the 12 round match by a unanimous decision from the
judges.
On September 10, 2005, Manny Pacquiao knocked
out Hector Velasquez, capturing the WBC International Super
Featherweight title in the process on a fight held at Staples
Center, Los Angeles, California.
Pacquiao defeated Erik Morales by TKO in a
much-anticipated rematch on January 21, 2006 in Las Vegas
at Thomas and Mack Center.
Newfound fame
After the Morales bout, Pacquiao was in the limelight again
during the first week of February 2006 when a waitress working
in a Manila night club claimed that he was the father of
her son, born out of a whirlwind affair with the boxer.
The boxer was not giving her child financial support, prompting
her to sue Pacquiao and demanding $250,000.00 (P5,159,958)
in child support.
On March 21 Pacquiao was sent to the hospital
due to stomach problems, brought about by his bar-hopping,
womanizing, various product endorsements, and billiards
playing (Pacquiao even qualified in the final stages of
Philippine 9-ball Open). Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach
had commented earlier about his concerns of Pacquiao's late
night lifestyle and warned that the boxer is in danger of
losing both his edge and his focus. Roach noted that there
are too many distractions surrounding Pacquiao in the Philippines,
including sponsorship deals, personal appearances, nocturnal
activities as well as his circle of friends.
On July 2, Pacquiao defeated another Mexican,
Oscar Larios, a two-time super-bantamweight champion. Despite
his camp's big promise of an early knockout, the fight went
the distance with Pacquiao knocking down the Mexican two
times during the 12-round bout for the WBC International
Super Featherweight title held at the Araneta Coliseum in
Quezon City, Philippines.[citation needed]
In September 2006, Pacquiao signed a major
deal with Golden Boy Promotions (GBP), headed by Oscar de
la Hoya, which is good for seven fights. This development
was confirmed by coach Freddie Roach. Under the deal, Pacquiao
is guaranteed a prize money of US$5 million for each fight.
With regard to profits made on each fight, Pacquiao will
be receiving at least 90% while the remaining 10% will go
to Golden Boy Promotions.
Pacquiao and Morales fought for a third time
(with the "series" tied 1-all) on November 18,
2006. Witnessed by a near-record crowd of 18,276, the match
saw Pacquiao defeating Morales via a third-round knockout
at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
After the Pacquiao-Morales rematch, Arum announced
that Manny returned his signing bonus check back with Golden
Boy Promotions signalling intentions to stay with Top Rank.
This resulted in GBP's decision to sue the famed fighter
over contractual breaches.
At the end of 2006, he was named by both HBO
and Ring Magazine as the fighter of the year, with HBO also
naming him as the most exciting fighter of the year.
After a failed promotional negotiation with
Marco Antonio Barrera's camp, Bob Arum chose Jorge Solis
as his next opponent among several fighters that Bob Arum
offered him to fight as a replacement. The bout was held
in San Antonio on April 14, 2007. In the sixth round of
the bout an accidental head butt occurred giving Pacquiao
a cut under his left eyebrow. The fight ended in the 8th
round when Pacquiao knocked Solis down twice, with Solis
failing to beat the 10 count after the second knockdown.
The victory raised Pacquiao's win-draw-loss record to 44-3-2
with 35 KOs.
On June 29, 2007 it was announced that Top
Rank and Golden Boy Promotions agreed to settle their lawsuit,
meaning the long-awaited rematch with Marco Antonio Barrera
will occur despite being the number 1 contender for the
super-featherweight title of Juan Manuel Marquez.
Since Bob Arum was out on a vacation, Golden
Boy Promotions’ chief executive Richard Schaefer politely
declined to discuss Manny Pacquiao’s purse from the
Oct. 6 rematch with Marco Antonio Barrera (at the Mandalay
Bay Resort Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas). But Pacquiao
was likely to get a purse of $5 million, plus possibly a
share of the pay-per-view rights. Meanwhile Pacquiao denied
gossips that he failed to pay taxes for his Porsche SUV
at the Bureau of Customs (BoC). He bought the luxury vehicle
(Porsche Cayenne) -- two weeks before his match with Erik
Morales (A report by Thomas Hauser of secondsout.com said
the Porsche Cayenne costs $67,639 or P3.5 million}.
A Pacquiao vs Barrera rematch is now calendared
on October 6, 2007 at Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino in
Las Vegas, NV, USA. Pacquiao, at 28, is in his prime while
Barrera, at 33, is considering this fight to be his last.
In the bible of boxing, Pacquiao (44-3-2)
remains at the top of the junior lightweight division (130
pounds). He had been in the ratings for 108 weeks. Pacquiao
is also at No. 2 in the pound-for-pound category behind
welterweight champ Floyd Mayweather, who recently defeated
Oscar de la Hoya. Related to this are the ratings of Filipinos
Donaire (18 wins, 1 lost, 11 knockouts) and Florante "The
Little Pacquiao" Condes (22-3-1 draw, 20). They have
made it to the prestigious Ring Magazine rankings (July
9). The bible of boxing put Donaire at second spot in the
flyweight division (112 pounds) just behind Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
(65-2, 34) of Thailand, who is rated No. 1. Condes, on the
other hand, is at third in the straw weight division (105
lbs).
In popular culture
A movie based on his life has been produced and was released
on June 21, 2006. The movie is titled Pacquiao: The Movie
featuring Filipino actor Jericho Rosales as Manny Pacquiao
and is directed by Joel Lamangan. Despite its huge P50,000,000
($1,031,991) budget, wide distribution (80 cinemas) and
strong marketing, the movie flopped in the box-office, grossing
a total of only P4,812,191 ($99,322) confirmed by Lamangan.
Shortly after winning his rematch with Erik
Morales, Pacquiao produced the song "Para Sa 'Yo Ang
Laban Na 'To" (Translation: "This Fight is for
You") which became a hit single all over the Philippines.
It expressed a nationalistic theme as well as Pacquiao's
struggles in the ring. The release of the song came weeks
before his second bout with Morales, leading up to the promos
to the fight. Although "Para sa 'Yo" is his first
attempt at professional music recording, Pacquiao's victory
against Morales greatly contributed to the song's popularity.
After their third bout, Pacquiao and Morales
appeared together in a San Miguel Beer commercial filmed
for the Filipino audience. The commercial ended with Pacquiao
and Morales toasting their friendship with San Miguels.
This commercial has been parodied in the comedy show, Bubble
Gang, with Michael V. playing Pacquiao, and Ogie Alcasid
playing Morales.
During her sixth State of the Nation Address
on July 24, 2006 in Quezon City, Philippine President Gloria
Macapagal-Arroyo cited Pacquiao as one of the nation's modern
day heroes. "Mabuhay ka, Manny", said Arroyo.
In return, the champion delivered his own speech endorsing
Arroyo. "The President said many good things in the
SONA." Pacquiao remarked.
It is not widely known that professional wrestlers
The Undertaker and Christian Cage were actually a part of
Pacquiao's entourage during the Pacquiao vs. Velázquez
fight in 2005. An avid boxing fan, The Undertaker was the
person who carried the US flag while leading Team Pacquiao
to the ring. This was also confirmed by another fellow wrestler,
Batista. Batista revealed this during a televised interview
in the Philippines while promoting an upcoming WWE promotional
tour which was set to be shown in this country.Rumours are
rife that Pacquiao is to enter the world of professional
wrestling having being offered a contract by the WWE.
Pacquiao is currently being sponsored by Nike
and No Fear sports apparels.
Pacquiao owns a lottery outlet for the Philippine
Charity Sweepstakes Office.
Pacquiao is the owner of the Pac Man Gensan
of the Mindanao Visayas Basketball
Association. The team based in his hometown of General Santos
City. Pacquiao even suited up for the team for a few games
during the first conference of said league.
Pacquiao is the third non-fictional Filipino
featured in a video game. He is featured in the
video games Fight Night: Round 2 and Fight Night: Round
3. The first two were pool legends Efren Reyes and Francisco
Bustamante, who both appeared in the World
Championship Pool 2004 video game.
Pacquiao is an avid supporter and endorser
of PBA team Barangay Ginebra Kings.
Politics
For some time, many have speculated that Manny Pacquiao
will enter politics after he ends his boxing career. While
boxing is far from over for him, Pacquiao admitted that
he is thinking about starting a career in politics. In fact,
he quietly visited the Commission on Elections, escorted
by Arnold "Ali" Atienza (son of then Manila Mayor
Lito Atienza), to transfer his residence from General Santos
City to Manila.[citation needed] This fueled speculations
that he may seek an elective post in the nation's capital,
which even gave him the title "Adopted Son" when
he was winning his earlier bouts.
His name was once floated as a possible vice-mayoralty
candidate to the younger Atienza when the latter seeks the
city's highest post in the 2007 elections, but backed-out
after Sen. Panfilo Lacson, then the leading candidate for
Manila mayor, did the same after there were threats from
his opponents to dig up the issue of his residency. (Similarly,
Pacquiao also had such issues).
Being known as an Arroyo supporter, his name
is also being floated as a candidate of Lakas CMD for the
mayoralty race of General Santos City against incumbent
Mayor Pedro Acharon. Instead, he was recently sworn-in as
a member of the Liberal Party under the Atienza wing, thus
further fueling his political ambition.
On February 12, 2007, the famed boxer announced
that he was running for congress representing South Cotabato.
His decision however easily turned off both his fans and
the general public. Election experts stressed that as Pacquiao
insists on participating in his next professional boxing
match, he will immerse himself into a legal conflict regarding
campaign exposure, especially since the match will be televised
nationwide. Aside from that, COMELEC commissioner Ben Abalos
mentioned a possible legal entanglement could ruin Pacquiao's
candidacy since he already registered himself as a Manila
resident months prior.
Numerous sports personalities and analysts
around the Philippines expressed that Pacquiao should think
seriously and deeply about his sports career, which could
potentially be destroyed by the dirty world of politics.
Popular columnist Randy David mentioned that Pacquiao allowed
himself to be used by selfish and desperate politicians.
On February 24, 2007 in Cebu City, Pacquiao,
for the first time ever, was booed by thousands of spectators
as his presence was acknowledged by the organizers of The
Battle of Cebu, a WBO-sanctioned boxing festival. The embarrassment
later led to confusing statements made by Manila Mayor Lito
Atienza that the famed fighter would withdraw. Despite the
statements however, Pacquiao confirmed to the public that
he would still run for office.
The negative sentiment among Cebuanos over
Pacquiao's political aspiration was felt even before the
The Battle of Cebu was held as at least one citizen's comment
got published by local newspaper Sun Star.
In relation to the April 14 fight with Arce,
the political opposition stated that they would not press
for a ban on the broadcasting of the match despite its potential
to violate election campaign rules.
Even though he won over Solis, Pacquiao's
appeal has diminished most likely due to his political ambition.
His last fight attracted noticeably smaller audiences and
his performance was considered by many as disappointing.
Some election candidates even turned the Pacquiao-Solis
match into campaign gigs.
On May 17, 2007, Pacquiao suffered a lopsided
election defeat to incumbent representative Darlene Antonino-Custodio
with a deficit of about 37,000 votes according to the NAMFREL
tally. Meanwhile, WBC head Jose Sulaiman stated that Pacquiao
"doesn’t appear to be having the same dynamic
impact at the ballot box, as he does in the ringed square."
The defeat became a depressing matter for
the boxer himself as he lost a huge sum of money when his
supporters allegedly funneled campaign funds to their own
pockets. Pacquiao's personal money was part of the campaign
budget.[28] Ironically, Pacquiao's fans rejoiced over his
defeat. Some even declared his loss as a "victory"
for boxing.
Over at General Santos City, Diocese of Marbel
spokesman Fr. Angel Buenavides considered President Arroyo's
endorsement of Pacquiao as a "curse" as constituents
in the area have strong anti-Arroyo sentiments.
On May 20, 2007, Manny Pacquiao formally conceded
to his congresswoman Antonino-Custodio, vowing to return
to boxing and spend more time with his family.
On August 1, 2007, Pacquiao filed a P30-million
libel suit against 4 journalists of the Manila Bulletin
- sports writer Nick Giongco, publisher Hermogenes P. Pobre,
editor-in-chief Cris J. Icban Jr., and Sports section editor
Ding Marcelo. The complaint stemmed from the article "Trouble
in Paradise-Again?" written by Giongco and published
last July 25 in F-2 sports section of the Manila Bulletin.
Pacman cited the alleged libelous fourth paragraph of the
article - "Pacquiao who spent millions in unsuccessful
bid to win a congressional seat in his hometown in General
Santos City is reported to be a compulsive gambler and is
known to bet hundreds of thousand in casinos, cockfighting,
and billiards."
Other media
With his popularity, various business sectors have solicited
Manny Pacquiao's help in endorsing their products through
commercial advertisements in print and in broadcast. These
include detergents, medicines, foods, garments, telecommunications,
and even a political ad for Chavit Singson during the May
14, 2007 elections.
On April 12, 2007, the COMELEC cancelled his
comercial appearances in accordance with existing Philippine
election laws. Airing of the commercials resumed after the
elections.
