adminManny Pacquiao will retire from boxing after his next fight, according to promoter Bob Arum. Arum claimed the 36-year-old will turn his attention to a political career after a fight on April 9, 2016. No opponent has been named for Pacquiao, who has won 57 of his 65 career bouts, but Arum said Britain’s Amir Khan was among the options, according to espn.com.
In an interview with the website, Arum said: ‘Manny told me this fight on April 9 will be his last fight.
“I’m telling you what he told me last week at dinner in New York. We talked very seriously and he said, ‘Bob, hopefully, by the middle of May I will have been elected senator in the Philippines and at that point I cannot engage in boxing because I need to focus on the senate and I have to be in attendance.”
“There are hundreds of congressmen but if he wins the senate seat he has to be there to do the work. It’s a real job and if Manny is serious about wanting to be president, these six years in the senate would be like an audition and for him to show his people that he really is a serious politician.”
Pacquiao has not been in the ring since his unanimous points decision defeat to Floyd Mayweather in May, one of three losses in his past six bouts. Arum added: “Manny told me this would be his last fight and I’m not sad about it because he’s going on to a political career which will require a lot of mental acuity, so you don’t want him to stay in boxing too long. If he stays in boxing a little too long his mental faculties might be somewhat impaired.” – DailyMail.
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