Facts

Stats

• Nicknames: Pac-Man, The Mexicutioner, The Destroyer, People’s Champ
• Height: 5’6”
• Nationality: Filipino
• Stance: Southpaw
• Boxing Record: 47-3-2 (37 KOs)

Family & Childhood

• Manny Pacquiao was born Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao on December 17, 1978.
• Manny Pacquiao’s parents are Opem and Dionisia Pacquiao.
• Manny Pacquiao was the second of four children.
• Although Manny Pacquiao’s father left the family while Manny was just a child, Manny Pacquiao stepped up as the man of the household.
• As a child, Manny Pacquiao worked hard selling bread around the neighborhood.
• For small amounts of money, Manny Pacquiao would fight people around the neighborhood.
• At age 15, Manny Pacquiao began training inside the ring while working construction during the day.
• In 1995, Manny Pacquiao made his boxing debut.
• Manny’s brother, Alberto “Bobby” Pacquiao, is also a lightweight boxer. Bobby Pacquiao won the Philippine super featherweight title four times (2002 and 2004).
• Manny Pacquiao is married to Maria Geraldine “Jinkee” Pacquiao, with whom he has four children.

An Entertainer

• Released in June 2006, Pacquiao: The Movie is a film based on Manny Pacquiao’s life. Actor Jericho Rosales plays the role of Manny Pacquiao.
• In his first attempt at professional music recording, Manny Pacquiao produced the single “Para Sa ‘Yo Ang Laban Na ‘To (This Fight is for You)” which is a smash hit in the Philippines. The song was released before the Pacquiao-Morales II fight.
• Manny Pacquiao starred in a commercial advertisement for San Miguel Beer. Jet Li and other Filipino celebrities made appearances.
• Manny Pacquiao goes down in history as the fourth non-fictional Filipino to appear in a video game, namely Fight Night: Round 2 and Fight Night: Round 3.
• Many fans with Manny Pacquiao tickets might not know that Manny Pacquiao made history as the first Filipino athlete to be featured on a postage stamp.

Manny’s Fans

• Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo hailed Manny Pacquiao as one of the Philippines’ modern-day heroes.
• NBA star and champion Kevin Garnett is one of Manny Pacquiao’s biggest fans. Just weeks after winning the NBA title, KG and his Boston Celtics teammates bought Manny Pacquiao fight tickets to attend the Manny Pacquiao v. David Diaz fight in Las Vegas.
• In 2005, wrestling stars The Undertaker and Christian Cage were a part of Manny Pacquiao’s entourage during the bout between Manny Pacquiao and Héctor Velázquez.
• The entire nation of the Philippines loves Manny Pacquiao. He was the Philippines’ national flag-bearer during the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympics.

Other Facts

• Manny Pacquiao made history as the first Filipino and Asian boxer to win four world titles in different weight classes (WBC world flyweight champion, IBF world super bantamweight champion, WBC world super featherweight champion, WBC world lightweight champion).
• Manny Pacquiao owns the Pac Man Gensan of the Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association, a basketball team based in General Santos City.
• What many fans with Manny Pacquiao tickets don’t know is that Manny Pacquiao ran for Philippines Congress in 2007 but was defeated by Darlene Antonino-Custodio.