Manny Pacquiao Titles

Major:

* WBC world flyweight champion
* IBF world super bantamweight champion
* WBC world super featherweight champion
* WBC world lightweight champion

Minor:

* OPBF flyweight champion
* WBC international super bantamweight champion
* WBC international super featherweight champion
* IBO world light welterweight champion

The Ring Magazine titles:

* World featherweight champion
* World super featherweight champion
* World light welterweight champion

Lineal Championship titles:

* World flyweight champion
* World featherweight champion
* World junior lightweight champion
* World junior welterweight champion

Recognitions

* 2006 & 2008 Ring Magazine Fighter of the Year
* 2006 & 2008[72] Boxing Writers Association Of America Fighter of the Year
* WBC Emeritus Champion
* The Ring Magazine #1 Pound For Pound
* 5-Time PSA Sportsman of the Year
* 2008 University Athletic Association of the Philippines (UAAP) Honorary Award for Sports Excellence[73]
* 2008 BoxingScene.com Fighter of the Year[74]
* 2008 Sports Illustrated Boxer of the Year[75]
* 2008 SecondsOut.com Fighter of the Year[76]
* 2008 TheSweetScience.com Boxer of the Year[77]
* 2008 WBC Boxer of the Year[78]
* 2008 Yahoo Sports Fighter of the Year[79]
* 2008 ESPN Star's Champion of Champions[80]
* 2009 TIME 100 Most Influential People (Heroes & Icons Category)[81]

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Manny Pacquiao Early Career

Pacquiao started his professional boxing career at the age of 16 at 106 lbs (Light Flyweight). His early fights took place in small local venues and were shown on Vintage Sports' Blow by Blow, an evening boxing show. His professional debut was a 4-round bout against Edmund "Enting" Ignacio on January 22, 1995, which Pacquiao won via decision, becoming an instant star of the program. Close friend Mark Penaflorida's death in 1994 spurred the young Pacquiao to pursue a professional boxing career.

His weight increased from 106 to 113 lbs before losing in his 12th bout against Rustico Torrecampo via a third-round knockout (KO). Pacquiao had not made the weight. So he was forced to use heavier gloves than Torrecampo, thereby putting Pacquiao at a disadvantage.[7]

Shortly after the Torrecampo fight, Pacquiao settled at 112 lbs, winning the WBC Flyweight title over Chatchai Sasakul in the eighth round only to lose it in his second defense against Medgoen Singsurat or Medgoen 3K Battery, via a third-round knockout on a bout held at Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand. Technically, Pacquiao lost the belt at the scales as he surpassed the weight limit of 112 lbs (51 kg).

Following his loss to Singsurat, Pacquiao gained weight anew. This time, Pacquiao went to the Super Bantamweight division of 122 lbs (55 kg), where he picked up the WBC International Super Bantamweight title. He defended the title five times before his chance for a world title fight came.

Pacquiao's big break came on June 23, 2001, against IBF Super Bantamweight champion Lehlohonolo Ledwaba. Pacquiao stepped into the fight as a late replacement and won the fight by technical knockout to become the IBF Super Bantamweight champion on a bout held at MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada. He defended this title five times and fought to a sixth-round draw against Agapito Sánchez in a bout that was stopped early after Pacquiao received 2 headbutts.