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Pacquiao was introduced to boxing at the age of 12 by his maternal uncle Sardo Mejia. According to his autobiography, Pacquiao said watching Mike Tyson's defeat of James "Buster" Douglas in 1990 with his Uncle Sardo as an experience that, "changed my life forever". Mejia began training his nephew in a makeshift home gym.
Manny Pacquiao competed in professional boxing from 1995 to 2021. Regarded by boxing historians as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time, [4] Pacquiao is the only boxer in history to win twelve major world titles in eight different weight divisions. [5]
Manny Pacquiao has been elected to boxing’s Hall of Fame. And the sun will rise in the East. There was never a doubt. The only question was when he would stop fighting and become eligible. On ...
Manny Pacquiao, who won titles in a record eight weight classes from flyweight to super welterweight while becoming one of boxing's biggest draws, was elected Thursday to the International Boxing ...
To date, the only octuple champion is Manny Pacquiao, who has won twelve major world titles. [ 1 ] Pacquiao achieved the feat when he defeated Antonio Margarito via a unanimous decision to win the WBC super welterweight title on November 13, 2010 at the Cowboys Stadium , Arlington, Texas , US.
Pacquiao, 42, will retire as the boxing's only eight-division champion. He'll presumably shift his focus to politics in the Philippines, where he is running for president. Manny Pacquiao announces ...
In November 2010, his biography of boxer Manny Pacquiao was published. The book was praised by Sports Illustrated , the Philippine Inquirer , the Los Angeles Times , the Daily Telegraph , the South China Morning Post , The Wall Street Journal , and New York Newsday , among other publications.
Pacquiao won 12 total titles after turning professional in 1995 at 106 pounds. He secured the WBC flyweight (112 pounds) belt in 1998 for his first world championship by defeating Chatchai Sasakul.