Manny Pacquiao

Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao (born December 17, 1978), simply known as Manny Pacquiao is a Filipino professional boxer. He is currently the WBC Lightweight Champion and the WBC Super Featherweight Champion, and was the former Ring Magazine's featherweight champion, world champion at IBF Super Bantamweight, and WBC Flyweight divisions. Manny is the first Filipino and Asian boxer to win four world titles in different weight divisions. He took over as the Ring Magazine pound for pound number 1 ranked boxer in the world on June 9, 2008 after Floyd Mayweather, Jr. announced his retirement from boxing. Oscar De La Hoya Vs Manny Pacquiao - "The Dream Match" Pacquiao is scheduled to face Oscar De La Hoya on Saturday, December 6 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Presented by Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank, Inc., the bout will be a 12-round, non-title fight contested at the 147-pound welterweight limit. Although Pacquiao goes into the fight widely recognised as the leading pound-for-pound boxer in the world, some boxing pundits have speculated that the 147-pound weight class could be too far above his natural weight against the larger De La Hoya. “Manny Pacquiao is considered the best fighter in boxing today and I always want to fight the best,” comments De La Hoya. “I am glad we were able to make this fight happen because while Pacquiao is at the pinnacle of his success and has defeated all of the top fighters he has faced, I am going to show the world that it stops with me. December 6 can’t get here soon enough.” “This is my greatest challenge,” said Pacquiao. “When I take that walk to the ring to fight Oscar, I will carry all the people of The Philippines - the entire country - on my shoulders. I promise I will fight with all of my heart and that I will give everything I have. Like my trainer Freddie Roach says, I have what it takes to win the biggest fight of my life.”