By Tom David Drury: Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao AKA Manny Pacquiao is an eight division world champion, the first boxer in history to win 10 world titles in eight different weight divisions. He is also the first boxer in history to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named fighter of the decade for the 2000’s by the boxing writers association of America (BWAA). He is also a three time the ring and BWAA “fighter of the year” winning the award in 2006, 2008 and 2009.
Pacquiao has secured a legacy second to no other in the boxing world, which consists of 52 wins (38 knockouts, 14 decisions), 3 losses (2 by knockout, 1 by decision), 2 draws. Pacquiao’s first loss came way back on 09/02/1996 at the hands of Rustico Torrecampo he then went on to fight 15 times winning all, (Marlon Carillo, John Medina, Bert Batilla, Ippo Gala, Sung-Yul Lee, Mike Luna, Wook-Ki Lee, Ariel Austria, Chokchai Chockvivit, Melvin Magramo, Panomdej Ohyuthanakorn, Shin Terao, Chatchai Sasakul, Todd Makelim, Gabrial Mira). Until 17/09/1999 when he suffered his second loss to Medgoen Singsurat of Thailand. He then fought a further 13 times winning Marco Antonio Barrera and fighting to a draw against the legendary Juan Manuel Marquez which took him to 19/03/2005 where he was to have a showdown at the MGM grand garden arena Las Vegas against Erik “El Terrible” Morales, Morales won that fight by UD and set the stage for a breath-taking trilogy which Pacquiao came out of on top winning the next two fights. From then on we have witnessed pure brilliance by the Filipino congressman walking through mainstream names (Hector Velazquez, Oscar Larious, Jorge Solis, Marco Antonio Barrera 2, Juan Manuel Marquez 2, David Diaz, Oscar De La Hoya, Ricky Hatton, Miguel Cotto, Joshua Clotty, Antonio Margarito and now ready for a showdown with the future hall of famer Sugar Shane Mosley on 7/5/2011).
It seems Manny Pacquiao can do no wrong and we as fans can only look on as this awe inspiring superstar has brought boxing to the forefront of sport with his immense talent and humbling personality.
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