Manny Pacquiao Turning his Life Around and Seriously Talking Retirement!
[sam id=”15″ codes=”true”]Floyd Mayweather’s opportunity to get a huge payday and solidify his legacy might come to an end. Manny Pacquiao gave an interview to Minda News in his native language, when translated the gist is, “I’m ready to retire”.
Pacquiao’s next fight is scheduled for June 9th against Timothy Bradley, after which he might call it quits. He is an extremely religious man and apparently smashing people is in direct conflict to his beliefs. His comments translated were,
It’s not right that I share God’s word and at the same time hurt other people
Pacquiao’s mom has asked him to quit and just focus on politics, but Pacquiao said that he won’t quit until his trainer Freddie Roach tells him that he’s not as good as he used to be; that he’s slowing down or that he no longer packs the same punching power.
That time might actually be now. After his fight with Marquez in November the previously thought unstoppable Pacquiao seemed to have lost his luster. After the fight and controversial decision he began to resume his Bible studies and has since became a “change man”.
GIVING UP THE WILD LIFE
Pacquiao, previously known for his wine, women and gambling has started to turn over a new leaf. He sold his Casino in manila and got rid of his fighting cocks (no pun intended). He closed his J-Mix restaurant and bar where a lot of shady activities went down, and reportedly cut down on his womanizing.
Pac-man had two big fights that the entire boxing community were waiting for. One would be a fourth Marquez fight and the other would be a fight with Floyd.
These are two fights that I now feel like will never happen. After watching his performance back in November, this might be a good thing for Pacquiao.
-Cosmo
