{"id":168739,"date":"2025-09-29T19:03:11","date_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:03:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/168739\/"},"modified":"2025-09-29T19:03:11","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T19:03:11","slug":"manny-pacquiaos-ko-win-over-boxing-legend-was-so-big-it-stopped-crime-in-manila-for-several-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/168739\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao\u2019s KO win over boxing legend was so big it stopped crime in Manila for several hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It seems literally everyone in the Philippines stopped to watch when Manny Pacquiao fought. <\/p>\n

The Filipino boxing legend became a worldwide household name by beating Marco Antonio Barrera in 2003.<\/p>\n

Manny Pacquiao<\/a> was a massive superstar in his home country years before he cracked America and made millions fighting the likes of Floyd Mayweather<\/a>, Ricky Hatton<\/a>, and Oscar De La Hoya<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Just how big a deal he was is perhaps best explained by the crime stats of Manila on November 18, 2006.<\/p>\n

\"MannyPhoto credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS\/AFP via Getty ImagesManny Pacquiao KO froze crime<\/p>\n

Manny Pacquiao completed his three-fight series with Mexican boxing legend Erik Morales in November 2006. <\/p>\n

\u2018Pac-Man\u2019 lost a close unanimous decision when they first fought in March 2005. Just 10 months later, he got revenge by scoring a TKO victory when he rematched Morales, who suffered the same fate when they fought for a third time.<\/p>\n

Pacquiao scored a third-round KO win that was so big that crime in his home country nearly fell to zero.<\/p>\n

The\u00a0PhilStar\u00a0reported that police in Manila received next-to-no crime reports for four hours on the day of Pacquiao vs. Morales 3.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a zero significant and insignificant crimes listed at our RTOC in the duration of the boxing match,\u201d Senior Superintendent Felipe Rojas Jr., head of the office\u2019s regional investigation and detective management division, said at the time. <\/p>\n

Several other districts in the Philippines claimed they also experienced zero crime during Pacquiao\u2019s big win. <\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s because even criminals watched the fight on TV,\u201d Senior Superintendent Magtanggol Gatdula of the Quezon City Police District theorized. <\/p>\n

Manny Pacquiao\u2019s next fight <\/p>\n

Manny Pacquiao ended his four-year boxing retirement when he fought Mario Barrios in July. <\/p>\n

Pacquiao\u2019s comeback ended in controversy<\/a> when the judges scored his WBC welterweight title bout a majority draw. <\/p>\n

The 47-year-old is now eyeing a new boxing record<\/a> after honing in on an opponent for his next fight. <\/p>\n

According to veteran promoter Sean Gibbons, Pacquiao wants to face WBA welterweight champion Rolly Romero and win back the belt he claimed by beating Keith Thurman<\/a> to become the oldest 147lb champion of all time in 2019. <\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal is still the same,\u201d Gibbons told World Boxing News. \u201c<\/p>\n

\u201cThe goal remains to break his own record, to make history, to win a welterweight title.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe wants to be the oldest person to do it at 47 years old. Rolly Romero has the WBA belt, so he is the target.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It seems literally everyone in the Philippines stopped to watch when Manny Pacquiao fought. The Filipino boxing legend…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":168740,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,76214,6100,101,56,54,55],"class_list":{"0":"post-168739","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-erik-morales","10":"tag-manny-pacquiao","11":"tag-sports","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom","14":"tag-unitedkingdom"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168739","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=168739"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/168739\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/168740"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=168739"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=168739"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=168739"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}