Boxing great Manny Pacquiao joined President Ferdinand Marcos Jr.'s cabinet as head of the government's anti-poverty agency, vowing to help Filipinos facing hardships all too familiar to him ↧ Philippines' Pacquiao takes up fight against poverty in Marcos cab... Boxing great Manny Pacquiao spent decades throwing punches in the boxing ring. From Tuesday, the Filipino sports icon will direct his fight at ​a more enduring opponent: poverty.