World Boxing Information seems at how boxing legend and eight-weight champion Manny Pacquiao managed to lose eight occasions.
The very good bundle of power referred to as the ‘Pacman’ has a file of 62-8-2 and 39 KOs as a professional, with a few of his defeats extra controversial than others.
Turning to the paid ranks on the age of 16 years, one month, and 5 days in 1995, Pacquiao gained expertise combating grown males from the beginning.
Very similar to the pound-for-pound star Canelo Alvarez, Pacquiao dipped his toes in with a lot older campaigners when nonetheless a teen of college age.
However at 18, issues instantly turned very actual for the younger contender. It wasn’t easy for the thin teen who would ultimately turn into an eight-division world champion.
Manny Pacquiao’s losses
Defeat #1 – Rustico Torrecampo [February 9, 1996]
It was 1996, and Manny [11-0, 4 KOs at the time] took on the 24-year-old Torrecampo at flyweight. The transfer up got here after combating the earlier 13 months at light-flyweight.
The bout was organized at a catch weight of 111 lbs, though Pacquiao got here in a pound over. He was subsequently penalized by being made to put on heavier gloves throughout the battle.
Nonetheless, the sturdy favourite Pacquiao was shocked by Torrecampo with a devastating shot and knocked out – virtually chilly. The top got here thirty seconds into the third spherical and by a person with solely 5 knockouts on his 11-4-4 file. It was an early wake-up name for Pacquiao’s profession.
From then on, compatriot Torrecampo would solely win two extra fights in his profession, shedding 4. He then retired in 1997 at 25 with none important titles to his credit score.
After virtually 14 years out of the ring at 38 in February 2011, the flyweight made an surprising comeback. Torrecampo knocked out Jovanie Bualan in three rounds. He hasn’t fought since.
2 – Medgoen Singsurat [September 17, 1999]
Pacquiao [26-1, 17 KOs] appeared to be taught so much from his first defeat as he launched into a fifteen-fight unbeaten run. 13 of these got here inside the space.
He picked up the WBC flyweight title within the twelfth of these victories in 1998, beating champion Chatchai Sasaku with an eighth-round KO. Pacquiao then took on Singsurat in 1999 in what was his second protection on the age of 21.
Singsurat held an unblemished 18-0 file and was the identical age as Manny, combating for his first world title. Pacquiao was once more knocked out within the third spherical, shedding his world title inside a 12 months of claiming it. This situation occurred regardless of dominating the opening rounds and looking out a category above the Thai fighter.
He ultimately made two profitable defenses of the WBC title earlier than succumbing to Malcolm Tunacao.
Singsurat fought 52 occasions for the reason that Pacquaio victory, knocking out 37 opponents with out ever returning to world-class. He went undefeated in his final eleven fights till retiring in 2011.
3 – Erik Morales [March 19, 2005]
In 2005, Pacquiao [39-2-2, 30 KOs] took on ‘El Horrible’ Erik Morales at tremendous featherweight and was a two-weight world champion by this time. Pacquiao narrowly missed out on a 3rd loss beforehand after drawing with Juan Manuel Marquez a 12 months earlier. Dealing with Morales, he was now a longtime identify within the USA.
Transferring up a fourth weight class since turning professional, Pacquiao ran right into a assured Morales on the peak of his powers and misplaced a detailed unanimous resolution in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao would avenge the defeat a 12 months later by knocking out Morales within the tenth spherical of a pulsating contest on the Thomas and Mack Middle. Earlier than scoring a surprising second seven rounds earlier within the rubber match ten months later. Morales was the one one in all his defeats that he would go on to reverse.
Everyone knows lots about Morales. The Mexican legend’s 2011 exhibiting in opposition to Marcos Maidana at 34 was a improbable show by a real ring legend. Sadly, the battle in opposition to Danny Garcia went a step too far in 2012.
4 – Timothy Bradley [June 9, 2012]
Pacquiao’s defeat to Bradley is effectively documented. It’s nonetheless annoying immediately that such travesties occur within the sport we love. However sadly, they nonetheless do, and this was undoubtedly one of many worst.
The break up resolution in opposition to Pacquiao was a shambles from the ultimate bell onwards. The scoring continued to irk till Pacquiao gained his revenge, after which a rubber battle which by no means ought to have taken place. In a nutshell, Pacquiao received all three Bradley fights convincingly on the proof of the trilogy.
Pacquiao [54-3-2, 38 KOs] received the preliminary battle 118-110 on the WBN scorecard. Nonetheless, a horrible resolution robbed him, which was acknowledged by the overwhelming majority of the boxing world’s media after the battle.
5 – Juan Manuel Marquez [December 8, 2012]
It’s fully potential that the loss to Bradley had an exacting impact on the Marquez battle. Six months after the Bradley shocker in December 2012, Pacquiao’s mindset going into the battle undoubtedly wasn’t proper. This was presumably as a result of he was disenchanted within the judging and went for the knockout in opposition to Marquez.
This gung-ho angle, introduced on by the choice, doubtlessly made Pacquiao reckless in going for a Marquez KO. This finally meant he bought caught with an almighty punch heard worldwide.
Following some dangerous selections in opposition to Pacquiao, Marquez’s sixth-round victory was poetic justice. He then refused to present Pacquiao an opportunity to avenge.
6 – Floyd Mayweather Jr [May 2, 2015]
There’ll at all times be disappointment and looking out again on this super-fight, understanding not solely that the general public was handed the competition years too late but in addition that Pacquiao acknowledged he was injured throughout the bout.
We are going to by no means know what may have occurred in the event that they’d met in 2010. Floyd did what Floyd does and eased to a one-sided triumph in 2015. Regardless of the frustration, ‘MayPac’ stays the highest-grossing battle of all time and has bought the second-highest pay per views.
7 – Jeff Horn [July 2, 2017]
If you thought issues couldn’t worsen than the Bradley battle, the Horn encounter tried its finest to upstage it. The summer season 2017 battle down beneath ended equally to Bradley I.
Pacquiao dominated the battle solely to be pickpocketed by the judges once more in a WBO welterweight title battle. It’s conceivable Pacquiao ought to solely have six losses on his file. Nonetheless, there’ll at all times be arguments on the contrary, stating Pacquiao’s profession has evened itself out.
8 – Yordenis Ugás [August 21, 2021]
Combating in his forties and turning into the oldest welterweight champion ever in 2019, Pacquiao defended the crown in opposition to the rugged Cuban. Ugas was a late substitute after Errol Spence Jr. pulled out, leaving Pacquiao and not using a two-belt alternative.
He couldn’t stand up for the Ugas battle and misplaced once more for the eighth time in his profession.
A comeback was on the playing cards in 2025 at 45 as Manny Pacquiao appeared to create extra historical past. Nonetheless, after turning 46, Pacquiao switched his focus again to politics till after Might that 12 months.
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