On May 8th, Manny ?The Destroyer? Pacquiao will step into the ring against Juan Manuel Marquez at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Televised on HBO, the southpaw from General Santos City in the Philippines is adding another event to add Filipino recognition in a division dominated by mostly Mexican fighters.
Manny Pacquiao (36-2-1, 27 KO?s) burst onto the international boxing scene by knocking out then IBF Bantamweight Champion Lehlohonolo Ledwaba on the undercard of the Oscar De La Hoya/Arturo Gatti fight in 2001. Since then, he has six straight wins, all by knockouts. In November, 2003, Pacquiao stepped up and challenged the consensus best featherweight boxer Marco Antonio Barrera. In a stunning display of brutal combinations, power, and speed, Pacquiao stamped his name at the top of the featherweight kingdom and became the man to beat. In the Philippines,
