Who is Manny Pacquiao? Chris Rock says he is not ‘a victim’ and took Will Smith’s Oscar slap like the ex-boxer

On the special, he roasted the actor while calling him a ‘bitch,’ leaving no doubt in his fans’ minds that he was still upset about the incident. “You all know what happened to me, getting smacked by Shug Smith, everybody knows, everybody f–king knows. I got smacked like a year ago… And people are like ‘Did it hurt?’ It still hurts. I got Summertime ringing in my ears,” he said.

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However, he also made it clear that he did not consider himself to be a victim and hence will not be doing any interviews with Oprah Winfrey. “I’m not a victim baby, you will never see me on Oprah or Gayle crying. You will never see it…. It’s never going to happen. F–k that s–t, I took that s–t like Pacquiao,” he said, as a reference to boxer Manny Pacquiao.

Who is Manny Pacquiao?

Emmanuel Dapidran Pacquiao Sr. is a Filipino politician and former professional boxer. He is nicknamed “PacMan” and is regarded as one of the greatest professional boxers of all time. He served as a Senator of the Philippines from 2016 to 2022.

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Pacquiao was born in Kibawe, Bukidnon, and raised in General Santos, Philippines. He is the son of Rosalio Pacquiao and actress Dionisia Dapidran. At the age of 14, Pacquiao moved to Manila and lived on the streets, working as a construction worker. Pacquiao completed his elementary education at Saavedra Saway Elementary School in General Santos but dropped out of high school due to poverty.

Pacquiao is the only eight-division world champion in the history of boxing and has won twelve major world titles. He was the first boxer to win the lineal championship in five different weight classes, the first boxer to win major world titles in four of the eight “glamour divisions” and the only boxer to hold world championships across four decades.

In July 2019, Pacquiao became the oldest welterweight world champion in history at the age of 40. As of 2015, Pacquiao’s fights had generated $1.2 billion. According to Forbes, he was the second highest-paid athlete in the world in 2015. On September 19, 2021, Pacquiao officially declared his candidacy for President of the Philippines. In 2022, he ended up losing.