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Real name: Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao

Nicknames: Pac-Man, Fighting Pride of the Philippines, The Destroyer,

The MexicutionerRated at: Light Middleweight, Welterweight, Light Welterweight, Lightweight, Super Featherweight, Featherweight, Super Bantamweight,Flyweight

Height: 5 ft 6½ in (1.69 m)
Reach: 67 in (170 cm)
Nationality: Filipino
Birth date: December 17, 1978 (1978-12-17) (age 32)
Birth place: Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines
Stance: Southpaw

 Manny Pacquiaois a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is an eight-division world champion, the first boxer in history to win ten world titles, the first to win in eight weight divisions, and the first to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named “Fighter of the Decade” for the 2000′s by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA). He is also a three-time The Ring and BWAA “Fighter of the Year”, winning the award in 2006, 2008, and 2009. Currently, Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao is the WBC Super Welterweight World Champion and WBO Welterweight World Champion (Super Champion). He is also currently rated as the “number one” pound-for-pound best boxer in the world by most sporting news and boxing websites, including The Ring, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, NBC Sports, Yahoo! Sports, Sporting Life and About.com. 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 is the only active boxer to become a congressman in the Philippines.

 Manny Pacquiao

 Manny Pacquiao