Manny Pacquiao is a Filipino professional boxer and Senator of the Philippines. Nicknamed ‘PacMan’, he is regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. As of 2015, his fights had generated USD 1. 2 billion in revenue from his 25 pay-per-view bouts. In July 2019, he became the oldest welterweight world champion in history at the age of 40.
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Manny Pacquiao is a Filipino professional boxer and Senator of the Philippines. Nicknamed ‘PacMan’, he is regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. He is the only boxer to hold world championships across four decades. As of 2015, his fights had generated USD 1. 2 billion in revenue from his 25 pay-per-view bouts. In July 2019, he became the oldest welterweight world champion in history at the age of 40. He has an amateur record of 60–4 and a record of 62–7–2 as a professional, with 39 wins by knockout. He was elected as Senator in 2016 and is serving a 6 year term. In 2020, he is ranked as the world’s eighth best active boxer, pound-for-pound, by BoxRec, ninth by Boxing Writers Association of America and tenth by ESPN. World-renowned boxing expert and historian Bert Sugar rankedPacquiao as the greatest southpaw fighter of alltime. He topped the Ranker’s list of best boxer of the 21st century. Pacqu Qiao was born in Kibawe, Bukidnon and raised in General Santos, Philippines. His parents separated when he was in sixth grade, after his father had an affair. His early interest in combat sports was also inspired by martial-artist Bruce Lee and the boxer Muhammad Ali. He completed his elementary education at Saavedra Saway Elementary School, but dropped out of high school due to extreme poverty. In February 2007, he took and passed his high school equivalency exam, and was awarded with a high school diploma by the Department of Education.
In January 1995, he made his professional boxing debut as a junior flyweight. He became the first boxer ever to win world titles in eight weight divisions, having won twelve major world titles, as well as being the first boxer to win the lineal championship in five different weight classes. According to Forbes, he was the second highest paid athlete in the world in 2015. His fights have generated approximately 20 million 1-perview buys and approximately $1.2 million in revenue. In April 2016, he announced that he would be retiring from boxing at the end of the 2016-17 season to focus on a number of business ventures. He also announced he would not be running for re-election to the Philippine Senate in 2016. His father, Alberto, is also a politician and former professional boxer. In 2000, he won the world title in flyweight, featherweight, lightweight, and welterweights. In 2003, he also became the longest-ten-ten boxer on The Ring’s pound for pound list from November 2003 to April 2016. In 2008, he beat Floyd Mayweather to become the world’s top-ten pound- for-pound boxer for the first time in his career. In 2010, he defeated Floyd Mayweather in a rematch to become a four-time world champion. In 2011, he lost to Mayweather by a split decision. In 2012, he went on to win a rematch by a majority decision.
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