He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 2000s by theBoxing Writers Association of

America (BWAA), World Boxing Council (WBC) and World Boxing Organization (WBO). He is also a
three-time Ring magazine and BWAA "Fighter of the Year", winning the award in 2006, 2008, and
2009; and the Best Fighter ESPY Award in 2009 and 2011.[9] BoxRec ranks him as the
greatest Asian fighter of all-time.[10] Pacquiao was long rated as the best pound for pound boxer in
the world by most sporting news and boxing websites, including ESPN, Sports Illustrated,Sporting
Life, Yahoo! Sports, About.com, BoxRec, and The Ring, beginning from his climb to lightweight until
his losses in 2012.[11][12] He is also the longest reigning top-10 boxer on The Ring's pound for pound
list.[13]