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Professional Boxing: Kibawe, Bukidnon General Santos Alberto "Bobby" Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao was born in Kibawe, Bukidnon and raised in General Santos City in the Philippines. He is the fourth of six siblings, with one also being a boxer and politician. Pacquiao had a difficult childhood, dropping out of high school due to poverty. He was introduced to boxing at age 12 by his uncle and was inspired by Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali. By age 15, Pacquiao was considered one of the best junior boxers in the Philippines. He turned professional at age 16 in 1995.

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Professional Boxing: Kibawe, Bukidnon General Santos Alberto "Bobby" Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao was born in Kibawe, Bukidnon and raised in General Santos City in the Philippines. He is the fourth of six siblings, with one also being a boxer and politician. Pacquiao had a difficult childhood, dropping out of high school due to poverty. He was introduced to boxing at age 12 by his uncle and was inspired by Bruce Lee and Muhammad Ali. By age 15, Pacquiao was considered one of the best junior boxers in the Philippines. He turned professional at age 16 in 1995.

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Pacquiao was born in Kibawe, Bukidnon and raised in General Santos, Philippines.

He is the son of
Rosalio Pacquiao and Dionisia Dapidran-Pacquiao. [17] His parents separated when he was in sixth
grade, after his father had an affair. [17] He is the fourth of six siblings, one of whom, Alberto "Bobby"
Pacquiao, is also a politician and former professional boxer.
Pacquiao completed his elementary education at Saavedra Saway Elementary School in General
Santos City, but dropped out of high school due to extreme poverty.[18] At the age of 12, Pacquiao
was introduced to boxing a by his maternal uncle Sardo Mejia. According to his autobiography,
Pacquiao said watching Mike Tyson's defeat to James "Buster" Douglas in 1990 with his Uncle
Sardo as an experience that, "changed my life forever." His early interest in combat sports was also
inspired by martial-artist Bruce Lee and the boxer Muhammad Ali.[19][20]
In 1990, Mejia began training his nephew in a makeshift home gym. After 6 months of training,
Pacquiao began boxing in a park in General Santos eventually traveling to other cities to fight
higher-ranked opponents. By age 15, he was considered the best junior boxer in the southern
Philippines.[21] At the age of 15, he moved to Manila. In January 1995, at the age of 16, he made his
professional boxing debut as a junior flyweight. [22]
In February 2007, Pacquiao took and passed a high school equivalency exam, and was awarded
with a high school diploma by the Department of Education.[23]

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