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Works Cited

Pacquiao, Manny, and Timothy James. Pacman: My Story of Hope, Resilience, and Never-Say-Never Determination. Anvil Pub. Inc., 2010.

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Manny Pacquiao vs Miguel Cotto Full Fight - HD

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Manny Pacquiao Vs Hatton Full Fight Highlights

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Manny Pacquiao Vs Oscar De La Hoya Fight Full Highlight

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Manny Pacquiao vs Lhelo Ledwaba FULL FIGHT

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During Manny's training to box Cotto a huge typhoon hit Manila so to help he raised money to help the victims of the typhoon and sent shipments of supplies.

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After the De La Hoya fight Manny vowed to donate 1 million pesos to a hospital in his General Santos City. because of these donations he was able to help a man who needed a kidney transplant

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Manny ran for office again in November 2006. This time with the help of friends and family. thanks to his determination to help his country become better he was able to the election.

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Manny first ran for office in the Philippines in 2007 but sadly lost to Darlene Magnolia Antonino-Custodio.

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Politics

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On November 14th, 2009 Manny fought Miguel Cotto. This fight was more aggressive due to the back and forth of both boxer going at each other, but because of this Manny respected Miguel more and more as the fight went on. The fight was so intense that in the late rounds Cotto's father asked for the fight to stop. Manny won the fight in the 12th round with a TKO. this was one of Manny's toughest fights and he won his 7th title

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On May 2nd, 2009 Manny fought Ricky Hatton. this fight which was right after the De La Hoya fight was to prove that the fight wasn't a fluke. Manny won this fight with a spectacular knockout proving to the world he is a great boxer. According to the book, on page 95-96, it states, "I had the fight exactly where I wanted it. Ricky thought he was winning, and I was sure he had already mentally changed his game plan and was now watching for my right hook with plans to counter it. Finally it was time. i remember thinking, come on, Ricky, watch for my right. I positioned my body so he would think I was going to throw a right- and crash! I nailed him with a flawless left hook on the side of his chin...The referee was next to him, counting...the fight was stopped by the referee. He never did get to ten... they called it the shot heard round the world.

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Not a Fluke, 7th title,Help Back Home, & Politics pt.2

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On December 6th, 2008 Manny Pacquiao fought his idol Oscar De La Hoya. Manny won by technical knockout just before the 9th round. According to the book on page 84, it states, "when the fight was over I gave Oscar a big hug and said, "You are still my Idol."... Two years before, Oscar had told me that he would make me a legend in boxing."

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Fighting an Idol

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Fighting in the U.S. & Defeating "The Hands of Stone"

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Fighting in the U.S. & Defeating "The Hands of Stone"

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During his time in the U.S. he fought Lehlohanolo Ledwaba, aka "Hands of Stone". Manny won the Fight in the sixth roundand claimed the Super Bantamweight Championship Belt. His first U.S. fight

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After arriving in the U.S. he met his new trainer named Freddy Roach.

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New Faces and Fighting in the U.S.

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After fighting in Japan he then decided to meet up with an old friend. According to his book, on page 59-61, the event took place like this, "when we walked into the shop, I was floored by Reynaldo's niece, Jinkee. She was gorgeous. I was so dumbfounded by her beauty that I felt myself standing there far too long... Dinner with Jinkee was unforgettable. I had the opportunity to admire her beauty." After this he then married Jinkee in 1999

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In the year 1998 Manny went out of the country to participate in international fights. According to his book, on page 58, it states, "My next two matches represented the first time I would venture outside of the Philippines to fight. I fought my first bout outside outside my country on May 18, 1998, at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, against a well-known man named Shin Terao... I won by Technical Knockout in the first round. Then on December, 14, 1998, I fought in what was at the time the biggest fight of my career. It was for the WBC World Flyweight belt. My opponent was a man named Chatchai Sasakul, from the Tonsuk College in Phutthamon-thon, Thailand. I won that fight by a knockout in the eighth round and won a world-title belt."

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Finally Fighting Internationally & Knocked Out by Love

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On June 26, 1997, Manny Pacquiao won his first title. According to the book, on page 55, it states, "The fight was against a young man named Chokchai Chockvivat. He was 10 years my senior and more experienced, but he didn't have a chance against me... I captured my long-awaited dream- a title."

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First Title

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Manny started training  with his uncle then started boxing locally at a park. According to his book, on page 44, it says, "I fought at this park for two years until I had beaten everyone... The highlight of my career happened at the age of thirteen when I beat the unbeatable kid whose nickname was Amang... In the end, I broke two of his ribs and actually ended his boxing career." After this Manny then began his amateur career at the age of 14.

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Manny's uncle's name is Sardo Mejia. Sardo is one of the main people in Manny's life that influenced him to box. This mostly came from his dream to become a boxing trainer.

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The year was 1990 when a 12 year old Manny dropped out of school to help support his family by selling donuts and bread. Somehow he was able to watch a boxing match with his uncle, where he saw Mike Tyson and his unbelievable defeat. This key event is one of the reasons he became a famous boxer.

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Manny's Mother was a huge influence to Manny. According to Manny's book, his mother was the most positive person in his life. According to the book, on page 39, it states, "She never spoke enviously of lavish homes, belongings,or possessions.

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According to Manny's book, Manny and his family were Catholic. His mother was very religious and who later gave him his dream to become a priest.

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By the time Manny was 13 he became a "traveling grocery store". He would sell things such as peanuts, bread, doughnuts, and water, then sell them on the streets. This event taught him to never give in to your immediate desires or self indulgence by him resisting eating all the things he had to sell. Though his family was doing better they were still poor. So poor in fact that when Manny was younger he didn't even know what a refrigerator was. According to Manny's book, on page 38, it says, "I remember walking through some of the neighborhoods and looking at the nice houses, wondering what they must be like inside. I wouldn't dare allow myself to imagine what it would be like to have my own bedroom in one of these places or eat three meals a day in a real kitchen. My friends said the people in those homes needed a big machine to keep it from spoiling."

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According to Manny's book, on page 35, it states, "Though it is a large city, General Santos is spectacularly poor and rundown.

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about a year or two later Manny Pacquiao's mother decided to have the family move to General Santos City for a better life.

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Manny's little brother Bobby also became a boxer but retired early.

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Moving day Pt.2 and Business

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When Manny was around 9 or 10 he got into a fight. This was mostly do to the fact that Manny's family was extremely poor. Which meant that him and his brother usually got picked on and in this case it was his younger brother Bobby who was getting picked on in school. Funny thing was everyone was poor in the neighborhood but thats how poor Manny and his family was. According to the text, on page 27, it states," That first fight was not much of a fight, but it was still a rush. I forgot the name of the boy who tried to bully Bobby.I just recall the ring of boys who gathered to watch the fight. It was exciting. As the poor kid, I was considered the underprivileged, the weakling, and the underdog. I remember the boy ranted incessantly and would not stop teasing us about how we were poorer than dirt. he refused to shut up and occasionally looked to his friends like a proud prince... Perhaps I got tired of his mouth, or perhaps I instinctively sensed and opening. Regardless, it was at one of his cocky "look at me" moments that I threw a straight left jab... then all of a sudden, blood started gushing out of his mouth."

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1 U.S. dollar is equivalent to around 50 filipino pesos.

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According to the book, after receiving fish from the Fisherman Manny proceeded to keep two fish for his family and sell the rest and ask for 50 pesos each. He sold around 3 or 4 fish and felt so proud of himself.

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When Manny was about 6 or 7 he met an old fisherman and approached him and asked to help him. Because manny as a child was in no position to bargain he then proceeded to prove the fisherman that he was able to do the job. Because of Manny's determination he was able to persuade to fisherman to hire him. because of this "job" he was able to earn some of the fish he and the fisherman caught. According to the text, pages 25-26 it states, "After an hour or so of working the nets and piling the small fish into plastic buckets of water on the beach, the old man grabbed some of the fish we caught and threw them on the sand. He pointed to them and then to me. I took that to mean they were mine -my share for helping. The payment was even better than a few coins."

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Determination, hard work, and one punch

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According to the biography of Manny Pacquiao titled, "Pacman My Story of Hope, Resilience, and Never Say-Never Determination", it explains that when Manny was two he moved to an even more isolated area, to a place called Tango which was in the mountains, according to the text Tango was remote and densely forested with tons of wildlife. According to the text on page 19 it states, "Our house was a thatched one-room boc called a payag... It was built on short stilts to keep the heavy flood waters from reaching us. At night you could see the stars through the grass roof... if we lived in a cod climate, we would have frozen to death."

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Kibawa is located in the southern Bukidnon Province, within the center of Mindanao, Which is the second largest island of the Philippines.

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Manny was born as Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao on December 17, 1978 in the Impoverished neighborhood of Kibawe, Bukidnon, in the philippines, where his family.

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the Beginning