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by Allison Jackson and Mikhail Flores Agence France Presse MANILA, Philippines (AFP) — Philippine boxing legend and 2022 presidential hopeful Manny Pacquiao said on Wednesday that he is hanging up his gloves after a glittering decades-long career in the ring. The eight-division world champion and senator, who has his sights set on a high-stakes rumble to replace President Rodrigo Duterte, said quitting the sport that had lifted him out of poverty was the […]
World Boxing Organization (WBO) new welterweight champion, Australian boxer Jeff Horn talks about his style in fighting Filipino boxing great Manny Pacquiao in a press conference after the fight. “I just felt like he couldn’t get ahold of my gap and I was fainting a lot, trying to upset his rhythm and I think that was working throughout the majority of that fight,” he said. Freddie Roach, Manny Pacquiao’s trainer, meanwhile felt that it was […]
BRISBANE, Australia (AFP) — Manny Pacquiao’s trainer advised the Filipino legend to quit boxing Monday after his sensational defeat to unheralded Australian Jeff Horn. While controversy raged over the scoring of Sunday’s World Boxing Organization welterweight title bout in Brisbane, after all three judges awarded it to unbeaten Horn, there were doubts whether 38-year-old Pacquiao would return for a possible rematch. Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach said he would consider advising Pacquiao to retire […]
LAS VEGAS, United States (AFP) — Manny Pacquiao will climb into a boxing ring for what could be the last time here on Saturday with the Filipino icon aiming to deliver an explosive finale to his glittering 21-year career against American rival Tim Bradley. Eleven months after being outpointed by Floyd Mayweather in the “Fight of the Century”, Pacquiao has vowed to hang up his gloves to pursue a career in politics after Saturday’s welterweight bout […]
QUEZON City, Philippines – Coach Freddie Roach will arrive in the Philippines on February 14 to start the intensive training of Manny “Pacman” Pacquiao for his last match against Timothy Bradley. (Eagle News Service Described by Jay Paul Carlos, Video Editing by Dexter Magno/Aniway Acosta and Uploaded by Vince Alvin Villarin)
WHILE trash-talking by the two fighters has been at a bare minimum ahead of Saturday’s (May 02) welterweight showdown between Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao, their trainers engaged in a war of words on Thursday (April 30). Pacquiao’s corner man, Freddie Roach, complained that the Mayweather camp had not yet submitted their gloves for testing before his opposite number, Floyd Mayweather Sr., countered by saying that the Pacquiao camp was simply running scared. Roach […]
Manny Pacquiao begins his sparring session for his preparation for the mega-fight with Floyd Mayweather, Jr. Coach Freddie Roach said that he has a secret sparring partner for Pacquiao.
Coach Freddie Roach admitted that the upcoming mega-fight between Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather, Jr. would be difficult for Pacquiao.
Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach spoke about the upcoming fight against Floyd Mayweather after watching his pupil, two-time Olympic gold medalist Zou Shiming, lose his first title fight to Amnat Ruenroeng of Thailand on Saturday (March 7) in Macau. Roach’s biggest challenge will be when his protégé Manny Pacquiao faces off with Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas on May 2 in a long awaited mega bout. “I don’t think he’s (Mayweather) passed it at all. […]
