Other facts about Manny Pacquiao

• A movie based on his life has been produced and was released on June 21, 2006. The movie is titled Pacquiao: The Movie featuring Filipino actor Jericho Rosales as Manny Pacquiao and is directed by Joel Lamangan. Despite its huge P50,000,000 ($1,031,991) budget, wide distribution (80 cinemas), and strong marketing, the movie flopped at the box office, grossing a total of only P4,812,191 ($99,322), as confirmed by Lamangan.
• Pacquiao produced the song “Para Sa ‘Yo Ang Laban Na ‘To” (English translation: “This Fight is for You”), which became a hit single all over the Philippines. It expressed a nationalistic theme and Pacquiao’s struggles in the ring. The release of the song came weeks before his second bout with Morales, leading up to the promos to the fight. Although “Para sa ‘Yo” is his first attempt at professional music recording, Pacquiao’s victory against Morales greatly contributed to the song’s popularity.
• After their third bout, Pacquiao and Morales appeared together in a San Miguel Beer commercial (together with Roach and friends) filmed for the Filipino audience. The commercial ended with Pacquiao and Morales toasting their friendship with San Miguels.
• In another commercial advertisement of San Miguel Beer, Pacquiao was seen together with Jet Li and other Filipino celebrities such as Iwa Moto and Valerie Concepcion.
• During her sixth State of the Nation Address on July 24, 2006 in Quezon City, Philippine President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo cited Pacquiao as one of the nation’s modern-day heroes. “Mabuhay ka, Manny,” said Arroyo.In return, the champion delivered his own speech endorsing Arroyo. “The President said many good things in the SONA.” Pacquiao remarked.
• It is not widely known that professional wrestlers The Undertaker and Christian Cage were actually a part of Pacquiao’s entourage during the Pacquiao vs. Velázquez fight in 2005. An avid boxing fan, The Undertaker was the person who carried the US flag while leading Team Pacquiao to the ring. This was also confirmed by another fellow wrestler, Batista. Batista revealed this during a televised interview in the Philippines while promoting an upcoming WWE promotional tour that was set to be shown in this country.
• Pacquiao is currently being sponsored by Nike and No Fear sportswear.
• Pacquiao owns a lottery outlet for the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office.
• Pacquiao is the owner of the Pac Man Gensan of the Mindanao Visayas Basketball Association. The team is based in his hometown of General Santos City. Pacquiao even suited up for the team for a few games during the first conference of said league.
• Pacquiao is the third nonfictional Filipino featured in a video game. He is featured in boxing video games Fight Night: Round 2, Fight Night: Round 3, and Fight Night Round 4. The first and second were pool legends Efren Reyes and Francisco Bustamante, who both appeared in the World Championship Pool 2004 video game.
• Pacquiao made an appearance in the Pugad Baboy (vol. 19) comic strip.
• Pacquiao became the first Filipino athlete to appear in a postage stamp.
• After his fight with David Diaz, the Boston Celtics, headed by their main man Kevin Garnett, whom Pacquiao said he is a fan of, came to visit his locker room to celebrate. It has been said that the Celtics team reserved 16 seats to watch the match between Pacquiao and Diaz.
• His younger brother Alberto Dapidran Pacquiao, known simply as Bobby Pacquiao is also a lightweight boxer who won the Philippine super featherweight title four times in 2002 and 2004.
• Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, on July 4, 2008 met and designated Pacquiao as the Philippines’ flag-bearer for its delegation to the Beijing Summer Olympics. He donated 3 million pesos (66,700 U.S. dollars) for the victims of Typhoon Frank with international name Fengshen.