and he has won 10 world titles.
But there is one fight Filipino
boxer Manny Pacquiao couldn't
win on his own.
for the country's district of Sarangani
and in 2013 he was re-elected. He has
become a standard bearer for his peo-
ple. The boxer is involved in building
a church, school and community cen-
ter on 5.7 acres in General Santos
City to "feed the poor, help the widows
and teach and inspire the children
about the greatness of the Lord."
on the streets, selling flowers, learning
to fight and scraping by until, at 16, he
earned a spot on the amateur boxing team of the Philippines.
poverished boy could. His womanizing, drinking, gambling and ca-
as his boxing victo-
ries. However, he says,
God changed his heart.
less fighting style, the ring is also
his launch pad for proclaiming that
Jesus saves and is the one source of
10 world
titles
ONLY 8-division World
Champion
THE DECADE" for the
2000s by Boxing Writers
Association of America