Manny Pacquiao Among CNN's Top 20 Stories That Changed Our World

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Eight-division, 10-belt champion, Manny Pacquiao, the holder of the WBO's welterweight (147 pounds) and WBC's junior middleweight (154 pounds) titles, has been chosen by CNN as being among its Top 20 Stories That Changed Our World In 2010.

During 2010, Pacquiao sandwiched two victories in the ring over as many different weight classes -- one each in March and November -- around an upset victory in May that earned him a congressional seat in his native Sarangani Province of the Philippines.

Pacquiao is listed at No. 19 in the rankings, along with the following description:

The fighter of the last decade could be the politician of the next. In his second run at public office in May, Manny Pacquiao beat a heavily favored opponent from a powerful political family by a landslide in congressional elections held in the Philippine province of Sarangani.

The beloved Filipino fighter was sworn in to the House of Representatives in June, but requested a leave of absence two months later to train for an upcoming bout with Antonio Margarito.

A man whose cross-over appeal has transformed him into an international superstar, Pacquiao, on the day after Christmas, was named as Sports Illustrated's No. 1 boxing story for 2010 in a story authored by the magazine's columnist, Bryan Armen Graham.



In addition, the 32-year-old Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 knockouts), who is coming off of an HBO televised, Nov. 13, unanimous decision over Antonio Margarito for the junior middleweight championship at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium, was among 10 of the premiere athletes photographed by Dec. 27 issue in SI.

The victory over Margarito was the second-ever boxing event to be held at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium following Pacquiao's March 13, unanimous decision victory over Joshua Clottey (35-4, 20 KOs) before a crowd of 51,000 in the first-ever event to be held at the $1.2 million venue.

 

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Source: http://boxing.fanhouse.com/2010/12/28/manny-pacquiao-among-cnns-top-20-stories-that-changed-our-world/

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