Manny Pacquiao Reportedly Set to Retire in 2016, -Hints at Senate Run
1 Aug, 2014
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He has hinted he may call an end to his glittering boxing career in 2016, as he has plans to run for the Senate in his homeland of the Philippines in that year's elections. The 35-year-old—who has won world titles in an unprecedented eight different weight divisions—revealed his plans in an interview with Filipino radio station DZMM, : "There's a big possibility that I will run for Senator. UNA (United Nationalist Alliance party) asked me to join its slate and I am grateful they picked me."
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Already heavily involved in Filipino politics as a congressman from Sarangani province, it seems that Pacquaio is now set to hang up his gloves to seek an even higher office.
Pacquiao suffered consecutive defeats in 2012, first in controversial fashion to Timothy Bradley and later to Juan Manuel Marquez. He returned to form with a victory over Brandon Rios and then won a rematch with Bradley in 2014 for the WBO welterweight championship.
He is now set to face the USA's Chris Algieri in Macau, China, on Nov. 22 in what many are labelling an underwhelming matchup for one of boxing's true stars