Manny Pacquaio
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Manny Pacman Pacquiao, whos real name is Emmanuel Dapigran Pacquiao, was born on December 17, 1978. This is a great bit of information, cause see, I was starting to feel old, but then I realized that Manny Pacquiao was 348 days older than myself, so I feel much better now.
He grew up in Bukidnon, Mindanao, Philippines. Poor as could be. A true Cinderella story in itself. Growing up in an are known as a squatter settlement, as it is called here in the Philippines and its name is just as it implies. A large land owner grants families the right to live on the land and do as they wish with it but if the land is sold the families get very little money and have to move. It is not certain but is believed that as a young child he was in the bread business.
Bread is a popular business in the Philippines but not much money in it. A usual piece of bread costs 5 pesos or about $0.10 each, and the cost to make it is maybe $0.06 each. Manny Pacquiao also helped doing laundry by hand to also make extra money. In his spare time he would practice his boxing and would spend time in the gym and punching clothing filled cardboard boxes.
In 1995 at the ripe age of 16 and weighing in at only 106 pounds, Manny Pacquiao started his career in boxing. In January 1995 Manny Pacquiao had his fist Professional fight, facing off with Edmund Ignacio. Manny Pacquiao won via a decision and became an instant star.
Increasing his weight to 113 ponds Manny Pacquiao then faced off with Rustico Torrecampo where he lost in the 3rd round of his 12th bout. Loosing via a TKo, Technicxal Knockout, which was noticed by a sportscaster known as Joaquin “Quinto” Henson, that Manny Pacquiao in fact lost due to a disadvantage. What was this disadvantage? Manny Pacquiao had not made his weight requirement so he wore heavier gloves to make weight.
Weighing in at 112 pounds, Manny Pacquiao, won the WBC Flyweight Title against Chatchai Sasakul. He soon lost his second defense however, to Madgoen Sinsurat, in a 3rd round knockout in Thailand.
Manny Pacquiao then upped his weight to 122 pounds to pick up the WBC Super Bantameight Title where he was able to successfully defend it 5 times.
In June of 2001 Manny Pacquiao won the IBF Super Bantamweight Title as a late replacement fighter. He actively defended his title 4 times.
Then the famous fight that highlighted his already active career in boxing. Manny Pacquiao faced off with Marco Antonio Barrera, which in the 11th round, Manny Pacquiao defeated Barrera with a TKO.
Manny Pacquiao then went on to face Manny Pacquaio, had to face off with a Manila Prostitute in a child support battle.
Coach Roach noted that there are too many distractions surrounding Pacquiao in the Philippines, including sponsorship deals, personal appearances, nocturnal activities as well as his circle of friends.
His current Sponsorships in the Philippines include San Miguel, Owner of Coca Cola Philippines and San Miguel Beer. He is also an active sponsor of Mc Donalds Philippines where he even has a fried chicken meal named after him. Yes in the Philippines, Mc Donalds sells fried chicken….and spaghetti.
On July 2, Pacquiao defeated another Mexican, Oscar Larios, a two-time super-bantamweight champion. Despite his camp’s big promise of an early knockout, the fight went the distance with Pacquiao knocking down the Mexican two times during the 12-round bout for the WBC International Super Featherweight title held at the Araneta Coliseum in Quezon City, Philippines.
In September 2006, Pacquiao signed a major deal with Golden Boy Promotions (GBP), headed by Oscar de la Hoya, which is good for seven fights. This development was confirmed by coach Freddie Roach. Under the deal, Pacquiao is guaranteed a prize money of US$5 million for each fight. With regard to profits made on each fight, Pacquiao will be receiving at least 90% while the remaining 10% will go to Golden Boy Promotions.
Pacquiao and Morales fought for a third time on November 18, 2006. Witnessed by a near-record crowd of 18,276, the match saw Pacquiao defeating Morales via a third-round knockout at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas.
After the Pacquiao-Morales rematch, Arum announced that Manny returned his signing bonus check back with Golden Boy Promotions signaling intentions to stay with Top Rank. This resulted in GBP’s decision to sue the famed fighter over contractual breaches.
Manny Pacquaio was named both HBO and Ring Magazines’ Fighter of the Year in 2006.
After a failed promotional negotiation with Marco Antonio Barrera’s camp, Bob Arum chose Jorge Solis as his next opponent among several fighters that Bob Arum offered him to fight as a replacement. The bout was held in San Antonio on April 14, 2007. In the sixth round of the bout an accidental head butt occurred giving Pacquiao a cut under his left eyebrow. The fight ended in the 8th round when Pacquiao knocked Solis down twice, with Solis failing to beat the 10 count after the second knockdown. The victory raised Pacquiao’s win-draw-loss record to 44-3-2 with 35 KOs.
Manny Pacquaio also has a movie and a film and political career as well.
A movie based on his life has been produced and was released on June 21, 2006. The movie is titled Pacquiao: The Movie featuring Filipino actor Jericho Rosales as Manny Pacquiao and is directed by Joel Lamangan. Despite its huge P50,000,000 ($1,031,991) budget, wide distribution (80 cinemas) and strong marketing, the movie flopped in the box-office grossing a total of only P4,812,191 ($99,322) confirmed by Lamangan.
But of course it was a sensation in the Philippines. Trust me, My wife works as an Industrial Engineer where she oversees 2,278 workers and her monthly pay is P8,800 per month take home, which is a good income her in the Philippines.
Shortly after winning his rematch with Erik Morales, Pacquiao produced the song “Para Sa ‘Yo Ang Laban Na ‘To” (Translation: “This Fight is for You” according to some one on Wikipedia, but in truth Para Sa ‘Yo is easily translated to Just for you, and Laban if I am not mistaken has something to do with strength.) which became a hit single all over the Philippines. It expressed a nationalistic theme as well as Pacquiao’s struggles in the ring. The release of the song came weeks before his second bout with Morales, leading up to the promos to the fight. Although “Para sa ‘Yo” is his first attempt at professional music recording, Pacquiao’s victory against Morales greatly contributed to the song’s popularity.
After their third bout, Pacquiao and Morales appeared together in a San Miguel Beer commercial filmed for the Filipino audience. The commercial ended with Pacquiao and Morales toasting their friendship with San Miguels. This commercial has been parodied in the comedy show, Bubble Gang, with Michael V. playing Pacquiao, and Ogie Alcasid playing Morales. This was in fact a funny commercial. Like the I’m Going to Disney Land stuff at the Super Bowl. Where at the Pub the entire city shows up to celebrate with Manny Pacquaio.
During her sixth State of the Nation Address on July 24, 2006 in Quezon City, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo cited Pacquiao as one of the nation’s modern day heroes. “Mabuhay ka, Manny”, said Arroyo. In return, the champion delivered his own speech endorsing Arroyo. “The President said many good things in the SONA.” Pacquiao remarked. Manny Pacquaio also has his own holiday in the Philippines.
Manny Pacquaio as well as alot of the Philippines loves watching Wrestling on the television so it is particular although it is not widely known that professional wrestlers The Undertaker and Christian Cage were actually a part of Pacquiao’s entourage during the Pacquiao vs. Velázquez fight in 2005. An avid boxing fan, The Undertaker was the person who carried the US flag while leading Team Pacquiao to the ring. This was also confirmed by another fellow wrestler, Batista. Batista revealed this during a televised interview in the Philippines while promoting an upcoming WWE promotional tour which was set to be shown in this country.
Manny Pacquiao is currently being sponsored by Nike and No Fear sports apparels.
Manny Pacquiao owns a lottery outlet for the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office.
manny Pacquiao is the owner of the Pac Man Gensan of the Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association. The team based in his hometown of General Santos City. Pacquiao even suited up for the team for a few games during the first conference of said league.
Manny Pacquiao is the third non-fictional Filipino featured in a video game. He is featured in the video games Fight Night: Round 2 and Fight Night: Round 3. The first two were pool legends Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante, who both appeared in the World Championship Pool 2004 video game.
As basketball is one of the most popular sports next to Cock Fighting, in the Philippines, it would make sense that Manny Pacquiao would be an avid supporter and endorser of PBA team Barangay Ginebra Kings.
For some time, many have speculated that Manny Pacquiao will enter politics after he ends his boxing career. While boxing is far from over for him, Pacquiao admitted that he is thinking about starting a career in politics. In fact, he quietly visited the Commission on Elections , escorted by Arnold “Ali” Atienza (son of current Manila Mayor Lito Atienza), to transfer his residence from General Santos City to Manila. This fueled speculations that he may seek an elective post in the nation’s capital, which even gave him the title “Adopted Son” when he was winning his earlier bouts.
His name was once floated as a possible vice-mayoralty candidate to the younger Atienza when the latter seeks the city’s highest post in the 2007 elections, but backed-out after Sen. Panfilo Lacson, then the leading candidate for Manila mayor, did the same after there were threats from his opponents to dig up the issue of his residency. (Similarly, Pacquiao also had such issues).
Being known as an Arroyo supporter, his name is also being floated as a candidate of Lakas CMD for the mayoralty race of General Santos City against incumbent Mayor Pedro Acharon. Instead, he was recently sworn-in as a member of the Liberal Party under the Atienza wing, thus further fueling his political ambition.
On February 12, 2007, the famed boxer announced that he was running for congress representing South Cotabato. His decision however easily turned off both his fans and the general public. Election experts stressed that as Pacquiao insists on participating in his next professional boxing match, he will immerse himself into a legal conflict regarding campaign exposure, especially since the match will be televised nationwide. Aside from that, COMELEC commissioner Ben Abalos mentioned a possible legal entanglement could ruin Pacquiao’s candidacy since he already registered himself as a Manila resident months prior.
Numerous sports personalities and analysts around the Philippines expressed that Pacquiao should think seriously and deeply about his sports career, which could potentially be destroyed by the dirty world of politics. Popular columnist Randy David mentioned that Pacquiao allowed himself to be used by selfish and desperate politicians.
A potential disadvantage for Pacquiao is his alleged “mental immaturity”. The incumbent congresswoman he’s challenging is a member of one of South Cotabato’s political dynasties.
On February 24, 2007 in Cebu City, Pacquiao, for the first time ever, was booed by thousands of spectators as his presence was acknowledged by the organizers of The Battle of Cebu, a WBO-sanctioned boxing festival. The embarrassment later led to confusing statements made by Manila Mayor Lito Atienza that the famed fighter would withdraw. Despite the statements however, Pacquiao confirmed to the public that he still running for office.
On May 17, 2007, Pacquiao suffered a lopsided election defeat to incumbent representative Darlene Antonino-Custodio with a deficit of about 37,000 votes according to the NAMFREL tally. Meanwhile, WBC head Jose Sulaiman stated that Pacquiao “doesn’t appear to be having the same dynamic impact at the ballot box, as he does in the ringed square.”
The defeat became a depressing matter for the boxer himself as he lost a huge sum of money when his supporters allegedly funneled campaign funds to their own pockets. Pacquiao’s personal money was part of the campaign budget. Ironically, Pacquiao’s fans rejoiced over his defeat. Some even declared his loss as a “victory” for boxing.
April 14, 2007 Manny Pacquaio met with Jorge Solis in an 8th round knockout, and Retained WBC International Super Featherweight Title. On November 18, 2006, Manny Pacquaio met with Erik Morales for a 3rd round TKO to Retain the WBC International Super Featherweight Title. On July 7, 2006, Manny Pacquaio faced Oscar Larios for a Unanimous decision where Manny Pacquaio Retained the WBC International Super Featherweight Title. On January 21, 2006 again Manny Pacquaio faced off with Erik Morales for a 10th round TKOandd Retained the WBC International Super Featherweight Title. On September 10, 2005, Manny Pacquaio met Hector Velazquez for a 6th round TKO where Manny Pacquaio Captured the Vacant WBC International Super Featherweight Title. On March 19, 2005, for the 3rd time Manny Pacquaio met with Erik Morales for a Uninamous decision. On December 11, 2004 Manny Pacquaio faced Fahsan 3K Battery in a 4th round TKO. On May 8, 2004 Manny Pacquaio faced Juan Manuel Márquez in a Draw, and on November 15, 2003 Manny Pacquaio whipped Marco Antonio Barrerain the 11th round TKO.
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