Pacquiao: Former Kickboxer - Rumor or Fact?

[2501]

he was a box kicker.

[Light_Speed]

Maybe he started training as a kickboxer but quickly switched to boxing?

[loui_ludwig]

Don't know when the story of Pac was a kick boxer began but i do remember the late Steward mentioning it. He said Pac's calves were due to him starting kick boxing at a young age and referring Pac's country that it was normal to start kick boxing as a kid/teen. I believed he confused Pac's country, Philippines, with Thailand. Young kids start out to train in the art of Muay Thai.

[Wombraider]

Don't know when the story of Pac was a kick boxer began but i do remember the late Steward mentioning it. He said Pac's calves were due to him starting kick boxing at a young age and referring Pac's country that it was normal to start kick boxing as a kid/teen. I believed he confused Pac's country, Philippines, with Thailand. Young kids start out to train in the art of Muay Thai.

lol, possibly.

[Bretty Poy32]

when he went to manila, the rich people in manila use to kick him because he was poor

[Jam Jars]

If there's no mention of it from a reliable source then i doubt he was.

[Biolink]

Probably. I'm sure other martial arts have an imprint there, so before Pacquiao became Pacquiao trying other martial arts wouldn't have been past him as long as he could get money and eat.