Early life and education

Pacquiao was born in Kibawe, Bukidnon and raised in General Santos, Philippines. He is the son of
Rosalio Pacquiao and actress Dionisia Dapidran.[30] His parents separated when he was in sixth grade,
after his father had an affair.[30] He is the fourth of six siblings, one of whom, Alberto "Bobby" Pacquiao,
is also a politician and former professional boxer.

At the age of 14, Pacquiao moved to Manila and lived on the streets, worked as a construction worker
and had to pick between eating or sending money to his mother.[31]

Pacquiao completed his elementary education at Saavedra Saway Elementary School in General Santos
City, but dropped out of high school due to extreme and abject poverty.[32]

In February 2007, Pacquiao took and passed a high school equivalency exam, and was awarded with a
high school diploma by the Department of Education.[33]

Boxing career

Overview

Manny Pacquiao has an amateur record of 60–4 and a record of 62–8–2 as a professional, with 39 wins
by knockout. Boxing historian Bert Sugar ranked Pacquiao as the greatest southpaw fighter of all time.
[34] In 2020, Pacquiao topped the Ranker's list of best boxers of the 21st century.[35][36]

Pacquiao made history by being the first boxer ever to win world titles in eight weight divisions, having
won twelve major world titles, as well as being the first boxer to win the lineal championship in five
different weight classes. Pacquiao is also the first boxer in history to win major world titles in four of the
original eight weight classes of boxing, also known as the "glamour divisions" (flyweight, featherweight,
lightweight and welterweight), and the first boxer ever to become a four-decade world champion,
winning world championships across four decades (1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s).

Pacquiao was long rated as the best active boxer in the world, pound for pound, 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.[37][38] He is also the
longest reigning top-ten active boxer on The Ring's pound for pound list from November 2003 to April
2016.[39]
Pacquiao has generated approximately 20.1 million in pay-per-view (PPV) buys and $1.2 billion in
revenue from his 25 PPV bouts. According to Forbes, he was the second highest paid athlete in the
world in 2015.

On September 29, 2021, Pacquiao announced his retirement from boxing, in a post on social media.[40]