Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao, popularly known as Pac-Man, is a Filipino boxer, media celebrity, and politician. He is the first and the only eight-division boxing champion in the world. Pacquiao has won many world titles and is also the first boxer to win lineal championships in four separate categories. His rise from poverty to world-wide fame is a remarkable story. Pacquiao is immensely popular in the Philippines and stars in movies, advertisements, TV shows, and even has his image on a postage stamp. ‘The Ring’ magazine has named him ‘Fighter of the Year’ three times. Some of the biggest sporting news and boxing websites like ESPN, ‘Sports Illustrated,’ ‘Sporting Life,’ ‘Yahoo! Sports,’ and ‘BoxRec’ have rated him the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world. Pacquiao is also the head coach of the basketball team ‘Mahindra Enforcers.’ He secured the 11th position in the first round of the 2014 PBA draft, thus becoming the oldest rookie to be drafted into the ‘Philippine Basketball Association.’ He represented the province of Sarangani in the 15th and 16th Congress of the Philippines and was elected to the House of Representatives on both occasions. Manny Pacquiao is one of the highest paid athletes in the world.