Alberto "Bobby" Dapidran Pacquiao ( ; born April 23, 1980) is a Filipino former
professional boxer
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and elected public official who competed in boxing from 1997 to 2008. He is the younger brother of
Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao Sr. (; born December17, 1978) is a Filipino politician and former professional boxer. Nicknamed "PacMan", he is regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. He served as a Senator of the Philip ...
.
Boxing career
Pacquiao turned professional in 1997. He won the Philippines
Games and Amusements Board
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History
The Games and Amusements Board initially started its operation in 1951 with the issu ...
super featherweight title and defended it four times between 2002 and 2004. On June 17, 2005, in
Cabazon, California
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, he defeated Carlos Navarro for the
WBC Continental Americas
super-featherweight
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title by a seventh-round
technical knockout
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(TKO).
On June 10, 2006, he defended his title against former
WBC featherweight champion Kevin Kelley.
Before a match held on November 16, 2006, to defend his title against
Héctor Velázquez, Pacquiao was stripped of his title for being three pounds over the weight limit. Although the title had already been declared vacant, the fight proceeded as scheduled. During the fight, referee
Kenny Bayless
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Bayless's catchphrase, when giving his instructions to the fighters before the opening ...
warned Pacquiao repeatedly for low blows before disqualifying him in the eleventh round.
He made his
lightweight
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Boxing
Professional boxing
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Notable lightweight boxe ...
debut on June 9, 2007, where he fought soon-to-be
WBC super-featherweight champion Humberto Soto
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in a ten-round bout. After sustaining a cut that impaired his vision, Pacquiao was knocked out in round seven.
Following three bouts in the lightweight division, he knocked out Decho Bankluaygym in eight rounds on August 2, 2008, for the
WBO Asia-Pacific lightweight title.
On November 19, 2008, he lost by
unanimous decision
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to
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Weight classes are divisions of competiti ...
champion
Robert Frankel in
San Jose, California
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. This was his last bout.
Professional titles
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Philippines Games and Amusements Board (GAB) Super Featherweight Title (2002)
*
WBC Continental Americas Super Featherweight Title (2005)
*
WBO Asia Pacific
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Lightweight Title (2008)
Basketball career
MP Gensan Warriors (Liga Pilipinas)
He was included in the 16-man roster that competed in
SMART-Liga Pilipinas Conference II. On his debut, he scored only two points in a 63–59 loss to the Ilocos Sur Bravehearts. On January 16, 2009, he scored 10 points in a blowout win against Zamboanga del Norte. He also wanted to play in the
Tournament of the Philippines (TOP), the first joint project of
Liga Pilipinas
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History
The National Basketball Con ...
and the
Philippine Basketball League
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History
The PBL was formed on Ma ...
, but he was instead placed on the reserve list since
Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao Sr. (; born December17, 1978) is a Filipino politician and former professional boxer. Nicknamed "PacMan", he is regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. He served as a Senator of the Philip ...
wanted to suit up for the team.
KIA Motors (PBA)
On May 27, 2014, it was reported that he was among those who tried out for
KIA Motors
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which is coached by his brother
Manny Pacquiao
Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao Sr. (; born December17, 1978) is a Filipino politician and former professional boxer. Nicknamed "PacMan", he is regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. He served as a Senator of the Philip ...
. Asked if he would select Bobby, his brother answered that it would be too big of a favor to give. On July 26, 2014, in an interview with
Snow Badua
Edmund "Snow" Pineda Badua (born April 22, 1977) is a Filipino sports journalist writing articles for Spin.ph. He is also the founder of "PTV Sports", a nightly sports newscast aired on PTV which served as his home network from March 2006 to J ...
, Pacquiao revealed that he would no longer apply for the
2014 PBA draft
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Draft lottery
The ...
, focusing instead on a possible stint with the family-supported Countrywide Basketball League (CWBL) franchise.
MP Hotel (PBA D-League)
After the CWBL failed to materialize due to financial difficulties, he was then assigned as the team manager of Manny Pacquiao's
PBA D-League
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History
The PBA D-League was conceptualized after the collapse of the proposed merger between the Philip ...
franchise. On the team's debut, they were handed a 27-point loss by
Cafe France led by
Maverick Ahanmisi
Mauerick Frankera Ahanmisi (born July 17, 1991) is an American-born Filipino-Nigerian professional basketball player for the Converge FiberXers of the Philippine Basketball Association (PBA).
High school career
Ahanmisi spent a year at Stoner ...
who had ten points. The team last competed on the 2015 PBA D-League Foundation Cup.
Other leagues
In 2011, he and his brother Manny played for the MP Warriors in the Manny Pacquiao Basketball Cup, which featured teams such as BBEAL champion
University of Baguio
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, runner-up
University of the Cordilleras
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, Cordillera College from La Trinidad, Chesaa 2011 men's basketball champion Baguio College of Technology. On one of the games, he scored 10 points while Manny scored 124. The tournament was staged in the middle of Manny Pacquiao's preparation against Shane Mosley.
In March 2013, his team the MP Warriors, then coached by Arvin Bonleon, won a P300,000 prize after defeating the Celebrity team led by
Gerald Anderson
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Recognized as the "Action-Drama Prince" of Philippi ...
.
In 2014, the MP Warriors ruled the Kalilangan Festival Commercial basketball league in February by beating Kadayawan sa Dabaw Invitational Commercial champion Gold Star Davao. Pacquiao's team also finished first runner-up in the Araw ng Dabaw Invitational Open league in March.
Politics
On October 19, 2013, Pacquiao sought a seat in the village council of
Labangal, where his wife Lorelei is
barangay
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head. He won and became village councilor of Barangay Labangal. His wife was also re-elected as chairman of the same barangay. He ran under the People's Champ Movement (PCM), a local political party founded by Manny Pacquiao.
In May 2016, he got 95,052 votes and was proclaimed one of the 12 councilors of
General Santos
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.
See also
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List of left-handed boxers
This is a list of southpaw stance boxers. Southpaw is a boxing term that designates the stance where the boxer has his right hand and right foot forward, leading with right jabs, and following with a left cross (boxing), cross right hook (boxing ...
References
External links
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1980 births
Living people
People from Bukidnon
Featherweight boxers
Filipino Roman Catholics
Sportspeople from General Santos
Boxers from South Cotabato
Basketball players from South Cotabato
Southpaw boxers
Super-bantamweight boxers
Super-featherweight boxers
Filipino male boxers
Bobby
Bobby or Bobbie may refer to:
People
* Bobby (given name), a list of names
* Bobby (actress), from Bangladesh
* Bobby (rapper) (born 1995), from South Korea
* Bobby (screenwriter) (born 1983), Indian screenwriter
* Bobby, old slang for a constabl ...
Filipino sportsperson-politicians
Filipino men's basketball coaches
Party-list members of the House of Representatives of the Philippines