Manny Pacquiao, born Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao on December 17, 1978 is a Filipino professional boxer.

He is the former WBC lightweight world champion, WBC super featherweight world champion, IBF super bantamweight world champion, and WBC flyweight world champion.

He has also held the Ring Magazine titles for Featherweight, Super Featherweight, and Light Welterweight divisions.

For his achievements, he became the first Filipino and Asian boxer to win five world titles in five different weight divisions.

He is currently the IBO and Ring Magazine Light Welterweight champion and is rated by the Ring Magazine as the #1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world. .

Aside from being a boxer, he has also participated in politics, acting and music recording

Manny Pacquiao's Secret - Wanna know how Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao knocked out England’s boxing champ Ricky Hatton? How did he tire out the legendary Oscar dela Hoya? And what makes all the Mexicans and Puerto Ricans scared of the Pacman’s punch? Manny Pacquiao is the IBO and Ring junior welterweight champion and the best pound for pound fighter in boxing today.So what’s more to him?

Manny Pacquiao's Golden Heart - Most people knew Manny Pacquiao as a Champion in the Boxing ring. Having six titles and soon to be seven if he will win in the Pacman vs Cotto fight.Aside from his boxing career, he also a recording artist in the Philippines and some of his musics are dedicated to all the Filipinos and for the Philippines. he is also an actor and now having a t.v series "Show me the Manny". But the real Pacman doesn't end there. People don't know that he also a golden heart. After the disaster that ruined almost half of the Philippines, Filipinos are making their effort to help those typhoon victims. The celebrities, non-government officials, and even the champion Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao helps the victims.

Manny Pacquiao: Pound for Pound King - 1 - Manny Pacquiao: A Filipino professional boxer. He is the former WBC Lightweight world boxing champion, WBC Super Featherweight world boxing champion, IBF Super Bantamweight world boxing champion, and WBC Flyweight world boxing champion. Victories over Oscar De la Hoya and Ricky Hatton earned him the number 1 spot; 2 - Juan Manuel Marquez: A Mexican professional boxer, and the current WBA, WBO, and IBO Lightweight world champion as well as the current Ring Magazine Lightweight champion. He has also held the IBF, WBA, and WBO Featherweight titles, and the WBC Super Featherweight title. He is the fourth Mexican boxer to become a world champion in three different weight classes after Marco Antonio Barrera, Érik Morales, and Julio César Chávez. On February 28, 2009, Márquez defeated IBO champion, and former WBA, IBF, and WBO Lightweight champion Juan Díaz by knockout and makes him 2nd place in the list.

• Pacquiao continues 'hard training' in LA - abs-cbnNEWS.com | 10/27/2009 10:59 PM - MANILA - Despite feeling jet lagged after arriving from the Philippines a few days ago, Manny 'Pacman' Pacquiao had a two-and-a-half hour workout during his first day of training at the Wildcard Boxing Club in Los Angeles, California, which ended with coach Freddie Roach's mitt flying off his hand. "We have to continue our hard training kahit nandito sa America. We have two more weeks of hard training," said Pacquiao, who will have his toughest fight to date against Puerto Rico’s Miguel Cotto. Roach said he is very much pleased by his [...] - http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/10/27/09/pacquiao-continues-hard-training-la
• Nike Unveils Pacquiao Billboard in Hollywood - Asian Journal, News Feature, Joseph Pimentel, Posted: Oct 27, 2009 - HOLLYWOOD – It’s another first for Manny Pacquiao. The pound-4-pound king became the first Filipino athlete to be featured in a major billboard in Los Angeles. Nike, a Pacquiao sponsor, has featured the Filipino boxing hero on a billboard campaign promoting its AW77 hood sweatshirt. The towering billboard located on top of the Nike Montalban Theater in Hollywood on Selma Ave. and Vine St. shows Pacquiao wearing a gray and teal blue hooded sweater with a scowl on his face. "For him to be on an actual [...] - http://news.newamericamedia.org/news/view_article.html?article_id=1a42824fb84d1fbb9343ad3c0bb2927d&from=rss
• Mayweather's return boosts Pacquiao-Cotto bout - Updated 13h 52m ago -
  By J. Michael Falgoust, USA TODAY - No one will ever confuse Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Bob Arum as friends. The ex-welterweight champion's former promoter, however, will give him this much: Mayweather's successful comeback from an almost two-year layoff last month has boosted Manny Pacquiao's Nov. 14 bout with Miguel Cotto. "Mayweather's return has gotten people, particularly the people who follow Mayweather, energized. Those people are going to watch this fight because the winner is a potential (opponent) for Mayweather," says Arum, whose Top Rank Inc. promotes Pacquiao and Cotto [...] - http://www.usatoday.com/sports/boxing/2009-10-20-mayweather-pacquiao-cotto_N.htm?csp=34
• Notes from Manny Pacquiao's training camp - October 27, 2009 - 3:17 pm - The door leading in to Hollywood's Wild Card Gym opened Tuesday afternoon and in walked Manny Pacquiao. Boxing's top pound-for-pound fighter arrived back in L.A. this weekend, and although he's still recovering from the jet lag from the lengthy flight from his native Philippines where he trained for 31 days, Pacquiao is preparing to ramp up his conditioning as the days dwindle to his Nov. 14 welterweight showdown against Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas. "He's tired right now, you can see it in his eyes," Pacquiao trainer's, Freddie Roach, said [...] - http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/sports_blog/2009/10/manny-pacquiao-boxing-freddie-roach.html