"I'm coming back because boxing is my passion," Pacquiao told ESPN. Manny Pacquiao, right, works at the Wild Card Boxing gym with his trainer Freddie Roach in August 2005 ahead of his fight against Hector Velazquez. Manny Pacquiao, boxing's only eight-division champion, has been boxing professionally since January 1995. That night, everything changed for Pacquiao, Roach and Wild Card Boxing. Top photo: Manny Pacquiao trains at the Wild Card Boxing gym on July 1.