Emmanuel “Manny” Dapidran Pacquiao, born December 17, 1978) is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is the first and only eight-division world champion,in which he has won ten world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes.According to Forbes, he was the 14th highest paid athlete in the world as of 2013.
He was named “Fighter of the Decade” for the 2000s (decade) by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA), World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Organization (WBO). He is also a three-time The Ring and BWAA “Fighter of the Year,” winning the award in 2006, 2008 and 2009, and the Best Fighter ESPY Award in 2009 and 2011.
He is the current WBO welterweight champion and is currently ranked number four on The Ring pound-for-pound list.
He was long rated as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world by some sporting news and boxing websites, including ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Sporting Life, Yahoo! Sports, About.com, BoxRec and The Ring.In April 2012, Pacquiao dropped from being number one pound for pound to sharing the spot with Floyd Mayweather jr in the rankings, after Manny lost a controversial decision with Timothy Bradley
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