Manny Pacquiao, one of 2009's Top 49 Most Influential Men of AskMen.Com

Manny Pacquiao, one of 2009's Top 49 Most Influential Men of AskMen.Com. Manny Pacquiao, 30-year-old Filipino fighter, currently the IBO and Ring Magazine Light Welterweight champion, recently became the first Asian boxer to win five world titles in five different weight divisions, leading many pundits to label him the greatest pound-for-pound pugilist in boxing history.

"I am humbled and honored to have been selected as one of 2009's Top 49 Most Influential Men. It's incredible to be included among such an esteemed list," Pacquiao said in a statement.

The men of the Top 49, according to AskMen.Com, span multiple industries and countries; through their achievements, both personal and professional, they have inspired everyday guys in a variety of ways.

“They’re the men we look to as role models and history will remember them as those who best embodied the way men aspired to live in 2009," it added.

The AskMen.com’s Top 49 is the latest in Pacquiao’s list of achievements this year after winning the 2009 ESPY Awards' Best Fighter plum and ranking 57th in Forbes’ Celebrity 100, sixth in Forbes.com’s roster of highest-paid athletes and 22nd in TIME’s 100 Most Influential People.

Pacquiao is currently training in Baguio City for his Nov. 14 fight with Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas. Although busy at the camp, Pacquiao took time out to donate P1-million for aid efforts for victims of “Ondoy" and personally distribute relief goods during his Sunday break.

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