• People are so enamored with him because of his skill, his charisma, and because of his what seems like meteoric rise to the top.
• Not only is he popular in his home country but he is adored in countries like the USA, England, Mexico and almost all countries in Southeast Asia.
• he started fighting some of Mexico's prestigious fighters of his division. People such as Erik Morales, Marco Antonia Barrera, Oscar Larious and Juan Manuel Marquez. They were all Mexican juggernauts at the time. When he beat all of these three, then people started paying a lot more attention to him.
• when he started beating even more boxing juggernauts such as Oscar De La Hoya, Antonio Margarito, David Diaz and Miguel Cotto; then he got even more and more attention.
Manny Pacquiao started to get Mayweather's attention and this is when he was finally a mainstream boxing icon.

• In many of his professional fights he spoke highly of his opponents, showing them some kind of respect and decency.

• When he became popular and attained extraordinary success in his professional career, he began sharing his prize money to the poor people in his hometown.
• Due to lack of formal education, Pacquiao managed to find time to pursue higher education. He was able to accomplish his dream to finish his studies. He took a government examination for a high school diploma equivalent and passed. He is now pursuing a college degree in a local university.

• To institutionalize his charity work, he set up a foundation to help people in need, giving scholarship to poor kids, giving money for the hospitalization of cancer victims, and making funds available for projects with social relevance.

• Two of the most influential people in the professional life of Manny Pacquiao often speak highly of the famous Filipino boxer. Freddie Roach, who served as his trainer for over eight years could not believe the kind of discipline that Pacquiao would show whenever he trains for a big fight. When he is asked to do run five miles as part of his work out, he would do ten. Similarly if he is asked to do five rounds with a sparring partner, he would do more than that. And most of the times, his sparring partner will just give up and surrender.

• Pacquiao left home as a teenager and stowed away on a ship bound for Manila, where he became a boxer.
• He made his professional debut as a junior flyweight on January 22, 1995, at the age of 16.
• He won his first major title on December 4, 1998, knocking out Thailand’s Chatchai Sasakul to capture the World Boxing Council (WBC) flyweight title.
• Pacquiao had a 15-bout winning streak that came to an abrupt end in June 2012 when he lost his WBO welterweight title to Timothy Bradley in a controversial split decision.

 

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