Pacquiao's Greatest Fights: Path of an All-Time Great Fighter

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Pacquiao's 1st quality win and also his 1st minor/regional title.

Chockvivat was 34-2 at the time, a TOP 10 ranked fighter and the OPBF (Oriental Pacific) Flyweight champion for over 4 years and former Thai National champion.

Pacquiao was an 18 yr. old teen fighting a veteran, highly ranked fighter. Pacquiao ko'd him with one punch.

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Chatchai Sasakul

Pacquiao's 1st world title and 1st lineal title.

Sasakul was 33-1 at the time, the WBC and lineal Flyweight champion and one of the TOP 2 Flyweights in the world.

Pacquiao went to Thailand to fight the Thai champ and stopped him for his 1st world title. Pacquiao was only 19 yrs. old.

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Reynante Jamili

Pacquiao's 1st minor title at Super Bantamweight in his 1st fight above the Flyweight divisions.

Reynante Jamili was 41-5 at the time, a former Philippine Super Bantamweight champion who previously challenged and lost to Erik Morales.

This was Pacquiao's 1st fight since losing his Flyweight title on the scales and 1st fight moving up from Flyweight for the minor WBC International Super Bantamweight title. He battered and stopped the bigger man.

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Lehlo Ledwaba

Pacquiao's 2nd world title in his 2nd weight division. This was his 1st fight in the United States, with Freddie Roach and on HBO.

Ledwaba was 33-1-1 at the time, the IBF Super Bantamweight champion and ranked in the TOP 2 in the Super Bantamweight division.

Pacquiao took the fight on only 2 weeks notice and came to America only 10 days before the fight. Pacquiao ruined the veteran champion.

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Jorge Julio

A showcase fight for Pacquiao on the undercard of the Lennox Lewis-Mike Tyson fight. Pacquiao didn't fail to impress in front of a worldwide audience.

Julio was 44-3 at the time, an Olympic bronze medalist and a former 2-time Bantamweight champion, having been the WBC and later WBO champion for several years.

Most young fighters are showcased against lesser fighters. Pacquiao fought a very good veteran champion and destroyed him in 2 rounds.

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Marco Antonio Barrera

Pacquiao's 3rd world title in a 3rd weight division and also his 2nd lineal title. This fight elevated Pacquiao as a TOP 10 P4P fighter.

Barrera, the Mexican HOFer and ATG, was 57-3 at the time, the lineal Featherweight champion, considered the best Featherweight in the world and ranked TOP 3 P4P.

Pacquiao, a huge underdog, moved up a division to face the great champion in a hostile pro-Barrera Mexican crowd in Texas and Pacquiao stopped him.

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Erik Morales

This trilogy helped establish Pacquiao as a ppv star. The 3 fights with Morales were some of the highest selling ppv fights in the lower weight classes.

Morales, another Mexican HOFer and ATG, was 47-2 at the time of the 1st fight, ranked TOP 2 in the Super Featherweight division and still ranked in the TOP 10 P4P.

Pacquiao, losing a close decision in the 1st fight, stopped the great Mexican in the rematch and rubber match. All 3 fights received Fight of the Year nominations.

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Juan Manuel Marquez

Four tough and close fights with his rival. Pacquiao's win in the 2nd fight gave him his 4th world title in his 4th weight division and 3rd lineal title.

Marquez was 42-2 at the time of the 1st fight, a champion in multiple weight divisions from Featherweight and up and consistently ranked in the TOP 10 P4P in later years.

Pacquiao received a draw due to a judge's scoring error in the 1st fight, won 2 fights and was stopped in a brutal slugfest in the 4th match. The 4th fight won Fight of the Year and the others were also Fight of the Year candidates.

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This was a long time ago. What does this have to do with the Mayweather fight?

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Hector Velazquez

A tuneup fight before the Morales rematch and only his 2nd fight at Super Featherweight. This fight's biggest significance was Pacquiao for the first time showcased his right hook which he stopped using after Freddie Roach turned him into a jab, straight fighter.

Velazquez who was 42-10-2 at the time was a big, tough veteran Featherweight who had fought for or won several minor titles at Featherweight and Super Featherweight and fought some pretty good opponents like Rocky Juarez, Robbie Peden and Kevin Kelley.

Velazquez was game but Pacquiao stopped him in 6 and rocked him with the right hook he and Roach was working on for the Morales rematch.