He was also the longest reigning top-ten active boxer on The Ring's pound-for-pound list. Pacquiao was long rated as the best active boxer in the world, pound-for-pound, by most sporting news and boxing websites, including ESPN, Sports Illustrated, Sporting Life, Yahoo! Sports,, BoxRec and The Ring, beginning from his climb to lightweight until his losses at welterweight in 2012. In 2020, Pacquiao topped the Ranker's list of best boxers of the 21st century while Spanish media outlet Marca placed Pacquiao 16th on their Greatest Sportsmen of the 21st Century list. World-renowned boxing expert and historian Bert Sugar ranked Pacquiao as the greatest southpaw fighter of all time. BoxRec also gave 16 of Pacquiao's victorious fights a 5-Star rating. BoxRec ranks Pacquiao as the third greatest boxer, pound for pound, of all time, as well as the greatest Asian boxer of all time. In 2016, Pacquiao was ranked second on ESPN's list of top boxers, pound-for-pound, of the past 25 years. He is also a three-time Ring magazine and BWAA Fighter of the Year, winning both awards in 2006, 20 and the Best Fighter ESPY Award in 20. He was named Fighter of the Decade for the 2000s by the Boxing Writers Association of America (BWAA), WBC, HBO and WBO. Pacquiao also holds the record of being the only boxer to hold world titles in four different decades, in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s, and 2020s. In July 2019, Pacquiao became the oldest welterweight world champion in history at the age of 40, and the first boxer to become a recognized four-time welterweight champion after defeating Keith Thurman to win the WBA (Super) welterweight title. He is also the first boxer in history to win the lineal championship in five different weight divisions, as well as being the first boxer in history to win major world titles in four of the original eight weight divisions of boxing, also known as the "glamour divisions": flyweight, featherweight, lightweight and welterweight.
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Regarded by many boxing historians as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time, Pacquiao is the only boxer in history to win twelve major world titles in eight different weight divisions. He ended his relationship with the UFC in 2020, while on a two fight win streak (with victories over Donald Cerrone and Alex Morono).Manny Pacquiao is a Filipino former professional boxer who competed from 1995 to 2021. Since 2016 his record was 6-7 in the Octagon, taking his overall MMA record to 24-10. Pettis defended his UFC title once, against Gilbert Melendez, before being defeated by Rafael dos Anjos.Īfter the RDA fight Pettis moved up and down in weight and struggled to find consistency. He won that bout with an armbar, making him 2-0 versus Henderson, whom he also beat for the WEC lightweight title in 2010 (where he used his famous ‘Showtime kick’). Pettis’ lifted the UFC lightweight title after defeating Benson Henderson at UFC 164 in 2013. Despite the loss De La Hoya went on for a few major paydays in the early 2000s, including a blockbuster bout versus Floyd Mayweather Jr. His unbeaten streak was ended by Felix Trinidad in 1999. De La Hoya had been untouchable in the mid-to-late 90s, going 31-0 with memorable wins over Julio Cesar Chavez, Pernell Whitaker and Hector Camacho to earn world lightweight, light welterweight and welterweight titles. The Pacquiao loss dropped De La Hoya’s record to 39-6. Da La Hoya lost that bout after his corner stopped the contest after the 8th round. De La Hoya’s last fight was against Manny Pacquiao, 13 years ago.
Kawa said that Pettis was willing to box De La Hoya in April, the same month he is due to face Clay Collard in the PFL season opener.ĭe La Hoya announced his return to competition at the press conference for Jake Paul vs. Kawa said the 48-year-old former world champion and pound-for-pound great turned him down, though. However, if his manager is to be believed, ‘Showtime’ tried to get in a quick circus fight before the PFL season starts next month.įirst Round Management’s Malki Kawa said that he offered Pettis as a potential opponent for newly un-retired boxer Oscar De La Hoya (per ). Former UFC lightweight champion Anthony Pettis is currently preparing for his PFL debut, as part of that promotion’s $1 million lightweight tournament.