PRESENTATION OUTLINE
Born in the Philippines in 1978, Manny Pacquiao began boxing professionally at age 16. After beating Thailand's Chatchai Sasakul to win the WBC flyweight championship in 1998, he continued to overwhelm his era's top competitors en route to titles in eight separate weight divisions. Along with his boxing career
Early life
Filipino world boxing champion Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao was born on December 17, 1978, to parents Dionesia Dapidran-Pacquiao and Rosalio Pacquiao. He was raised in Kibawe, which is located in the Bukidnon province of Mindanao, Philippines.
When he was a teenager, Pacquiao left his family and boarded a ship to Manila, Philippines, in hopes of training as a boxer and launching a career in the sport. Not long after, in January of 1995, his goals gained some traction; at age 16, he stepped into the ring for his first professional bout, against Edmund Ignacio. Pacquiao won the fight in four rounds, in a unanimous decision. The victory propelled him on a successful boxing run that would encompass the better part of two decades.
The Philippines' biggest boxer and sports celebrity, Manny Pacquiao, is set to slug it out Saturday against American Floyd Mayweather Jr. — a bout being billed as the Fight of the Century.While Mayweather, 38, has been the favorite leading up to the welterweight title fight worth over $358 million, Pacquiao has done his best to play up his likeable, Renaissance man persona ahead of the Las Vegas Strip spectacle.
The 36-year-old has been elevated to superhero status — his nickname is Pacman, after all — in large part by his fervent Filipino-American fan base that showed up by the hundreds to cheer him on at a Vegas rally earlier this month. I personally think Pacman Pacquiao will win the fight
