On September 29, 2021, Pacquiao announced his retirement from boxing, in a post on social media. According to Forbes, he was the second highest paid athlete in the world in 2015. Pacquiao has generated approximately 20.1 million in pay-per-view (PPV) buys and $1.2 billion in revenue from his 25 PPV bouts. He is also the longest reigning top-ten active boxer on The Ring's pound for pound list from November 2003 to April 2016. 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,, BoxRec and The Ring, beginning from his climb to lightweight until his losses in 2012.
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 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. In 2020, Pacquiao topped the Ranker's list of best boxers of the 21st century. Boxing historian Bert Sugar ranked Pacquiao as the greatest southpaw fighter of all time. Manny Pacquiao has an amateur record of 60–4 and a record of 62–8–2 as a professional, with 39 wins by knockout.
Main articles: Boxing career of Manny Pacquiao and professional boxing record Overview 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. 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. He is the fourth of six siblings, one of whom, Alberto "Bobby" Pacquiao, is also a politician and former professional boxer.Īt 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. His parents separated when he was in sixth grade, after his father had an affair. He is the son of Rosalio Pacquiao and actress Dionisia Dapidran. Pacquiao was born in Kibawe, Bukidnon and raised in General Santos, Philippines.
His plan to expand his political career led to his retirement from professional boxing 10 days later. On September 19, 2021, Pacquiao officially declared his candidacy for President of the Philippines in the 2022 Philippine presidential election. He became the president of his party PDP–Laban in 2020 (which is disputed since 2021). He held this post for six years until he was elected and assumed office as a senator in 2016. Pacquiao entered politics in 2010 when he was elected as the representative of Sarangani. As of 2015, Pacquiao's fights had generated $1.2 billion in revenue from his 25 pay-per-view bouts.
In July 2019, Pacquiao became the oldest welterweight world champion in history at the age of 40, and the first boxer in history to become a recognized four-time welterweight champion after defeating Keith Thurman to win the WBA (Super) welterweight title. He was the first boxer to win the lineal championship in five different weight classes, the first boxer to win major world titles in four of the eight "glamour divisions" ( flyweight, featherweight, lightweight, and welterweight), and is the only boxer to hold world championships across four decades (1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s). Pacquiao is the only eight-division world champion in the history of boxing and has won twelve major world titles. He has been serving as a senator of the Philippines since 2016. Nicknamed " PacMan", he is regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao Sr., CLH ( locally born December 17, 1978) is a Filipino politician and former professional boxer.