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PROFILE
Name: Emmanuel D. Pacquiao
Alias: Pac Man, The Destroyer
Birth Date: December 17, 1978
Birth Place: Sarangani, Phillippines
Hometown: General Santos City, Phillippines
Nationality: Filipino
Age: 29
Positions in ratings:
1 - WBC Super Featherweight (May 2006)
2 - WBA Super Featherweight (April 2006)
5 - IBF Super Featherweight (November 2005)
1 - WBO Super Featherweight (May 2006)
- Reigning WBC International Super Featherweight Champion
- People's Featherweight Champion, 2003 - 2005
- IBF Super Bantamweight Champion, 2001 - 2004
- WBC Flyweight Champion, 1998 - 1999
Height: 5' 6½"
Reach: 67"
Stance or Style: Southpaw
Weight category: Super Featherweight (130lbs)
Trained by: Freddie Roach
Manager: Shelly Finkel
Global ID: 006129
Federal ID: NV015582
Professional Career Highlight:
* World championship fights - 7-1-2, 6 KOs
* WBC super featherweight world champion
* The Ring jr. featherweight world champion
* Boxing Writers Association of America “2006 Fighter of the Year”
* The Ring “2006 Fighter of the Year”
* Ranked The Ring #1, WBC #1, WBO #1, WBA #1, IBF #3 at 130 pounds
* Ranked The Ring #2 “Pound for Pound”
* Former WBC International super featherweight champion, three successful defenses
* Former IBF jr. featherweight world champion, four successful defenses
* Former WBC flyweight world champion, one successful defense
* Former WBC International super bantamweight champion, five successful defenses
* Former OPBF (Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation) flyweight champion, one successful defense
Strengths:
* Lefthander with good skills, speed and movement
* Tremendous punching power in both hands
* Shown great improvement in his right hook
* Physically strong
* Always in top condition
* Experienced against top opposition
Amateur and Personal Background:
*Manny was born in General Santos City, Philippines...he has an older sister, Zedra, and two younger brothers - Bobby, who is also a professional boxer, and Rogel
*Their parents were vegetable farmers, and are now estranged...Manny built a house for his mother close to his own...his father still lives in the mountains.
*When Manny was 12, he moved to Manila and sold cigarettes on the streets
*He started boxing and made the Philippines’ national amateur team; his room and board were paid for by the federal government, and he reportedly had 64 amateur fights (60-4)
*He said, “When I was younger, I watched so many videos of Larry Holmes, Joe Frazier, George Foreman and others. I used to rent the videos.
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Manny turned pro at 16 and won the Oriental-Pacific flyweight title when he was 18; he invited Bobby to come to Manila and took him to the boxing gym
*Brother Rogel was also a talented boxer, but suffered a head injury in a serious motorcycle accident and no longer boxes.
*He has become a national hero in the Philippines, and a a movie star, as well – he has starred in popular Filipino action movies with his friend, Mikey Arroyo, the son of the Philippines President
*Manny enjoys playing pool in his spare time.
*From BoxingConfidential.com, Feb. 5, 2007: Filipino superstar Manny Pacquiao and his brother Bobby today went to a school in General Santos City to take a special exam that would allow them to get the equivalent of high school units of educational attainment.
*Both Pacquiaos only finished elementary grades, they admit, due to extreme poverty when they were still growing up - a fact they have not forgotten now despite owning million dollar bank accounts from their boxing earnings.
*At the Department of Education Testing Center, the fighting brothers took the High School Equivalency Test for six hours, a process Manny called “very, very tiring.” The brothers were administered exams in English, Filipino, Social Studies, Mathematics and Science.
“He was very determined to pass, just as he is very determined to win in his fights. He had read the questions very religiously, and answered them well,” said a Dept of Education official when interviewed by the media.
The examinations started at 1:00 PM and ended at 6:30 PM, a process described by Pacquiao as more tiring that his trilogy with Erik Morales.
* Manny and his wife Jinky have three children.
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PROFILE
Name: Oscar de la Hoya
Alias: Golden Boy
Birth Date: February 4, 1973
Birth Place: Montebello California, USA
Hometown: Los Angeles, California, USA
Nationality: American
Age: 35
Height: 5' 10 1/2 "
Reach:73"
Stance or Style: Orthodox
Weight category: Super Welterweight
Trained by: Robert Alcazar, Jesus Rivero, Emanuel Steward, Gil Clancy, Floyd Mayweather Sr., Freddie Roach
Manager: Himself
US ID: CA036576
Global ID: 8253
Amateur Background:
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Reported 228 amateur fights (223-5).
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1992 Olympic Gold Medalist, 132 pounds. He defeated Marco Rudolph by decision in the finals to become the only U.S. Gold Medalist in the 1992 Games. Oscar said regarding his mother who died when he was working towards making the team, "The most important thing I've done in my life was winning the Olympic gold medal for my mother... She was my motivation, my biggest fan."
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1991 World Championships Silver Medalist, 132 pounds.
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1991 U.S. National Champion, 132 pounds.
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1990 Goodwill Games Champion, 125 pounds.
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1990 U.S. National Champion, 125 pounds.
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1989 National Golden Gloves Champion, 119 pounds.
Professional Career Highlight:
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Former WBO World Middleweight Champion
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Ranked WBC #1, WBA #1, The Ring #1 at 154 pounds
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The Ring "1995 Fighter of the Year"
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Former WBC Super Welterweight World Champion, two successful defences
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Former WBA "Unified" Super Welterweight World Champion, one successful defence
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Former two-time WBC Welterweight World Champion, seven successful title defences
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Former WBC Ssuper Lightweight World Champion, one successful defence
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Former WBO Lightweight World Champion, six successful defences
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Former WBO Junior Lightweight World Champion, one successful defence
Strengths:
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Excellent offensive and defensive skills, speed, mobility and punching power.
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Versatile in the ring - can fight aggressively or counterpunch
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Physically strong and durable
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Experienced against top opposition
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Strong amateur background
Personal Background
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Father and grandfather were boxers. He said "I was a little kid who used to fight a lot on the street, and get beat up. But I liked boxing. So my dad took me to the gym."
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Started boxing at age six.
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Recorded a pop music CD in 2000 which was nominated for a Grammy Award.
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Married Puerto Rican singer, Millie Corretjer, in October 2001.
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Formed his own boxing promotion company, Golden Boy Promotions in December 2001.
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