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Manny Paquiao is the greatest boxer of all time!

May 6, 2009 by admin  
Filed under Featured Content, Pinoy News and Culture

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Manny Paquiao started from a scrawny rookie who turned pro weighing 106 pounds in 1995 and has evolved into one of the world’s all-time greats with six titles in different divisions.

Four other fighters in history are in the same category – James Toney, Oscar de la Hoya, Hector Camacho and Tommy Hearns. But Pacquiao is in the record books as the only fighter to claim “linear” world championships in four divisions – flyweight, featherweight, superfeatherweight and lightwelterweight. No other fighter has achieved the record of gaining universal recognition in four weight classes.

For the record, Manny Pacquiao has now captured six world crowns:

  • WBC flyweight (112 pounds),
  • IBF superbantamweight (122),
  • “linear” featherweight (126),
  • superfeatherweight (130),
  • lightweight (135)
  • lightwelterweight (140).

Then, the pound-for-pound title, bestowed by the prestigious Ring Magazine which is known as the “Bible of Boxing.” Pacquiao is now the world’s No. 1 fighter, pound-for-pound.

By clinching his sixth world title, Pacquiao moved out of the list of five-time champions including Sugar Ray Leonard, Lester Ellis, Roberto Duran and Mayweather.

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One Response to “Manny Paquiao is the greatest boxer of all time!”
  1. afam godson bogwu says:

    Manny Paquiao,s defeat of oscar de la hoya and the annihilation of ricky hatton confers on him the best pound for pound boxer in the world today.
    Bring on flyod mayweather,shane morsley and cottey,the PACMAN is waiting.

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