Pacquiao made a revealing confession about his boxing debut: 'He was poor and wanted to eat'

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Manny Pacquiao has stated on several occasions that he has arisen from below and that when he was young he spent a lot of work, however, recently confessed who started in the world of boxing illegally.

To be able to box He had to lie and thus be able to process a false license that would allow him to fight professionally. In fact, as recounted in his autobiography ‘Pacman: My Story of Hope, Resilience, and Never Say Never Determination’ at first he had almost no work and that out of necessity he He was tempted to beg.

But when he was presented with the opportunity to make his boxing debut Manny had 16 years and the minimum age allowed were 18 years so with the help of a friend he got a false license with which he could make his great debut against Edmund Enting Ignacio, whom he defeated by decision of the judges in January 1995.

With your first victory, he confessed that he felt very happy because in addition to being able to eat three times a day, he could help his mother . From then on, the legend that was Pacquiao in boxing was built.