Purok Maguindanao, General Santos City, 9500 South Cotabato, Philippines
Pacquiao received his elementary education at Saavedra Saway Elementary School in General Santos City, but dropped out of high school due to extreme poverty.
College/University
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J.P. Rizal Ext, Makati, 1215 Metro Manila, Philippines
On December 11, 2019, Manny graduated from the University of Makati with a bachelor's degree in political science.
Career
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Manny Pacquiao, current WBO welterweight champion and Philippine senator, attends a press conference in Tokyo.
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Manny Pacquiao arrives at the arena before the game between the LA Clippers and Charlotte Hornets at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Manny Pacquiao attends the game between the LA Clippers and Charlotte Hornets at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Manny Pacquiao attends the game between the LA Clippers and Charlotte Hornets at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Manny Pacquiao attends the game between the LA Clippers and Charlotte Hornets at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Manny Pacquiao attends the game between the LA Clippers and Charlotte Hornets at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Manny Pacquiao attends the game between the LA Clippers and Charlotte Hornets at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Manny Pacquiao shakes hands with Patrick Beverley #21 of the LA Clippers before the game against the Charlotte Hornets at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Manny Pacquiao poses for a photo with Patrick Beverley #21 of the LA Clippers before the game against the Charlotte Hornets at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Manny Pacquiao poses for a photo with Tobias Harris #34 of the LA Clippers before the game against the Charlotte Hornets at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Manny Pacquiao poses for a photo with Johnathan Motley #15 of the LA Clippers before the game against the Charlotte Hornets at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Manny Pacquiao shakes hands with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #2 of the LA Clippers before the game against the Charlotte Hornets at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.
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2019
Manny Pacquiao is welcomed by Manila City mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso and vice mayor Honey Lacuna at the Philippine capitals weekly flag raising ceremony held at the city hall.
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2019
Manny Pacquiao is welcomed by Manila City mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso at the Philippine capitals weekly flag raising ceremony held at the city hall.
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2019
Manny Pacquiao is welcomed by Manila City mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso and vice mayor Honey Lacuna at the Philippine capitals weekly flag raising ceremony held at the city hall.
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2015
Pound for pound boxer champion Congressman Manny Paquiao files his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for Senator in the head office of Commission on Elections.
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Pound for pound boxer champion Congressman Manny Paquiao files his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for Senator in the head office of Commission on Elections.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. throws a left at Manny Pacquiao during their welterweight unification championship bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao throws a left at Floyd Mayweather Jr. during their welterweight unification championship bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao throws a right at Floyd Mayweather Jr. during their welterweight unification championship bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao walks to the ring with Jimmy Kimmel before his welterweight unification championship bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr. at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao in the ring before the welterweight unification championship bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao before fight vs Floyd Mayweather at MGM Grand Garden Arena.
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Manny Pacquiao in the ring after losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the welterweight unification championship bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. reacts in the 12th round during the welterweight unification championship bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao celebrates his split-decision victory over Keith Thurman in their WBA welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Keith Thurman lands a punch on Manny Pacquiao during their WBA welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao punches Keith Thurman during their WBA welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao punches Keith Thurman during their WBA welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Keith Thurman hits Manny Pacquiao with a left in the third round of their WBA welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao attends a post-fight news conference after defeating Keith Thurman in a WBA welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao gets ready for the start of his WBA welterweight title fight against Keith Thurman at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao hits Keith Thurman and knocks him down during the 1st round of their WBA welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Floyd Mayweather Jr. throws a left at Manny Pacquiao during their welterweight unification championship bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao throws a left at Floyd Mayweather Jr. during their welterweight unification championship bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao throws a right at Floyd Mayweather Jr. during their welterweight unification championship bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao walks to the ring with Jimmy Kimmel before his welterweight unification championship bout against Floyd Mayweather Jr. at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao in the ring after losing to Floyd Mayweather Jr. at the welterweight unification championship bout at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Pound for pound boxer champion Congressman Manny Paquiao files his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for Senator in the head office of Commission on Elections.
Pound for pound boxer champion Congressman Manny Paquiao files his Certificate of Candidacy (COC) for Senator in the head office of Commission on Elections.
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Manny Pacquiao celebrates his split-decision victory over Keith Thurman in their WBA welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao attends a post-fight news conference after defeating Keith Thurman in a WBA welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao hits Keith Thurman and knocks him down during the 1st round of their WBA welterweight title fight at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada.
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Manny Pacquiao shakes hands with Patrick Beverley #21 of the LA Clippers before the game against the Charlotte Hornets at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Manny Pacquiao poses for a photo with Patrick Beverley #21 of the LA Clippers before the game against the Charlotte Hornets at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Manny Pacquiao poses for a photo with Tobias Harris #34 of the LA Clippers before the game against the Charlotte Hornets at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Manny Pacquiao poses for a photo with Johnathan Motley #15 of the LA Clippers before the game against the Charlotte Hornets at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.
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Manny Pacquiao shakes hands with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander #2 of the LA Clippers before the game against the Charlotte Hornets at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California.
Manny Pacquiao is welcomed by Manila City mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso and vice mayor Honey Lacuna at the Philippine capitals weekly flag raising ceremony held at the city hall.
Manny Pacquiao is welcomed by Manila City mayor Isko Moreno Domagoso and vice mayor Honey Lacuna at the Philippine capitals weekly flag raising ceremony held at the city hall.
Purok Maguindanao, General Santos City, 9500 South Cotabato, Philippines
Pacquiao received his elementary education at Saavedra Saway Elementary School in General Santos City, but dropped out of high school due to extreme poverty.
World Champion. Congressman. Father. Manny Pacquiao fights any obstacle that comes his way. As his home country of 100 million people watches his every move, the question now is: what bridge is too far for Manny?
Manny Pacquiao is a professional boxer, media celebrity, and politician who became world-famous for winning boxing titles in more weight classes than any other boxer in history. His rise from abject poverty to the pinnacle of his sport was made even more remarkable by his life outside the ring. The charismatic "Pac-Man" was an idol and a unifying force in the Philippines, where his popularity led to commercial endorsements, movies, etc.
Background
Pacquiao was born on December 17, 1978 in Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines. He is the son of Rosalio Pacquiao and Dionisia Dapidran-Pacquiao. His parents separated when he was in sixth grade, after his father had an affair. Manny has five siblings, one of whom, Alberto Pacquiao, is also a politician and former professional boxer.
Education
Pacquiao received his elementary education at Saavedra Saway Elementary School in General Santos City, but dropped out of high school due to extreme poverty. At the age of 12, he was introduced to boxing by his uncle. At the age of 15, he moved to Manila. In 1995 Manny made his professional boxing debut as a junior flyweight.
In 2007, Pacquiao passed a high school equivalency exam and was awarded a high school diploma.
On February 18, 2009, Pacquiao was conferred the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Humanities by the Southwestern University. On December 11, 2019, Manny graduated from the University of Makati with a bachelor's degree in political science.
Pacquiao left home as a teenager and stowed away on a ship bound for Manila, where he became a boxer. He made his professional debut as a junior flyweight on January 22, 1995, at the age of 16. Many of his early bouts were televised on a program called Blow by Blow, where his all-action style and boyish smile quickly made him a favourite with Filipino boxing fans. He won his first major title on December 4, 1998, knocking out Thailand's Chatchai Sasakul to capture the World Boxing Council (WBC) flyweight title. After failing to make weight, however, he lost the title to Medgoen Singsurat of Thailand in September 1999. Pacquiao moved up in weight class, and on June 23, 2001, in his first fight in the United States, he scored a sixth-round knockout of Lehlo Ledwaba to win the International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior featherweight title. Following four successful defenses, he knocked out Mexico's Marco Antonio Barrera on November 15, 2003, to become The Ring magazine featherweight champion.
Over the next several years, Pacquiao engaged in a series of high-profile fights, winning the World Boxing Association (WBA) and IBF featherweight titles, the WBC and The Ring's junior lightweight titles, and the WBC lightweight title. His rise was aided by American trainer Freddie Roach, who gradually transformed the left-handed slugger into a multifaceted boxer without detracting from his natural aggression or punching power.
On December 6, 2008, Pacquiao faced and thrashed American boxing star Oscar De La Hoya in a celebrated nontitle welterweight bout in Las Vegas. By then Pacquiao had become a complete fighter, combining excellent footwork, blazing speed, and a vastly improved defense, and he was widely considered, pound for pound, the world's finest boxer. In addition, Pacquiao's popularity as a pay-per-view (PPV) boxing attraction had increased steadily since 2002, but the match with De La Hoya was his breakthrough as a global phenomenon. The fight sold approximately 1.25 million buys, generating roughly $70 million in PPV revenue, one of the largest PPV grosses in history for a nonheavyweight bout.
On May 2, 2009, Pacquiao won The Ring's junior welterweight championship (his sixth weight class as a champion and his ninth as a professional boxer) with a spectacular one-punch second-round knockout of England's Ricky Hatton. On November 14 he added another championship belt - in a record seventh weight class - when he defeated Miguel Cotto of Puerto Rico in 12 rounds to take the World Boxing Organization (WBO) welterweight title. Pacquiao defended that title on March 13, 2010, in Arlington, Texas, by defeating Ghanaian boxer Joshua Clottey in 12 rounds. He increased his weight-class titles record to eight when, on November 13, 2010, he soundly defeated WBC super welterweight champion Antonio Margarito, who outweighed Pacquiao by 17 pounds at the time of the fight.
Pacquiao had a 15-bout winning streak that came to an abrupt end in June 2012 when he lost his WBO welterweight title to Timothy Bradley in a controversial split decision. In December 2012 he lost a non-title bout to Juan Manuel Márquez - against whom Pacquiao had previously won two fights and drawn another - when he was knocked out in the sixth round. It was the first time Pacquiao had been knocked out since Singsurat did so in 1999.
Pacquiao regained the WBO welterweight belt in April 2014 by beating Bradley in a unanimous decision. Pacquiao's next major bout was against the undefeated Floyd Mayweather in May 2015, a much-anticipated contest that the two fighters' camps had been negotiating on and off for more than six years. In that event, Pacquiao was unable to mount an effective offense against Mayweather, who was arguably the greatest defensive fighter of his generation, and he lost by unanimous decision. After having won a decision over Bradley on April 9, 2016, Pacquiao retired from boxing for four months before announcing another fight. On July 2, 2017, Manny lost a decision and the WBO welterweight title to Australia's Jeff Horn. Pacquiao bounced back to capture the WBA welterweight title in a victory over Lucas Matthysse on July 15, 2018. On July 20, 2019, he won a split decision over the previously undefeated Keith Thurman to take the WBA super welterweight belt and become, at 40 years old, the oldest welterweight champion in boxing history.
Pacquiao is also a military reservist with the rank of colonel in the Reserve Force of the Philippine Army. He first entered the army's reserve force as a sergeant. Later, he rose to Technical Sergeant. A few years later, he became a Master Sergeant. Manny was given the special rank of Senior Master Sergeant and was also designated as the Command Sergeant Major of the 15th Ready Reserve Division.
As for his career in politics, in May 2010, Pacquiao was elected to the House of Representatives in the 15th Congress of the Philippines, representing the province of Sarangani. In 2013, Manny was re-elected to the 16th Congress of the Philippines. On October 5, 2015, Pacquiao formally declared that he was running for senator. On May 19, 2016, he was formally elected as a senator by the Commission on Elections.
Manny Pacquiao was raised in the Catholic faith, but currently, he is a practicing Evangelical Protestant. Manny said he once had a dream where he saw a pair of angels and heard the voice of God. This dream convinced him to become a devout believer.
Politics
In November 2009 Manny formed a new "local" political party, the People's Champ Movement. In May 2010, Pacquiao was elected to the House of Representatives in the 15th Congress of the Philippines. It took him two tries to be elected. He received 120,052 votes the second time he ran, almost twice the amount of his opponent. On May 19, 2016, Pacquiao was elected as a senator by the Commission on Elections. He has supported bringing back capital punishment in the Philippines. During the SARS-CoV-2 outbreak, Manny teamed up with Alibaba Group co-founder Jack Ma to help bring some much-needed relief to the Philippines. The Bureau of Customs has facilitated the release of more than 50,000 COVID-19 test kits from the charity foundations of the two.
Views
Pacquiao is against same-sex marriage. He said: "God only expects man and women to be together and to be legally married."
In February 2016, Pacquiao made a comment on the issue of same-sex marriage. He described people in same-sex marriages as behaving worse than animals because, he stated, animals generally do not have same-sex mating. Manny later apologized and stated that while, as a Christian, he is still against same-sex marriage and he did not condemn gay people themselves.
Emmanuel started the Manny Pacquiao Foundation. It has three main goals, which include "providing help to medical, education and social welfare programs to disadvantaged communities in the Philippines, establishing and developing sports facilities for at-risk youth and the disabled and to provide financial assistance to families of amateur and professional boxers who are undergoing financial hardship."
Quotations:
"I want to be the best fighter. I would like to fight in the biggest fights."
"Only God knows that. He is the only one who knows. He is only one who will know. And he is the only one who does know."
"Boxing is not for killing."
"As a Christian, same-sex marriage is not allowed. Woman was made for man, man was made for woman. For me, it's common sense. Will you see any animals where male is to male and female is to female? The animals are better. They know how to distinguish, male or female. If we approve male on male, female on female, then man is worse than animal. Right? Even among animals… those of the same sex are not allowed to lie together. But I'm not condemning them. Just the marriage, the committing of sin against God."
Personality
Physical Characteristics:
Manny is 166 cm (5 feet 5 inches) tall and weighs 70 kg (154 Ibs). He has dark brown eyes and black hair.
Interests
acting, singing
Sport & Clubs
box, basketball
Athletes
Joe Frazier, Mike Tyson
Connections
Manny Pacquiao married Jinkee Jamora on May 10, 2000. The couple has five children, Emmanuel Jr. (Jimuel), Michael Stephen, Mary Divine Grace (Princess), Queen Elizabeth (Queenie), and Israel.
Father:
Rosalio Pacquiao
Mother:
Dionesia Dapidran-Pacquiao
Spouse:
Jinkee Pacquiao
Sister:
Liza Silvestre-Onding
Brother:
Domingo Silvestre
Sister:
Isidra Pacquiao-Paglinawan
Brother:
Alberto Pacquiao
Brother:
Rogelio Pacquiao
Son:
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao, Jr.
Son:
Michael Stephen Pacquiao
Daughter:
Mary Divine Grace Pacquiao
Daughter:
Queen Elizabeth Pacquiao
Son:
Israel Pacquiao
Friend:
Buboy Fernandez
References
PacMan: Behind the Scenes with Manny Pacquiao - The Greatest Pound-for-Pound Fighter in the World
Manny Pacquiao was recently named "Fighter of the Decade" by the Boxing Writers' Association and is the only fighter ever to capture seven championship belts in seven different weight classes. But few could have imagined that Pacquiao would have ever reached the pinnacle of his sport, considering his background. He ran away from home - a cardboard shack in General Santos City in the Philippines - at the age of fourteen. After making his way to Manila, and eventually the United States, Pacquiao hooked up with trainer Freddie Roach in 2001, and, from there, his fighting career took off.