Most of us know and love
Manny Pacquiao the boxer. The guy who has won more world title fights in more weight classes than anyone else. In the ring, he’s relentless. In between whiles he moonlights as a politician, voice recording artist, actor and occasional pro basketball player-coach.
The Pac-Man is not only extraordinary in terms of achievements, he is one of a rare few superstars who hasn’t let fame and fortune go to his head. The wiry fighter who punched his way out of extreme poverty to become the greatest Asian boxer of all time is a happily married man and father to five children.
Watch Out for the WBA World Champion Welterweight Title Fight
Pacquiao is one of the richest sportsmen on the planet. At 40 years of age he has nothing to prove. Yet on the 20
th July 2019 the Welterweight Champion of the World will bob and weave back into the ring in Nevada to defend his title.
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Billed as the Fight to Determine WBA Welterweight Supremacy, the
Manny Pacquiao vs Keith Thurman fight is set to be an epic. Although it’ll be live on cable and free to air in the United States, the Philippines and Thailand only a tiny portion of Pacquiao fans will have the unremitting pleasure of urging him on in real-time.
Spare a thought for the folk who live in avid boxing nations like Zambia, Mexico and Cuba but don’t have access to pay-per-view television!
Senator Pacquiao? Colonel Pacquiao? Or Plain Old Manny? How About All Three!
Most of us are aware of Pacquiao’s awesome professional track record - his eight-division World Championship titles, his lineal championship supremacy in five different weight classes and the long litany of Best Fighter awards.
What many of you probably don’t know is he’s an elected representative of the Philippines Government in the guise of Senator Pacquiao. He’s also a colonel in the Reserve Force of the Philippines Army… and that makes him a pro boxer with a license to kill!
World Champion Boxer and Pro Basketball Player
What is really quite remarkable is in-between beating the likes of Oscar De La Hoya, Shane Mosely, Erick Morales and Ricky Hatton - plus 16 other World Champions - Pacquiao found the time and energy to play professional basketball.
In fact, he became the oldest ever rookie to be drafted into the Philippine Basketball Association and by all accounts he acquitted himself really well.
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Although Pac-Man officially hung up on the hoops in 2018, basketball still has a stranglehold on the magician from Manilla. He may not do the slam dunk anymore but you’ll find him courtside as the proud owner of not one but two pro basketball teams.
Pac-Man the Family Man
Despite banking around $40 million a year in his heyday and more than $1,2 billion in total pay-per-view revenue, Manny Pacquiao is a faithful and loving family man. He and his wife of 19 years - the delightfully named Jinkee Jamora - have five kids together.
They also have a penchant for calling their children ‘interesting’ names like Queen Elizabeth also known as Queenie or Mary Divine Grace who masquerades as Princess or plain old Israel, their son and last born!
Can the boxer cum Senator cum army reservist go in for the kill at the MGM Grand later this month? History tells us he can and he will. With Keith Thurman fresh from a 22-month injury lay-off the smart odds are on an early stage knock out by the southpaw from Bukidnon!
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