Manny Pacquiao

Emmanuel Manny Dapidran Pacquiao born December 17 1978 is a Filipino professional boxer and politician He is the first and only eightdivision world champion in which he has won ten world titles as well as the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes According to Forbes he was the 14th highest paid athlete in the world as of 2013 He was named Fighter of the Decade for the 2000s decade by the Boxing Writers Association of America BWAA World Boxing Council WBC and World Boxing Organization WBO He is also a threetime The Ring and BWAA Fighter of the Year winning the award in 2006 2008 and 2009 and the Best Fighter ESPY Award in 2009 and 2011 He is the current WBO welterweight champion and is currently ranked number four on The Ring poundforpound list He was long rated as the best poundforpound boxer in the world by some sporting news and boxing websites including ESPN Sports Illustrated Sporting Life Yahoo Sports Aboutcom BoxRec and The Ring In April 2012 Pacquiao dropped to number two in the rankings behind Floyd Mayweather Jr Aside from boxing Pacquiao has participated in acting music recording and politics In May 2010 Pacquiao was elected to the House of Representatives in the 15th Congress of the Philippines representing the province of Sarangani He was reelected in 2013 to the 16th Congress of the Philippines