adminLOS ANGELES. — Philippine boxing legend Manny Pacquiao plans to end his ring career with a fight on April 9 with a yet to be announced 0pponent before moving on to focus on his political career, promoter Bob Arum has told ESPN.com. Arum said he had discussed plans for a final fight with Pacquiao last week in New York – where Pacquiao received the Asia Game Changer award presented by the Asia Society at the United Nations.
“I’m telling you what he told me last week at dinner in New York,” Arum told the website. “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.” — AFP.
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