Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao (IPA: /’pækjaʊ/; born December 17, 1978), known as
Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao
is a professional Filipino boxer. He is currently the WBC Lightweight Champion. He is the former WBC super featherweight world champion, IBF super bantamweight world champion, and WBC flyweight world champion. He has also held the Ring Magazine titles for featherweight and super featherweight. For his achievements, he became the first Asian boxer to win four world titles in four different weight divisions. He is currently rated by the Ring Magazine as the #1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world.
November 8, 2009 - Note: Since this was originally posted on famousfilipinos, Manny won another boxing title in a different weight class making him the first Asian and Filipino to win FIVE world titles in FIVE different weight divisions.
