Manny Pacquiao
Power 100 rank: 28
Rank last year: 24
Sport: Boxing
Age: 33
Most recent notable achievement: Beat Sugar Shane Mosley and Juan Manuel Marquez
Earnings: $50,000,000
Key sponsors: Nike, Hewlett Packard, Hennessy
Why he’s on the list: The most Web-searched athlete in 2011, according to Google, Pacman the Destroyer holds world championships in eight different weight divisions. Controversy may have helped fuel the Internet interest as Pacquiao was booed after a close win against Juan Manuel Marquez and endless talk that Pacquiao might fight Floyd Mayweather. Pacquiao is also a Philippine politician and singer who has become more recognizable in recent years with new high-profile commercials such as those for the HP TouchPad.
Photograph by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images
Rank last year: 24
Sport: Boxing
Age: 33
Most recent notable achievement: Beat Sugar Shane Mosley and Juan Manuel Marquez
Earnings: $50,000,000
Key sponsors: Nike, Hewlett Packard, Hennessy
Why he’s on the list: The most Web-searched athlete in 2011, according to Google, Pacman the Destroyer holds world championships in eight different weight divisions. Controversy may have helped fuel the Internet interest as Pacquiao was booed after a close win against Juan Manuel Marquez and endless talk that Pacquiao might fight Floyd Mayweather. Pacquiao is also a Philippine politician and singer who has become more recognizable in recent years with new high-profile commercials such as those for the HP TouchPad.
Photograph by Jewel Samad/AFP/Getty Images
