Manny Pacquiao

Manny Pacquiao’s slated September fight with Floyd Mayweather won’t be an exhibition, the Philippine boxing star said on Thursday, days after his fellow hall of famer claimed their match would be purely entertainment. Netflix announced the long-rumored rematch of boxing’s highest-grossing bout last month, with Pacquiao and Mayweather — whose current ages are in their late forties — to meet at the Sphere in Las Vegas on Sept. 19. But Mayweather stunned the boxing world this week by proposing that the rivals, whose

Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao has announced his retirement from the sport to focus on his political career. The multi-division world champion, who is a senator in his native Philippines, has already announced his intention to run for president in the country's 2022 elections. The 42-year-old's final fight was a defeat by Cuba's Yordenis Ugas in Las Vegas last month. "I just heard the final bell. Boxing is over," said Pacquiao. In a video posted on social media, Pacquiao described retiring as the "hardest