Manny Pacquiao has always been a fan favorite. He has never really been involved in any controversy or scandal. He is just a regular guy that enjoys and loves what he does for a living. Tonight he will face Timothy Bradley in a fight that will definitely be one in which Pacquiao will be able to prove himself once more. Some people might think he has lost commitment to the sport, which is maybe why this fight is an important one in his career. He was knocked out by Juan Manuel Marquez in 2012, and fought again in 2013 against Brandon Rios and unanimously won. But there are some things we don’t know about Pacquiao that we might want to know and will help to know him more at a personal level.
1. His name is Emmanuel "Manny" Dapidran Pacquiao.
2. He was the flag bearer for the Philippines at the Opening Ceremony of the Beijing Summer Olympics.
3. In is early life, he lived in a poor town, sleeping on cardboard boxes.
4. He made his first punchbag out of a cardboard box stuffed with clothes.
5. He has worked as a gardener and construction worker, and sold donuts and iced water on the streets.
6. He turned professional at 17 and became a rising star on a televised weekly boxing show in the Philippines called Blow by Blow.
7. He lives in a presidential-style mansion in General Santos City, Mindanao, with his wife Jinkee and their four children.
8. At the age of 19, in 1998, he won the World Boxing Council flyweight belt in Thailand against Chatchai Sasakul.
9. He owns fighting cocks.
10. His idol is Bruce Lee.
11. He is the first Filipino athlete to be featured on a postage stamp.
12. He was the highest paid athlete according to Forbes Magazine in 2012.
13. When he fights in Las Vegas, he travels with his personal chef who cooks Filipino cuisine in a private section of the main kitchen at Mandalay Bay.
14. He founded the Manny Pacquiao Foundation
15. His professional boxing record is 55 wins, 5 losses and 2 draws. 28 of those wins by KO.
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