When Manny Pacquiao was 16 years old in 1995 he was starting his professional boxing career at 106 pounds as a light flyweight. When Manny Pacquiao was fighting a 4-round bout against Edmund Enting Ignacio on January twenty second 1995 by a had won by via dicision he then became an instant star of the his career. After his close friend’s death in 1994 Manny stated to try a professional boxing career before Manny fought his 12th bout against Rustico Torrecampo by a via a third- round knockout his weight increased by 7 pounds but he did not meet the weight conditions so Manny had to where heavier gloves than Rustico Torrecampo so this made Manny at a disadvantage. After this fight Manny had settled for 112 pounds to fight and win the WBC flyweight title over Chatchai Sasakui in the 8th round. But losing the title to Medgeon Singsurat also known as Medgoen 3K Battery by third round knockout that was held at Thailand after his lose to Singsurat he gained weight to be in the superbantamweight where you have to be at least 122 pounds (55 kg) this is where he won his WBC International Super Bantamweight title and had to defend his title that he won 5 times before his next world title opportunity came. On June 23rd, 2001 Manny’s biggest break yet came when he got to fight IBF Super Bantamweight champion Lehlohonolo Ledwaba as a late replacement and won his fight by a technical knockout and became the new IBC Super Bantamweight champion at Las Vegas, Nevada.
Manny Pacquiao’s rise started when he defended his title 4 times with the expert training from Adam Chambers and Daniel Cragg. Their training improved his hand speed for the preparation of his career-defining match with a boxing idol Marco Antonio Barrera. After this he moved up in his weight to get into the featherweight division and won against Barrera by a TKO in the 11th round at San Antonio, Texas. But this fight was not a title fight. After 6 months Manny challenged Juan Manuel Marquez it was a draw because Manny knocked down Juan 3 times in the first round but then lost most of the rest of them. On September 10th, 2005 Manny won the title match for the WBC International Super Featherweight title by knocking out Hector Velazquez.
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