MTV Cribs: Manny Pacquiao

Pacman's Los Angeles mansion is the first Filipino house ever featured in MTV Cribs.

Manny Pacquiao and Antonio Margarito: Who is the Hungriest?

Margarito is taking a long journey back into boxing after the hand-wrapping incident on the day of his fight against Shane Mosley last year. It looks as if Antonio Margarito is hungrier than Manny Pacquiao to win their Nov. 13 matchup.

Given a license to fight in Texas, and another chance to prove to the world that he will be more hungry to succeed this time, Margarito came back stronger than ever, and with a new trainer, Robert Garcia, who is taking a risk in only his second fight with Margarito.
Let's do some flash back. Margarito's previous trainer, Javier Capetillo, wrapped his hands with Mosley's trainer Naazim Richardson looking on.  It was Richardson who pointed out that the hand must be wrapped around once with one roll of tape. After Richardson checked the tape on Margarito's hands, something fell out.  It was found to be a piece of plaster.  That was the psychological advantage that Mosley needed to knock Margarito out.
So, after Margarito lost the fight, and later, his boxing license in California, where the fight took place, his place in the boxing arena evaporated.

Pacquiao wraps his own hands, but on fight night, his trainer, Freddie Roach, must wrap them.
The Pac-Man, said in the first installment of HBO's 24/7 that Margarito knew.  He even joked that Margarito pretended that he didn't know what was going on.  Believe me, Roach will watch the wrapping on Margarito's hands.

Pacquiao is giving up some height and a little weight.  He likes to fight bigger boxers.  I think the speed of Pacquiao will prevail. Let's see if Manny The Pac-Man Pacquiao could destroy Margarito.

Boxing Experts Views on Pacquiao - Margarito Fight

Boxing historian Bert Sugar is picking World Boxing Organization welterweight champion Manny Pacquiao over former welterweight champion Antonio Margarito in their November 13 fight at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium.

Sugar, 73, and former publisher-editor of Boxing Illustrated and Ring magazine, told FanHouse.com’s Elie Seckbach in a brief video interview that Pacquiao is “too fast” for the bigger Margarito, a former three-time world welterweight titlist.

Sugar also thinks that Marga-rito “throws a lot of wild pun-ches,” which would create openings for Pacquiao to deliver his power punches.

But boxing commentator and trainer Teddy Atlas thinks Margarito would pose serious problems for Pacquiao because of his size advantage and power.

“As far as the fight goes with Margarito, I think that’s a dangerous fight for [Pacquiao],” told Percy Crawford of FightHype.com.

“I personally think Pacquiao could lose this fight. I think that you’ve got a naturally bigger guy. He is really the bigger guy because Margarito is a big welterweight. He’s a horse,” Atlas said in breaking Pacquiao-Margarito.

He said the 5’11” Margarito throws a lot of punches and is capable of hitting and hurting Pacquiao.

“[Margarito] presents a lot of areas of danger and real potential problems for Pacquiao that he hasn’t faced for awhile . . . The opportunity is there to hit this guy [Pacquiao],” Atlas said.

Atlas said that although Pacquiao has fought bigger foes before—Oscar De La Hoya, Miguel Cotto and Joshua Clottey—none of them is as big as Margarito, who enjoys a five-inch height advantage and seven-inch reach edge over Pacquiao.

Atlas—a trainer who has worked with the likes of world heavyweight champion Michael Moorer, light heavyweight titlist Danny Lalonde and featherweight champion Barry McGuigan—said he finds the
Margarito fight too risky at this point in Pacquiao’s career, adding that there were less dangerous opponents available for him to fight and still make as much money.

“I’m not sure that if I was managing Pacquiao, that I would be saying, ‘You know what, at this point in his career, he needs to fight Margarito,’” Atlas said.

The HBO pay-per-view televised Pacquiao-Margarito will be for the vacant World Boxing Council junior middleweight title (154 pounds) at an agreed catch weight of 151.

Who is Manny Pacquiao?

Real name	Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao
Nickname(s)							Pac-Man Fighting Pride of the Philippines The Destroyer The Mexicutioner Pambansang Kamao (National Fist) The Fighting Congressman
Rated at	Light Middleweight Welterweight Light Welterweight Lightweight Super Featherweight Featherweight Super Bantamweight Flyweight
Height	5 ft 6½ in (1.69 m)
Reach	67 in (170 cm)
Nationality	Filipino
Birth date	December 17, 1978 (1978-12-17) (age 31)
Birth place	Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	56
Wins	51
Wins by KO	38
Losses	3
Draws	2

Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao was born December 17, 1978, also known as Manny Pacquiao, is a Filipino professional boxer and politician. He is a seven-division world champion, the first boxer in history to win nine world titles in seven different weight divisions.

He is also the first boxer in history to win the lineal championship in four different weight classes. He was named "Fighter of the Decade" for the 2000s by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA).

Currently, Pacquiao is the WBO World Welterweight Champion (Super Champion) and is rated as the number 1 pound-for-pound best boxer in the world by several sporting news and boxing websites, including The Ring, Sports Illustrated, ESPN, NBC Sports, Yahoo! Sports and About.com.

Aside from being a boxer, Pacquiao has participated in 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 established the record of being the first active boxer to become a congressman in the Philippines.

Manny Pacquiao Professional Record: 51-3-2, (38)

2010
13-Nov	Antonio Margarito		Arlington, Texas, USA
	WBC light middleweight title
	Joshua Clottey	W UD 12	Arlington, Texas, USA
	WBO welterweight title
2009
14-Nov	Miguel Angel Cotto	W TKO 12	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV
	WBO welterweight title
2-May	Ricky Hatton	W KO 2	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV
	IBO light welterweight title
2008
6-Dec	Oscar De La Hoya	W RTD 8	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV
28-June	David Diaz	W TKO 9	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV
	WBC lightweight title
15-Mar	Juan Manuel Marquez	W 12	Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV
	WBC super featherweight title
2007
6-Oct	Marco Antonio Barrera	W 12	Mandalay Bay, Las Vegas, NV
14-Apr	Jorge Solis	W KO 8	San Antonio, Texas
2006
18-Nov	Erik Morales	W KO 3	Las Vegas, Nevada
2-Jul	Oscar Larios	W 12	Quezon City, Philippines
21-Jan	Erik Morales	W TKO 10	Las Vegas, Nevada
2005
10-Sept	Hector Velazquez	W TKO 6	Los Angeles, Ca
19-Mar	Erik Morales	L 12	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV
2004
11-Dec	Fahsan 3K Battery	W TKO 4	Manila, Philippines
8-May	Juan Manuel Marquez	D 12	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV
	IBF - WBA Super World featherweight title
2003
15-Nov	Marco Antonio Barrera	W TKO 11	San Antonio, Texas
26-Jul	Emmanuel Lucero	W TKO 3	Los Angeles, Ca
	IBF super bantamweight title
15-Mar	Serikzhan Yeshmagambetov	W TKO 5	Intramuros, Philippines
2002
26-Oct	Fahprakorb Rakkiatgym	W KO 1	Davao City, Philippines
8-jun	Jorge Eliecer Julio	W TKO 2	Memphis, Tennessee
	IBF super bantamweight title
2001
10-Nov	Agapito Sanchez	D TD 6	San Francisco, Ca
	IBF - WBO super bantamweight title
23-Jun	Lehlohonolo Ledwaba	W TKO 6	MGM Grand, Las Vegas, NV
	IBF super bantamweight title
28-Apr	Wethya Sakmuangklang	W TKO 6	Kidapawan City, Philippines
24-Feb	Tetsutora Senrima	W TKO 5	Rizal, Philippines
2000
14-Oct	Nedal Hussein	W TKO 10	Rizal, Philippines
28-Jun	Seung-Kon Chae	W TKO 1	Quezon City, Philippines
4-Mar	Arnel Barotillo	W KO 4	Manila, Philippines
1999
18-Dec	Reynante Jamili	W TKO 2	Manila, Philippines
17-Sept	Medgoen Singsurat	L KO 3	Thammarat, Thailand
	WBC flyweight title
24-Apr	Gabriel Mira	W TKO 4	Quezon City, Philippines
	WBC flyweight title
20-Feb	Todd Makelim	W TKO 3	Kidapawan City, Philippines
1998
4-Dec	Chatchai Sasakul	W KO 8	Phuttamonthon, Thailand
	WBC flyweight title
18-May	Shin Terao	W KO 1	Tokyo, Japan
1997
6-Dec	Panomdej Ohyuthanakorn	W KO 1	Koronadal City, Philippines
13-Sept	Melvin Magramo	W 10	Cebu City. Philippines
26-Jun	Chokchai Chockvivat	W KO 5	Manila, Philippines
30-May	Ariel Austria	W TKO 6	Davao City, Philippines
24-Apr	Wook-Ki Lee	W KO 1	Manila, Philippines
8-Mar	Mike Luna	W KO 1	Manila, Philippines
1996
28-Dec	Sung-Yul Lee	W TKO 2	Manila, Philippines
27-Jul	Ippo Gala	W TKO 2	Manila, Philippines
15-Jun	Bert Batiller	W TKO 4	General Santos City, Philippines
20-May	John Medina	W TKO 4	Manila, Philippines
27-Apr	Marlon Carillo	W 10	Manila, Philippines
9-Feb	Rustico Torrejos	L KO 3	Manila, Philippines
13-Jan	Lito Torrejos	W TD 5	Manila, Philippines
1995
9-Dec	Rolando Touogon	W 10	Manila, Philippines
11-Nov	Rudolfo Fernandez	W TKO 3	Manila, Philippines
21-Oct	Renato Mendones	W TKO 2	Palawan, Philippines
7-Oct	Lolito Laroa	W 8	Manila, Philippines
16-sept	Armando Rocil	W KO 3	Manila, Philippines
3-Aug	Acasio Simbajon	W 6	Manila, Philippines
1-Jul	Dele Decierto	W TKO 2	Manila, Philippines
1-May	Rocky Palma	W 6	Cavite, Philippines
18-Mar	Pinoy Montejo	W 4	Mindoro Occidental, Philippines
22-Jan	Edmund Enting Ignacio	W 4	Mindoro Occidental, Philippines

 

Titles in boxing

Major World Titles:

• WBC Flyweight World Champion (112 lbs)
• IBF Junior Featherweight World Champion (122 lbs)
• The Ring Featherweight World Champion (126 lbs)
• WBC Super Featherweight World Champion (130 lbs)
• The Ring Junior Lightweight World Champion (130 lbs)
• WBC Lightweight World Champion (135 lbs)
• The Ring Junior Welterweight World Champion (140 lbs)
• WBO Welterweight World Champion (147 lbs)

Minor World Title:

• IBO Junior Welterweight World Champion (140 lbs)

Lineal Championship Titles:

• World Flyweight Champion (112 lbs)
• World Featherweight Champion (126 lbs)
• World Super Featherweight Champion (130 lbs)
• World Light Welterweight Champion (140 lbs)

Regional/International Titles:

• OPBF Flyweight Champion (112 lbs)
• WBC International Super Bantamweight Champion (122 lbs)
• WBC International Super Featherweight Champion (130 lbs)

Special Titles:

• WBC Emeritus Champion
• WBC Diamond Champion
• WBO Super Champion