8-division Boxing World Champion Manny Pacquiao beat out fellow boxers Sergio Martinez and Bernard Hopkins, and MMA fighters Georges St-Pierre, and Jon Jones to win his second ESPN ESPY Best Fighter Award. It's the fourth time Pacquiao has been nominated for the award, which was held at the Nokia Center in LA Wednesday night and hosted by actor Seth Myers. Since its addition to the ESPY list in 2007, Pacquiao is the only other athlete aside from Floyd Mayweather, Jr. to with the Best Fighter ESPY award. Also, Pacquiao is the only Filipino athlete to ever win an ESPY since its inception in 1993. No MMA fighter has won the award ever. The movie "The Fighter" based on the life of boxer "The Irish" Mickey Ward starring Mark Walhberg and Christian Bale won Movie of the Year honors.
Source: Yahoo! Sports News
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