Manny Pacquiao

Pacquiao is married to Maria Geraldine "Jinkee" Jamora, and they have four children: Emmanuel Jr. "Jimuel", Michael, Princess, and Queen Elizabeth "Queenie."

The couple now officially resides in Kiamba, Sarangani, the hometown of his wife.

Pacquiao was born on December 17, 1978, in Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines to Rosalio Pacquiao and Dionesia Dapidran-Pacquiao. He was their fourth child.

His parents got divorced when he was in the sixth grade of school.

Manny completed his elementary education at Saavedra Saway Elementary School in General Santos City.

He dropped out of high school due to poverty and left home at the age of 14.

At the age of 14, Pacquiao moved to Manila where he made to the Philippine national amateur boxing team. He had an amateur record of 64 fights.

On January 22, 1995, at 16, Pacquiao professionally debuted in a four-round bout in the light flyweight division against Edmund "Enting" Ignacio and won.

His first major boxing honor came in December 1998, when he won a bout against Chatchai Sasakul of Thailand and took the World Boxing Council (WBC) flyweight title.

On June 23, 2001, Manny faced Lehlohonolo Lebwaba for the International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior featherweight title and won by a technical knockout. This was his second major boxing title that he defended four times.

On November 15, 2003, in a career-defining fight for the Lineal and The Ring Featherweight championship in Texas, he defeated Marco Antonio through a technical knockout. He defended this title twice.

Winning the Lineal and The Ring Featherweight championship, he became the first Asian and Filipino to be a three-division world champion.

Manny Piquaio also became the first Filipino and Asian to become a five-division world champion and the first Filipino boxer to win a world title in the lightweight division.

On December 22, 2008, he was awarded the Philippine Legion of Honor with the rank of Officer “for winning four world titles in different weight divisions and for being the best fighter in the world in his time.”

On November 20, 2009, President Macapagal-Arroyo conferred upon Pacquiao the Order of Sikatuna with the rank of Datu with Gold distinction for winning his seventh weight division world title.

He was named ‘Fighter of the decade’ (2000s) by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA), World Boxing Council (WBC), and World Boxing Organization (WBO).