Frankly, I was surprised to see this on top of Google’s search charts. I thought almost all boxing fans know this already. Anyway, here it is. Manny Pacquiao’s nickname – people are actually searching for the nickname of Manny Pacquiao. Well, it’s Pacman. This is his boxing nickname – a combination of the first syllables of his last name and his first name. Don’t know who gave it to him but I guess it was one of the sports commentators in the Philippines where he first rose to boxing stardom. Secondly, “Manny” is already a nickname as his real
name is Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao.

Meanwhile, Pacman will be facing Manuel Cotto in his next fight. This may be Manny’s last before he retires and dedicates himself to Philippine politics. Elections are in May 2010 so I guess that leaves him enough time to campaign after the fight, win or lose. Here are the details of the fight from Wikipedia:

On November 14, Pacquiao is slated to face WBO welterweight champion Miguel Ángel Cotto of Puerto Rico, at the MGM Grand Las Vegas. Even before Ricky Hatton’s fight against Paulie Malignaggi last year, Top Rank promoter Bob Arum stated his desire for Pacquiao to fight Cotto. Pacquiao then gave Arum the go signal to arrange the fight after Cotto won a hard-fought decision against Joshua Clottey at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Meanwhile, current WBA welterweight champion “Sugar” Shane Mosley tried to lure Pacquiao to fight him. Mosley even offered Pacquiao for a fight at junior welterweight (140 pounds), Pacquiao’s weight class as of the moment. However, after unsuccessful attempts, Mosley shifted his focus to a fight against WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto.

Among the details that were agreed upon for the Pacquiao-Cotto fight were the weight (both camps agreed to the 145-pound catchweight) and the purse (Pacquiao will get the 65% share of PPV buys, as compared to Cotto’s 35% share). As of the moment, it is still not clear whether Cotto’s WBO welterweight belt will be at stake, although WBO has ranked Pacquiao as the #1 contender for Cotto’s welterweight belt.

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