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50 free Manny Pacquiao trivia questions with answers — sports quiz, new questions added Aug 2026.
Manny Pacquiao slept on the streets of Manila at 14, turned professional at 16 as a 106-pound junior flyweight, and ended up the only fighter in history to win world titles in eight weight divisions across four decades. Along the way he beat Barrera, Morales, De La Hoya, Hatton, Cotto and Margarito, sold more than 20 million pay-per-views, became a congressman, a senator and a presidential candidate, and sang on Jimmy Kimmel. This quiz follows the whole improbable story: the uncle who put gloves on him after Buster Douglas shocked Tyson, the first world title at 19, the two-weeks'-notice Ledwaba fight, Freddie Roach and the Wild Card Gym, the Alamodome, the 2:59 Hatton knockout, the Cowboys Stadium punch count, the Bradley robbery, the Márquez right hand, Brisbane, Kuala Lumpur, Keith Thurman at 40, the 2025 draw, plus the PBA, the MPBL, Sarangani, the Senate and the Billboard chart. Fifty questions with four options each and a short explanation after every answer. Play on your phone or print it for fight night.
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Q 01In which Philippine province was Manny Pacquiao born?
Bukidnon
He was born in Kibawe on Mindanao and raised in General Santos further south on the same island.
Q 02In which city was Manny Pacquiao raised?
General Santos
He began boxing in a park there after six months of training in his uncle's makeshift home gym.
Q 03At what age did Pacquiao move to Manila and live on the streets?
14
He worked construction and had to choose between eating and sending money home to his mother.
Q 04Which 1990 fight did Pacquiao say 'changed my life forever' when he watched it with his uncle?
Douglas vs. Tyson
His maternal uncle Sardo Mejia introduced him to boxing at 12 and started training him at home.
Q 05In which weight class did Pacquiao make his professional debut in January 1995?
Junior flyweight
He was 16 and weighed around 106 pounds; he would go on to win titles all the way up to 154.
Q 06Who handed Pacquiao his first professional defeat, a third-round knockout in his twelfth fight?
Rustico Torrecampo
Pacquiao had missed weight and was made to wear heavier gloves than his opponent.
Q 07Pacquiao's first world title, won at 19 in 1998, came in which division?
Flyweight
He stopped Chatchai Sasakul in eight rounds for the WBC and lineal belts, then lost them to Medgoen Singsurat in Thailand.
Q 08Pacquiao won his second world title in 2001 as a late replacement on how much notice?
Two weeks
He stopped IBF super bantamweight champion Lehlohonolo Ledwaba at the MGM Grand, his US breakthrough.
Q 09Pacquiao's long-time trainer Freddie Roach owns which Los Angeles gym?
Wild Card Gym
Roach was in his corner for 34 straight fights from 2001 until the 2018 Matthysse bout.
Q 10At which venue did Pacquiao stop Marco Antonio Barrera in November 2003?
The Alamodome
It was his featherweight debut, and many consider the eleventh-round TKO in San Antonio the fight that defined his career.
Q 11Which Mexican three-division champion beat Pacquiao on points in March 2005?
Érik Morales
Pacquiao avenged it with a tenth-round stoppage in 2006 and a third-round knockout in the rubber match.
Q 12Which honour did President Arroyo bestow on Pacquiao the day after he beat Óscar Larios in 2006?
Order of Lakandula
It came with the rank 'Champion for Life' and a ceremony at Malacañang Palace.
Q 13Beating David Díaz in June 2008 made Pacquiao a world champion in how many divisions?
Five
He was the first Filipino to win a title at lightweight; the eighth division came against Margarito in 2010.
Q 21Who knocked Pacquiao out cold with one second left in the sixth round in December 2012?
Juan Manuel Márquez
It was their fourth fight and Pacquiao's first knockout loss in 13 years; The Ring named it Fight and Knockout of the Year.
Q 22Pacquiao's first fight in China, against Brandon Ríos in 2013, was held in which city?
Macau
He returned to the Venetian's Cotai Arena a year later to floor Chris Algieri six times.
Q 23How many official knockdowns did Pacquiao score against Chris Algieri in November 2014?
Six
The judges scored it 119–103, 119–103 and 120–102.
Q 14What was Pacquiao's December 2008 bout with Oscar De La Hoya billed as?
The Dream Match
De La Hoya's corner pulled him out after eight rounds and he retired soon afterwards.
Q 15Pacquiao knocked out Ricky Hatton with less than ten seconds left in which round?
The 2nd
Hatton had already been down twice in round one; the left hook landed at 2:59 of the second.
Q 16Which opponent agreed to a 145-pound catchweight for a 2009 fight billed 'Firepower'?
Miguel Cotto
Pacquiao stopped him at 0:55 of the twelfth to become the first seven-division champion.
Q 17Where did Pacquiao throw a career-high 1,231 punches against Joshua Clottey in 2010?
Cowboys Stadium
Clottey's tight guard blocked most of them; Pacquiao landed 246 and won every round on one card.
Q 18Beating whom in November 2010 gave Pacquiao a world title in a record eighth weight division?
Antonio Margarito
It was for the vacant WBC super welterweight title at a 150-pound catchweight; Pacquiao weighed in at 144.6.
Q 19Who sang 'Eye of the Tiger' live as Pacquiao walked to the ring to face Shane Mosley in 2011?
Jimi Jamison of Survivor
LL Cool J performed for Mosley's entrance; Pacquiao dropped him in round three and cruised.
Q 20Who took Pacquiao's WBO welterweight title by a widely derided split decision in 2012?
Timothy Bradley
ESPN scored it 119–109 for Pacquiao; he won the rematch and the rubber match by unanimous decision.
Q 24Pacquiao said he fought Floyd Mayweather in 2015 with which injury?
A torn rotator cuff
The right-shoulder injury needed surgery; the fight drew a record 4.4 million US pay-per-view buys.
Q 25Pacquiao lost his WBO title to Jeff Horn in 2017 in front of 51,052 fans in which city?
Brisbane
Twelve of 15 media outlets scored it for Pacquiao, and the WBO re-scored the fight but let the result stand.
Q 26Who trained Pacquiao for the 2018 Lucas Matthysse fight in place of his long-time trainer?
Buboy Fernandez
The Kuala Lumpur stoppage was Pacquiao's first knockout in more than eight years.
Q 27In which country did Pacquiao stop Lucas Matthysse in July 2018?
Malaysia
He dropped Matthysse in rounds three, five and seven at the Axiata Arena to win the WBA (Regular) welterweight belt.
Q 28Beating whom in July 2019 made Pacquiao, at 40, the oldest welterweight world champion ever?
Keith Thurman
He dropped Thurman in round one and won a split decision for the WBA (Super) title.
Q 29Why did Errol Spence Jr. withdraw from his scheduled August 2021 fight with Pacquiao?
A retinal tear
Yordenis Ugás stepped in off the undercard and beat Pacquiao on points in what became his last pro fight for four years.
Q 30How did Pacquiao's July 2025 comeback fight against Mario Barrios end?
A majority draw
Two judges had it 114–114 and one 115–113 for Barrios, who kept the WBC welterweight title.