Manny Pacquiao

"Pacquiao" is a Filipino professional boxer and politician, currently serving as a

senator of the Philippines.

He is the only eight-division world champion in the history of boxing,[1] having won
twelve major world titles,[2] as well as being the first boxer to win the lineal
championship in five different weight classes.[3][4][5] Pacquiao is also the first boxer
in history to win major world titles in four of the eight "glamour divisions" of boxing:
flyweight, featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight.[6][7][8]

He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 2000s by the Boxing Writers
Association of America (BWAA), WBC, and 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] In 2016, Pacquiao was ranked
No. 2 on ESPN's list of top pound for pound boxers of the past 25 years[10] and
currently ranks No. 4 in BoxRec's ranking of the greatest pound for pound boxers of
all time.[11]

Pacquiao has generated approximately 19.6 million in pay-per-view buys and $1.2
billion in revenue from his 24 pay-per-view bouts.[12] According to Forbes, he was
the second highest paid athlete in the world as of 2015.[13]

Beyond boxing, Pacquiao has participated in basketball, business, TV hosting, acting,

music recording, and politics. In May 2010, Pacquiao was elected to the House of
Representatives in the 15th Congress of the Philippines, representing the province of
Sarangani. He was re-elected in 2013 to the 16th Congress of the Philippines.[14] In
June 2016, Pacquiao was elected as a senator and will serve a six-year term until
2022.

Early and personal life

Pacquiao was born on December 17, 1978, in Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines. He is

the son of Rosalio Pacquiao and Dionisia Dapidran-Pacquiao.[16] His parents
separated when he was in sixth grade, after his mother discovered that his father
was living with another woman.[16] He is the fourth among six siblings: Liza
Silvestre-Onding and Domingo Silvestre (from first husband of his mother) and Isidra
Pacquiao-Paglinawan, Alberto "Bobby" Pacquiao and Rogelio "Roel" Pacquiao.

Pacquiao married Jinkee Jamora on May 10, 2000. Together, they have five children,
Emmanuel Jr. (Jimuel), Michael Stephen, Mary Divine Grace (Princess), Queen
Elizabeth (Queenie) and Israel. His daughter, Queenie, was born in the United States.
He resides in his hometown of General Santos City, South Cotabato, Philippines.[17]
However, as a congressman of lone district of Sarangani, he is officially residing in
Kiamba, Sarangani, the hometown of his wife.
Raised in the Roman Catholic faith,[18] Pacquiao is currently a practicing Evangelical
Protestant. Pacquiao said he once had a dream where he saw a pair of angels and
heard the voice of God—this dream convinced him to become a devout believer