THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER IN THE LIFE OF PACQUIAO
By Eddie Alinea
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 07 Nov 2014
What does the month of November mean to boxing icon Manny Pacquiao?s fighting career?
Well, eight of the Filipino eight-division world champion?s 65 fights in a professional career spanning 19 years were held this same autumn month with the 35-year-old Kibawe, Bukidnon-born southpaw coming up with a near-perfect seven-win, one-draw slate. Three of the Pacman?s record eight-division title conquests were fashioned out in the month, too, when, incidentally he will be staging his ninth bout exactly two weeks from now in Macau.
Pacquiao will be defending his newly-acquired World Boxing Organization welterweight diadem against New Yorker former martial arts campaigner Chris Algieri on November 23 at the Cotai Arena at the posh Venetian Resort Hotel.
For one, it was during this month when the father of five with Sarangani Vice Gov. wife Jinkee crowned himself the Ring Magazine featherweight kingpin via an 11th round technical knockout of Marco Antonio Barrera on November 15, 2003 at the Alamodome in San Antonio Texas.
Six years later on Novvember 14, 2009, the fleet-footed, power-punching 2000-2009 Fighter of the Decade beat Miguel Cotto by 12th round TKO for the 147-pound plum in Las Vegas , his seventh, And a year later on November 13, 2010, the three-time ?Fighter of the Year? honoree of the Boxing Writers Association of America and twice by ESPY became the first man on planet earth and still is, to win world titles in eight weight divisions when he annexed the World Boxing Council super-welterweight crown with a 12-round domination of Antonio Margarito before a big 50,000 plus fans plus millions more who watched the fight on television world-wide.
Pacquiao stops Cotto.
Pacquiao dominates Margarito.
Rounding out Pacquiao?s eight-division championship triumphs are the WBC flyweight via 8th round KO of Thai Chatchai Sasakul in 1998, the International Boxing Federation super-bantamweight via 6th-round TKO of Lehlo Ledwaba in 2001, his first under trainer Freddie Roach, WBC super-featherweight at the expense of Juan Manuel Marquez in 2008, WBC lightweight via 9th -round TKO of David Diaz and International Boxing Organization/Ring junior-welterweight titles on a 2nd round KO of Ricky Hatton.
The former pound-for-pound best fighter?s 12-round title defense of his 147-pound diadem with undefeated Algieri will be his second in Macau following his unanimous decision victory over Brandon Rios, whom he mauled in the same venue last year in avenging his back-to-back losses to Timothy Bradley (split decision) and Marquez (6th round KO) two years ago.
His victories over Mexican legends Barrera, Erik Morales and Marquez earned him the moniker ?The Mexicutioner.? An 8th-round demolition of legendary and Olympic gold medalist Osca DeLa Hoya on December 6, 2008 catapulted the Filipino hero to the pound-for-pound throne. For crowning himself the world 154-pound king, the Congressman representing the province of Sarangani made comparisons to Hall of Famer Henry Armstrong?s feat of winning titles in three weight classes ? 126, 135 and 147 pounds in the 1930s.
All throughout his career that started in 1995, Pacquiao has fought 18 current and former world champions -- Bradley, Marquez, Mosley, Margarito, Joshua Clottey, Cotto, Hatton, DeLa Hoya, Diaz, Barrera, Jorge Solis, Morales, Oacar Larios, Jorge Julio, Agapito Sanchez, Ledwaba, Medgeon Lukchaopormasak and Sasakul.
Pacquiao?s three ?Fighter of the Year? awards tied him with the great Mohammad Ali and Evander Holyfield for the moist in the history of the BWAA.
Counting the WBC International super-bantamweight and the WBC super-bantamweight and super-featherweight crowns he wore at one time or another, Pacquiao had actually won 10 world titles, again, the most by any fighter in this era.
Testimony to his charisma and crowd-drawing power, Pacquiao, who coaches and plays for Team Kia in the professional Philippine Basketball Association, was the main attraction in drawing 52,612 fans who witnessed the opening of this year?s PBA 40th season two weeks ago at the Philippine Arena in Bulacan.
That was the second biggest crowd that saw a sporting event where Pacquiao is a participant, next only to the 50,994 plus that saw his his fight against Clottey at the Cowboys Stadium in Texas.
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