Overview
Manny Pacquiao began his professional boxing career. July 1, 1995, Pacquiao was boxing at 108 pounds as a 16-year-old. Pacquiao gives Dele Decierto the business. It was his first televised fight on the Philippine show “Blow By Blow.”
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