Manny Pacquiao has once again given the Philippines yet another great honor when he thrashed Ricky Hatton in Saturday’s much awaited bout in Las Vegas. The Battle of the East occurred May 2, 2009 and featured Manny Pacquiao and his British opponent Ricky Hatton who was knocked out shortly before the end of the second round.

Manny’s victory over Ricky Hatton on that fight at the MGM Grand has made him the biggest name in boxing. That 2nd round TKO also gave him the privilege to choose who to fight next. But who really is Manny Pacquiao?

Manny’s real name is Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao. He is a Filipino professional boxer who has extensive boxing titles to his belt. These titles include the WBC lightweight world champion, WBC super featherweight world champion, IBF super bantamweight world champion and WBC flyweight world champion. Manny is regarded as the Pambansang Kamao (National Fist) in his country.

Manny is also known as Pac-Man, the destroyer, the Mexi-cutioner and the People’s Champ. He has had fought with the big names in the boxing industry such as Marco Antonio Barrera, Juan Manuel Marquez, Erik Morales, Oscar Larios, David Diaz and Oscar Dela Hoya who are all world champions in the field. His most recent fight was with Ricky Hatton whom he knocked out before the end of the 2nd round. He is currently the world’s pound-for-pound king.