2008,
May 30.
Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao, World Boxing Champion
Litho Offset.
Amstar Company, Inc. Perf. 14.
Souvenir Sheets of
Se-tenant Blocks of Four
Souvenir Sheets of 4 (31,000)
7p Portrait of Manny Pacquiao
7p Portrait of Manny Pacquiao
7p Portrait of Manny Pacquiao
7p Portrait of Manny Pacquiao
Designer and Graphic Artist: Corazon T. Loza
Designs: Four photos of Manny
Pacquiao
First Day Covers: Manila
Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao, World Boxing Champion
Emmanuel "Manny" Pacquiao was born on
December 17, 1978 in Kibawe, Bukidnon, Mindanao. He grew up and
lives up to this day in General Santos City. His professional boxing
career began in 1995 when he defeated Edmund Ignacio in a four-round
bout. He has been a constant figure in the boxing arena for the next
three years putting together an impressive string of victories
before finally defeating Chartchai Sasakul in 1998 which earned him
the World Boxing Championship (WBC) flyweight title.
After undergoing rigorous weight-training program, he qualified for
the super bantamweight division and bagged the International Boxing
Federation (IBF) super bantamweight title when defeated Lehlohonolo
Ledwaba in 2001.
Manny Pacquiao's string of victories was highlighted by his victory
over Mexican superstar and three time world champion Marco Antonio
Barrera in 2003. This was followed by a star-studded bout against
WBA and IBF featherweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez in 2004
wherein Manny knocked down Marquez three times.
He moved up to the Super Featherweight Division in 2005 and faced
Erik Morales in the boxing ring in March 2005. He lost the 12-round
match by unanimous decision. In September of that year, he knocked
out Hector Velasquez and captured the WBC International super
featherweight title.
He scored victory by technical knock-out (TKO) over Erik Morales in
a rematch held in January 2006. He earned a moniker, "Mexican
Destroyer" when he won unanimously over Marco Antonio Barrera in a
rematch held in Las Vegas, Nevada last October 6, 2007.
The most recent victory of our Pambansang Kamao, Manny "Pacman"
Pacquiao was when he won in a rematch held last March 15, 2008 over
Juan Manuel Marquez. He earned the title reigning World Boxing
Confederation (WBC) super featherweight champion.