On This Day In Boxing History!

1978: Manny Pacquiao Was Born!

Manny Pacquiao

Birth Name: Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao

Born: Age 41, December 17th, 1978

Birth Place: Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines

Residence: General Santos City, Cotabato del Sur, Philippines 

Pro-Debut: January 22nd, 1995

Division: Light Flyweight – Super Welterweight 106lbs to 159lbs

Alias: Pac ManStance: Southpaw

Height: 5′ 5½″  

Reach: 67″

Bouts: 72

Rounds: 498

Ko’s: 54.17%

Career: 1995 – 2021

WBC Flyweight Champion

1998 Dec 4 – 1999 Sep 17

IBF Super Bantamweight Champion

2001 Jun 23 – 2004 Jan 1

WBC Super Featherweight Champion

2008 Mar 15 – 2008 Jul 31

WBC Lightweight Champion

2008 Jun 28 – 2009 Feb 24

WBO Welterweight Champion

2009 Nov 14 – 2012 Jun 9           

WBC Light Middleweight Champion

2010 Nov 13 – 2011 Feb 8

WBO Welterweight Champion

2014 Apr 12 – 2015 May 2           

WBO Welterweight Champion

2016 Nov 5 – 2017 Jul 2  

WBA Welterweight Champion

2018 Jul 15 – 2019 Jul 20

WBA Welterweight Champion

2019 Jul 20 – present

*One of only two boxers to win a world title in at least six weight divisions.

*Only Asian boxer to win a world title in at least five weight divisions.

*Only Filipino boxer to win a world title in at least five weight divisions.

*Only boxer to win a lineal world title in at least five weight divisions.

*Only boxer to held a world title in at least four decades (1990s, 2000s, 2010s, *2020s).

*Only boxer to held a world title in at least four age decades (denarian, vicenarian, tricenarian, quadragenarian).

*Oldest welterweight world champion in history.

*Fifth-oldest boxer to win a world title in history (40 years, 215 days old).

*Holds the Filipino record for most world title fight wins with 19.

*Holds the Filipino record for most wins against former, current, and future world champions with 25.

*First Filipino Lightweight World Champion, Jun 28, 2008.

*First Filipino Welterweight World Champion, Nov 14, 2009.

*First Filipino Light Middleweight World Champion, Nov 13, 2010.

*Philippines' flag-carrier at the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games Opening Ceremony.

Military: April 27th, 2006 entered Army Reserve promoted to rank of full Colonel December 11th, 2011

Elected Congressman: May 13, 2010, for the District of Sarangani, Phillipines.

College: December 11th, 2019 - Graduated from University of Makati in Makati City with a bachelor's degree in political science.

2016: Joe Smith vs Bernard  Hopkins

WBC International Light Heavyweight Title

Forum, Inglewood, California

In a dramatic moment, “The Executioner” Hopkins was driven out of the ring and into retirement, by a heavy volley of punches from "The Beast" Smith prompting referee Jack Reis call the bout at 0:53 of round eight. The scores at the time of the stoppage were announced 67-66 for the imminent Hall of Famer Hopkins (inducted in 2020) and 67-66 and 69-64 for Smith Jr. labeled the “Common Man” leading up to the bout.

December 17th

1909: Monte Attell D20 Danny Webster

1915: Benny Leonard KO7 Joe Mandot

1917: Sam Langford KO2 Kid Norfolk

1923: Johnny Dundee W15 Jack Bernstein

1952: Archie Moore W15 Joey Maxim

1960: Emile Griffith W10 Luis Rodriguez

1965: Nino Benvenuti W15 Sandro Mazzinghi

1966: Ki Soo Kim W15 Stan Harrington

Francisco Arreola born.

1975: Luis Estaba KO10 Takenobu Shimabukuro

1977: Cecilio Lastra W15 Rafael Ortega

1978: Manny Pacquiao is born in Kibawe, Bukidnon, Philippines

1980: Khaosai Galaxy KO5 Pukk Sithrum

1983: Jeff Chandler KO7 Oscar Muniz

1990: Raul Perez KO8 Candelario Carmona

1991: Hiroki Ioka WSD12 Yuh Myung-Woo

1993: Virgil Hill W12 Guy Waters

1994: Dariusz Michalczewski KO10 Nestor Giovannini

Harold Grey W12 Vincenzo Belcastro

1996: David Benavidez is born in Phoenix, Arizona

1999: Francisco Castillejo KO7 Mikael Rask

Paul Spadafora KO11 Renato Cornett

2005: Laila Ali TKO5 Åsa Sandell

Nikolai Valuev WMD12 John Ruiz

2006: Injin Chi W12 Rudy Lopez

2008: Irma Adler SD10 Jeannine Garside

2009: Olivia Gerula MD10 Myriam Chomaz

2010: Tavoris Cloud W12 Fulgencio Zuniga

Carolina Raquel Duer W10 Loredana Piazza

Eileen Olszewski W8 Anastasia Toktaulova

2011: Andre Ward   W12 Carl Froch

Fernanda Alegre W10 Chris Namus

Hyun Mi Choi TKO5 Kittika Sithan

Orlando Salido TKO8 Weng Haya

2012: Denis Lebedev KO4 Santander Silgado

Dahiana Santana W10 Helen Joseph

Momo Koseki W10 Saemi Hanagata

2016: Joe Smith Jr. KO8 Bernard Hopkins

Nehomar Cermeno W12 Xiaojun Qiu

Oleksandr Usyk TKO9 Thabiso Mchunu

2020: Maïva Hamadouche TKO8 Nina Pavlovic

2021: Artur Beterbiev KO9 Marcus Browne