After a sophomoric defeat at the hands of Rustico Torrecampo, Pacquaio ever the fighter bounced back with successive wins. Defeating Marlon Carillo, John Medina, Bert Batiller, he went to fight Ippo Gala.

Pacquaio proved too much for Ippo Gala, barely into the 2nd round when the Indonesian Ippo Gala went down in a knock out. Manny Pacquaio won by TKO in June 27, 2006 at Mandaluyong City, Philippines.