{"id":224186,"date":"2025-06-29T14:25:10","date_gmt":"2025-06-29T14:25:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/224186\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T14:25:10","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T14:25:10","slug":"manny-pacquiao-scored-third-round-ko-in-fight-so-big-it-froze-crime-in-manila-for-hours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/224186\/","title":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao scored third-round KO in fight so big it froze crime in Manila for hours"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Manny Pacquiao will make his ring return against world champion Mario Barrios, 30 years after his pro debut.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/features\/manny-pacquiao-had-his-debut-months-before-his-comeback-opponent-was-even-born-over-30-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Manny Pacquiao made his pro debut months before Mario Barrios was even born<\/a>, and yet will face Barrios, the WBC world champion, at the age of 46.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/throwbacks\/manny-pacquiao-recovered-from-first-round-knockdown-to-earn-one-of-the-biggest-wins-of-his-early-career\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pacquiao\u2019s win over Marco Antonio Barrera<\/a> made him a household name in the UK, but has been an iconic figure in the Philippines for years now.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/tag\/manny-pacquiao\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pacquiao<\/a>\u2018s legendary status is so renowned in his home country that he even influenced the city\u2019s crime rate. <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"719\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-146091950-1024x719.jpg\" alt=\"Freddie Roach puts Manny Pacquiao's gumshield in between rounds during the fight with Tim Bradley\" class=\"wp-image-21561\" \/>Photo credit should read JOE KLAMAR\/AFP\/GettyImagesManny Pacquiao\u2019s fight with Erik Morales halted Manila crime for hours<\/p>\n<p>In 2006, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.philstar.com\/metro\/2006\/11\/20\/369771\/police-zero-crime-metro-during-pacquiao-morales-bout\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">PhilStar<\/a> reported that Manila police had stated that during Pacquiao\u2019s fight with Erik Morales, the third of their trilogy, almost zero crime was reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere is zero significant and insignificant crimes listed at our RTOC in the duration of the boxing match.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao had first faced Morales in 2005, when he lost a close unanimous decision, and his shot at the IBA super-featherweight title, to the Mexican.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>In January 2006, Pacquiao got revenge, stopping the 48-3 Morales in the 10th round.<\/p>\n<p>With one win a piece, the pair\u2019s rivalry came down to one final bout in November 2006.<\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao left no doubt in the trilogy, and stunned onlookers as he breezed through Morales in three rounds.<\/p>\n<p>The fight was so enthralling that Filipino citizens were glued to their screens, and crime went rapidly down. The same phenomenon happened when <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bloodyknockout.com\/throwbacks\/manny-pacquiao-made-history-with-statement-ko-as-his-foe-was-left-face-down-on-the-mat-in-2008-win\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pacquiao defeated David Diaz<\/a> for the lightweight title.<\/p>\n<p>Manny Pacquiao used a sneaky trick to be allowed to fight early in his career<\/p>\n<p>Pacquiao began his career at just 106 pounds or 48 kilograms, and, in fact, was not even heavy enough for some of these fights.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" loading=\"lazy\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/GettyImages-589120-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"Lehlo Ledwaba ducks under a punch from Manny Pacquiao, whose hand is on the back of his head in their fight\" class=\"wp-image-21754\" \/>23 Jun 2001: Manny Pacquiao ( L)  gets Lehlohono Ledwaba in a lock during IBF Super Bantamweight Championship bout at the MGM Grand Hotel &amp; Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Pacquiao won the bout by way of knockout after 6 rounds. DIGITAL IMAGE. Mandatory Credit: Jed Jacobsohn\/Allsport<\/p>\n<p>He is reported to have been so light that he would put ball bearings in his pockets to ensure he reached the minimum weight to be allowed to fight.<\/p>\n<p>The trick worked, as Pacquiao has undoubtedly achieved all-time-great status all these years later.<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manny Pacquiao will make his ring return against world champion Mario Barrios, 30 years after his pro debut.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224187,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4108],"tags":[1935,27372,79,85266,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-224186","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-manny-pacquiao","10":"tag-sports","11":"tag-throwbacks","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114767117095227788","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224186","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=224186"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/224186\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224187"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=224186"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=224186"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=224186"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}