Manny Pacquiao
Filipino boxer and politician
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| 2025 | Unsuccessfully seeks a comeback in the Senate, placing 18th in the official election results. |
| July 28 2024 | Pacquiao made his debut on Super RIZIN 3 in an exhibition featherweight bout against kickboxer Rukiya Anpo, which ended in a draw. |
| 2022 | Manny Pacquiao launched his presidential campaign, endorsing a senatorial slate of eight candidates including Jejomar Binay, JV Ejercito, Chiz Escudero, Loren Legarda, Raffy Tulfo, Joel Villanueva, and Migz Zubiri under the PDP-Laban party. |
| 2022 | Pacquiao concedes to presumptive president-elect Bongbong Marcos the day after the election. |
| May 2022 | Pacquiao ran for president of the Philippines, ultimately placing third in the election. |
| May 2022 | Graduated from Philippine Christian University with a master's degree in management, majoring in public administration. |
| May 2022 | Pacquiao ran for president in the 2022 Philippine elections, placing third with roughly four million votes. |
| October 1 2021 | Pacquiao files his certificate of candidacy for the presidency in Election 2022, running under the PROMDI party and MP3 Alliance. |
| September 29 2021 | Pacquiao officially announced his retirement from boxing, stating that his boxing career was over. |
| September 19 2021 | Pacquiao officially announced his presidential bid during the National Assembly of the PDP–Laban. |
| September 19 2021 | Officially declared his candidacy for President of the Philippines in the 2022 Philippine presidential election. |
| August 21 2021 | Pacquiao fought Yordenis Ugás for the WBA (Super) welterweight title but lost via unanimous decision. |
| 2020 | Became the leader of the PDP-Laban party (though this leadership was disputed from 2021). |
| June 2020 | Boxing promoter Bob Arum claims Pacquiao told him he would run for president instead of defending his Senate seat in 2022. |
| December 11 2019 | Controversially graduated from the University of Makati with a bachelor's degree in political science through the Expanded Tertiary Education Equivalency and Accreditation Program. |
| July 20 2019 | Pacquiao defeated Keith Thurman via split decision to win the WBA (Super) welterweight title, becoming the oldest welterweight champion at age 40. |
| July 15 2018 | Pacquiao won the WBA (Regular) welterweight title by defeating Lucas Matthysse with a seventh-round knockout in Malaysia. |
| May 19 2016 | Pacquiao was formally elected as a senator, garnering over 16 million votes and landing in 7th place. |
| April 9 2016 | Pacquiao defeated Timothy Bradley in their third match by unanimous decision, capturing the WBO International welterweight title. |
| 2015 | Forbes again ranked Pacquiao as the second highest paid athlete in the world. |
| December 25 2015 | Starred in the superhero/comedy film 'Wapakman' as an entry to the 2009 Metro Manila Film Festival. |
| July 20 2015 | Became the oldest welterweight boxing world champion at age 40 years 215 days when he claimed the WBA Welterweight title. |
| May 2 2015 | Recorded the highest selling pay-per-view boxing match in a Welterweight title fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. |
| May 2 2015 | Pacquiao fought Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a highly publicized match but lost by unanimous decision after twelve rounds. |
| 2014 | Began his role as head coach and player for the Philippine Basketball Association team Kia/Mahindra, a position he would hold for three seasons until 2017. |
| April 17 2014 | Pacquiao announced his intention to join the Philippine Basketball Association as the playing coach of Kia Motors Basketball team. |
| April 12 2014 | Pacquiao avenged his previous loss to Timothy Bradley, winning their rematch by unanimous decision to recapture the WBO welterweight title. |
| November 24 2013 | Pacquiao returned to the ring after a year layoff to defeat Brandon Ríos by unanimous decision for the vacant WBO International welterweight title. |
| 2012 | Forbes ranked Pacquiao as the second highest paid athlete in the world. |
| December 8 2012 | Pacquiao was knocked out by Juan Manuel Márquez in their fourth match, marking his first knockout loss in over 13 years. |
| June 9 2012 | In a controversial match, Pacquiao lost to Timothy Bradley by split decision, a result widely criticized in the boxing community. |
| November 13 2010 | Pacquiao defeats Antonio Margarito via unanimous decision, winning a world title in his eighth weight class and becoming the first boxer to win world titles in eight different weight divisions. |
| May 2010 | Pacquiao was elected to the House of Representatives, representing Sarangani province, winning by a landslide with 120,052 votes. |
| March 13 2010 | Pacquiao successfully defended his WBO welterweight title against Joshua Clottey, winning by unanimous decision. |
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