[82], Pacquiao is featured in the boxing video games Fight Night Round 2, Fight Night Round 3, Fight Night Round 4 and Fight Night Champion. Finally breaking his silence, Barrera has branded his forthcoming clash with Pacquiao "a very hard fight." RATINGS                        If we approve male on male, female on female (marriage), then man is worse than animal. Eric Armit Pacquiao, who gave his inspirational talk during the 2003 Tuna Festival Amateur Boxing Tournament, said he w  Read Full Story >>>, PhilBoxing.com has been created to support every aspiring. On October 5, 2015, Pacquiao formally declared that he was running for senator under the United Nationalist Alliance (UNA) party of vice-president Jejomar Binay. – Willie Wilcox feat. Oliver Iglesias [83], Pacquiao became the first Filipino athlete to appear on a postage stamp. Nicknamed "PacMan", he is regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. He scored a landslide victory over the wealthy and politically well-entrenched Chiongbian clan that had been in power in the province for more than thirty years. Pacquiao completed his elementary education at Saavedra Saway Elementary School in General Santos City, but dropped out of high school due to extreme poverty. As of 2015[update], Pacquiao is currently facing a lawsuit of 5 million dollars filed against him by two fans for failing to disclose the shoulder injury in the lead up to his bout with Floyd Mayweather. [24], Over the course of his decorated career, Pacquiao has defeated 22 world champions—Chatchai Sasakul, Lehlohonolo Ledwaba, Jorge Eliécer Julio, Marco Antonio Barrera (twice), Érik Morales (twice), Óscar Larios, Jorge Solís, Juan Manuel Márquez (twice), David Díaz, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clottey, Antonio Margarito, Shane Mosley, Brandon Ríos, Timothy Bradley (twice), Chris Algieri, Jessie Vargas, Lucas Matthysse, Adrien Broner and Keith Thurman. [47][48], As a senator, Pacquiao has supported bringing back capital punishment in the Philippines. 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[73][74], On August 21, 2016, Pacquiao scored a career-high four points in a 97–88 victory against the Blackwater Elite, also sinking the first three-point field goal in his career. Pacquiao was born in Kibawe, Bukidnon and raised in General Santos, Philippines. [24], Pacquiao stated of his early years, "Many of you know me as a legendary boxer, and I'm proud of that. Recah Trinidad [14], As of 2015, Pacquiao's fights had generated $1.2 billion in revenue from his 25 pay-per-view bouts. I had no one to depend on except myself. Frankly speakin  Read Full Story >>>, GMA, Pacquiao share one vision By Ronnie Nathanielsz, Manila Standard, Tue, 09 Sep 2003International Boxing Federation junior featherweight champion Manny Pacquiao has come out and endorsed President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo’s concept of a strong republic. Bagama’t pinag-uusapan pa ang lugar ng paglalabanan, pinal na ang petsang Nob-yembre 15 para sa 12-round bout. [93], On November 26, 2013, a few days after Pacquiao's victory over Brandon Ríos, the Philippine Bureau of Internal Revenue (BIR) issued a freeze order on all of Pacquiao's Philippine bank accounts due to his alleged failure to pay ₱2.2 billion in taxes for earnings he made in his fights in the United States from 2008 to 2009. [66], Pacquiao was publicly criticized, specifically online by netizens saying he could not handle boxing together with basketball. [87], Forbes also listed Pacquiao as the world's equal sixth highest paid athlete, with a total of $40 million or ₱2 billion pesos (₱2,000,000,000.00) from the second half of 2008 to the first half of 2009. As Manny said, it could not last the distance, one of them would fall eventually. On December 17, 2007, he taped his first episode of the networks infotainment show Pinoy Records. When I was younger, I became a fighter because I had to survive. 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