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With the victory Pacquiao had the first Filipino and Asian to become a three-division world champion. [ 9 ] On November 24, 2003, then Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo conferred on Pacquiao the Presidential Medal of Merit at the Ceremonial Hall of Malacañang Palace for his knockout victory over the best featherweight boxer in the ...
A film based on Pacquiao's life, Pacquiao: The Movie, was released on June 21, 2006, featuring Filipino actor Jericho Rosales as Manny Pacquiao and was directed by Joel Lamangan. [116] The film flopped at the box office, grossing a total of only P4,812,191 (approximately US$99,322), as confirmed by Lamangan.
On May 10, Márquez accepted an offer from Top Rank to fight Pacquiao for his WBO welterweight title at a catchweight of 144 pounds. [130] On May 18, Márquez signed the deal to fight Pacquiao for the third time on November 12 in Las Vegas. On November 12, Pacquiao defeated Márquez via majority decision 114–114, 115–113, and 116–112.
The Mayweather-Pacquiao fight on May 2, 2015, sold 4.6 million pay-per-views, sold 10,000 tickets at $10 each for the weigh-in (men standing in their underwear on a scale), attracted $100 million ...
Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Manny Pacquiao, billed as the Fight of the Century or the Battle for Greatness, [1] was a professional boxing match between undefeated five-division world champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. and eight-division world champion Manny Pacquiao. It took place on May 2, 2015, at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Paradise, Nevada.
The fight is notable for propelling Manny Pacquiao to full-blown superstar status in much of the western world (mostly in The United States), as Oscar De La Hoya symbolically "passed the torch", so to speak, to Pacquiao. This would mark De La Hoya’s final professional fight when he retired from boxing in 2009.
Manny Pacquiao and WBA welterweight champion Yordenis Ugas face off during a news conference at MGM Grand Garden Arena on Aug. 18, 2021, in Las Vegas.
Manny Pacquiao vs. Timothy Bradley III, was a professional boxing match for the WBO International welterweight title. It was held on April 9th, 2016 at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The bout was on HBO PPV. [1] Pacquiao claimed this fight would be his last professional bout, however, he has fought six times since. [2]