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...laws of physics. In the past eight years, he has risen through six weight divisions to win just as many world championships. At the stadium, his promoters have arranged for the Filipino to make official his plan to fight Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto for a seventh title, the welterweight, which has a maximum limit of 147 lb. (67 kg). That is a 40-lb. swing up from the 106 lb. Pacquiao weighed at the start of his career. (See pictures of the rise of Manny Pacquiao...
...round welterweight battle between Pacquiao and Miguel Angel Cotto of Puerto Rico had been one of the most anticipated fights in recent boxing history, a sport that has been in short supply of anticipation lately. And it did not disappoint, what with the momentum of the zero-to-hero legend of Pacquiao. Indeed, Cotto, the reigning welterweight champion, was pegged as the 5-1 underdog two days before the fight, though he came in with the power that everyone expected him to deliver. Most unofficial scorers gave him the first round. (See a story about Manny Pacquiao...
...phenom from the Philippines who had risen through several weight classes to win six titles in as many divisions. At the end of the night, Pacquiao had his seventh. After the referee stopped the fight in the 55th second of the 12th and final round, Pacquiao became the new welterweight champion of boxing by TKO. He had knocked down Cotto in the third and fourth rounds, even as the Puerto Rican had traded tough blows to the head and body with Pacquiao throughout the early going. By the end of the sixth round, however, after Pacquiao's punches came...
...former World Boxing Foundation lightweight world champion, super featherweight champion and flyweight world champion, as well as the International Boxing Federation super bantamweight world champion. Has held the Ring Magazine titles for featherweight, super featherweight and light welterweight divisions. Also rated #1 pound-for-pound boxer in the world by Ring Magazine...
...mark the latest victory of the island nation's great 21st century hero: boxing great Manny Pacquiao. The fighter also known as "Pac-Man" won in a knockout, beating British boxer Ricky "the Hitman" Hatton on May 2 and becoming the International Boxing Organization and Ring Magazine World Light Welterweight champion. It was a world record-tying sixth division title and fourth consecutive win in a different weight class. All that plus a 49-3-2 record are why some may think of him as the best fighter of a generation...