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He is the first and only eight-division world champion,[8] in which he
has won ten world titles, as well as the first to win the lineal
championship in four different weight classes.[9] According to Forbes,
he was the 14th highest paid athlete in the world as of 2013.[10]
He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 2000s (decade) by the
Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA), World Boxing Council (WBC)
and World Boxing Organization (WBO). He is also a three-time The Ring
and BWAA "Fighter of the Year," winning the award in 2006, 2008, and
2009, and the Best Fighter ESPY Award in 2009 and 2011.[11]
He is the current WBO welterweight champion[12] and is currently ranked number three on The Ring pound-for-pound list.[13]
He was long rated as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world by some
sporting news and boxing websites, including ESPN, Sports Illustrated,
Sporting Life, Yahoo! Sports, About.com, BoxRec and The Ring from his
climb to Lightweight until his losses in 2012.[14][15]
Beyond boxing, Pacquiao has participated in basketball, business,
acting, music recording and politics. In May 2010, Pacquiao was elected
to the House of Representatives in the 15th Congress of the Philippines,
representing the province of Sarangani. He was re-elected in 2013 to
the 16th Congress of the Philippines.[16]
Pacquiao, while mostly focused on being a boxer and a congressman, is
listed as the head coach of the basketball team Kia Sorento. At 36, he
also played 7 minutes of one of the team's games and is thus a
professional basketball player. He was drafted onto the team that he
coaches as 11th overall on the first round of the 2014 PBA draft by the
Kia Sorento, making him as the oldest rookie drafted,[17] as well as the
shortest player and the first dual-sport athlete in the Philippine
Basketball Association.[18] Pacquiao also owns a team in the PBA
Developmental League (PBA D-League), the MP Hotel Warriors
Personal life
Pacquiao was born on December 17, 1978, in Kibawe, Bukidnon,
Philippines. He is the son of Rosalio Pacquiao and Dionesia
Dapidran-Pacquiao.[19] His parents separated when he was in sixth grade,
after his mother discovered that his father was living with another
woman.[19] He is the fourth among six siblings: Liza Silvestre-Onding
and Domingo Silvestre (from first husband of his mother) and Isidra
Pacquiao-Paglinawan, Alberto "Bobby" Pacquiao and Rogelio Pacquiao.
Pacquiao married Maria Geraldine "Jinkee" Jamora on May 10, 2000.
Together, they have five children, Emmanuel Jr., Michael Stephen, Mary
Divine Grace, Queen Elizabeth and Israel. His daughter, Queen, was born
in the United States. He resides in his hometown General Santos City,
South Cotabato, Philippines.[20] However, as a congressman of lone
district of Sarangani, he is officially residing in Kiamba, Sarangani,
the hometown of his wife.
Raised in the Roman Catholic faith,[21] Pacquiao is currently a
practicing Evangelical Protestant.[22][23][24] He is also a military
reservist with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel in the Reserve Force of
the Philippine Army.[25] Prior to being commissioned to the rank of
Lieutenant Colonel, he first entered the Army's reserve force on April
27, 2006 as a Sergeant. Later, he rose to Technical Sergeant on December
1 of the same year. On October 7, 2007, he became a Master Sergeant,
the highest rank in the enlisted personnel. On May 4, 2009, he was given
the special rank of Senior Master Sergeant and was also designated as
the Command Sergeant Major of the 15th Ready Reserve Division.[26]
Education
Pacquiao completed his elementary education at Saavedra Saway Elementary
School in General Santos City, but dropped out of high school due to
extreme poverty.[27] He left his home at age 14 because his mother, who
had six children, was not making enough money to support her family.[27]
In February 2007 he took, and passed, a high school equivalency exam
making him eligible for college education.[28] He was awarded with a
high school diploma by the Department of Education. Pacquiao enrolled
for a college degree in business management at Notre Dame of Dadiangas
University (NDDU) in his hometown in General Santos City.
On February 18, 2009, Pacquiao was conferred the Honorary Degree of
Doctor of Humanities (Honoris Causa) by Southwestern University (SWU) at
the Waterfront Cebu City Hotel & Casino in Lahug, Cebu City in
recognition of his boxing achievements and humanitarian work.[29]
In preparation for his career as a lawmaker in the House of
Representatives, Pacquiao enrolled in the Certificate Course in
Development, Legislation and Governance at the Development Academy of
the Philippines – Graduate School of Public and Development Management
(DAP-GSPDM)
Floyd Mayweather, Jr. (born Floyd Joy Sinclair; February 24, 1977) is an
American professional boxer. He is currently undefeated as a
professional and is a five-division world champion, having won ten world
titles and the lineal championship in four different weight classes.
Mayweather is a two-time Ring magazine Fighter of the Year (winning the
award in 1998 and 2007); he also won the Boxing Writers Association of
America (BWAA) Fighter of the Year award in 2007 and the Best Fighter
ESPY Award in 2007, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, and 2014.[1][2]
Mayweather is the WBC,[3] WBA and Ring[4] welterweight champion, and the
WBC Super, WBA, and Ring[5] junior middle weight champion. He is also
rated as the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world by many sporting
news and boxing websites, including Ring, Sports Illustrated, ESPN,
BoxRec, Fox Sports, and Yahoo! Sports.[6][7][8][9][10][11] Mayweather
topped the Forbes and Sports Illustrated lists of the 50 highest-paid
athletes of 2012 and 2013, and the Forbes list again in 2014,[12]
listing Mayweather as the highest paid athlete in the world
Early life and education
Mayweather was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on February 24, 1977,
into a family of boxers. His father, Floyd Mayweather Sr., was a former
welterweight contender who fought Hall of Famer Sugar Ray Leonard. His
uncles (Jeff Mayweather and Roger Mayweather) were professional boxers,
with Roger – Floyd’s current trainer – winning two world championships.
Mayweather was born with his mother's last name,[15] but his last name
would change to Mayweather shortly thereafter.
Boxing has been a part of Mayweather's life since his childhood and he
never seriously considered any other profession. "I think my grandmother
saw my potential first", Mayweather said. "When I was young, I told her
'I think I should get a job'. She said, 'No, just keep boxing'".[16]
"When I was about eight or nine, I lived in New Jersey with my mother
and we were seven deep in one bedroom and sometimes we didn't have
electricity", Mayweather said. "When people see what I have now, they
have no idea of where I came from and how I didn't have anything growing
up".
It was not uncommon for young Mayweather to come home from school and
find used heroin needles in his front yard.[17] His mother was also
addicted to drugs, and he had an aunt who died from AIDS because of her
drug use. "People don't know the hell I've been through", he says.
The most time that his father spent with him was taking him to the gym
to train and work on his boxing, according to Mayweather. "I don't
remember him ever taking me anywhere or doing anything that a father
would do with a son, going to the park or to the movies or to get ice
cream", he says. "I always thought that he liked his daughter (Floyd's
older stepsister) better than he liked me because she never got
whippings and I got whippings all the time".
Mayweather's father contends that Floyd is not telling the truth about
their early relationship. "Even though his daddy did sell drugs, I
didn't deprive my son", the elder Mayweather says. "The drugs I sold, he
was a part of it. He had plenty of food. He had the best clothes and I
gave him money. He didn't want for anything. Anybody in Grand Rapids can
tell you that I took care of my kids".[18] Floyd senior says he did all
of his hustling at night and spent his days with his son, taking him to
the gym and training him to be a boxer. "If it wasn't for me he
wouldn't be where he is today", he maintains.
"I basically raised myself," Mayweather says. "My grandmother did what
she could. When she got mad at me I'd go to my mom's house. My life was
ups and downs". His father says he knows how much pain his incarceration
caused his son, but insists he did the best he could. "I sent him to
live with his grandmother", he says. "It wasn't like I left him with
strangers".
Boxing became Mayweather's outlet – a way to deal with his father's
absence.[citation needed] As the elder Mayweather served his time his
son – with speed and an uncanny ring sense – put all his energies into
boxing, dropping out of high school. "I knew that I was going to have to
try to take care of my mom and I made the decision that school wasn't
that important at the time and I was going to have to box to earn a
living", Mayweather says
