Pacquiao says he may retire next year

[Hougigo]

Rea Lara
ABS-CBNnews.com
02/12/2012

MANILA, Philippines -- Boxing superstar and Sarangi Rep. Manny Pacquiao is considering retiring from boxing next year.

Pacquiao said his upcoming bout with undefeated American boxer Timothy Bradley Jr. on June 9 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas may be his last fight.

This also means that his much-awaited dream fight with American Floyd Mayweather Jr. may never happen.

Pacquiao explained it may not look good to be seen fighting in the boxing ring now that he has accepted the Church's offer to become a Bible ambassador.

He said he may just focus on his political plans and reading the Bible.

Last month, Pacquiao disclosed during a one-on-one interview with Dyan Castillejo that he has renewed his faith and has turned his back on vices, including womanizing, ******** and drinking.

hahaha, ohhh lol

So this is their strategy to increase ppv buys for the Bradley fight.

Well i guess this is his way compared to Floyd's name dropping

[tomhawq]

You are praying he doesn't fight Floyd.

i'm playing along with this silly mind/blame games ****** fans have been playing here for years now.

i used to be interested in the fight, brah. i noticed that it's no longer the fight dumb fans in here are interested in. it's the silly mind/blame games they're more focused on instead of the fight. i noticed that dumb fans in here get excited and actually very happy when they get to blame arum/pac. remember when pac was on video saying he's amenable to the test? dumb fans, instead of partying like crazy and take it as good news they took it as bad news. it seemed like the world fell down on them.

yep. that's how it is now. blame everyone but the pu55y.

you wanna play blame/mind games? okaaayyy. you got it.

it's simple, actually. if i were a ***** i'd stop defending pbf's excuses. i'd probably tweet him 24 hours a day and tell him he's denying me the chance to see the pacman lose. i'd be mad as hell.

know what i mean?

[Biolink]

he is definitely retiring this time, he's gonna be a governor in 2013 plus the catholic church always wanted him to quit

if he does, he'll **** all over Floyd's legacy (now known for not fighting Pacquiao) and *****s wont ever have the satisfaction of having beaten the fighter of the decade

The Catholic church doesn't stop him from ******g tons of women and having a good time. I don't see why it would stop him from making millions of dollars more than he would as a politician.

[FJRod]

It's gonna happen.......get on the bandwagon before it becomes the in thing.

Nah thanks. I rather stay in the SOG bandwagon since I truly believe he will be #1 P4P pretty soon. I have learned two things in recent years never bet against Pac or May they will prove u wrong. Poor Tim will find out soon enough.

[Bombs]

god is messing with pac for real. He's been losing that fury and passion steadily for the past years and ive noticed it. He is so great he keeps winning but that fire is slowly fading. Forget god Pac, just do good and stay aggresive and hungry. Im afraid he'll fight bradley with compassion and he wont fight floyd with the anger he needs to to fokk him up real good. He'll still win just not fokk them up for life like he did to tony.

[PRking718]

If this is true, at least we have a time frame of when Bob will actually make the fight with a fighter like Mayweather. Bob and the pac will cash out.

There will be NO Pac vs May fight after Cotto takes that 0 away, I'm telling you get prepared for it, biggest win in PR history. Floyd will go to jail and not be the same, retire after that maybe. All the stars are aligning for that -- Pac even retiring? That's crazy! That fight was never meant to happen, Cotto and PLD will not let this opportunity pass up, it's his time.

[tomhawq]

god is messing with pac for real. He's been losing that fury and passion steadily for the past years and ive noticed it. He is so great he keeps winning but that fire is slowly fading. Forget god Pac, just do good and stay aggresive and hungry. Im afraid he'll fight bradley with compassion and he wont fight floyd with the anger he needs to to fokk him up real good. He'll still win just not fokk them up for life like he did to tony.

i'd agree partly with the god/compassion thing. but i blame his opponents more than pac. these guys beg for fights and when they step in the ring they just run and fight backwards. man, how can you beat the champion by fighting not to win but to survive? pac in his usual character of entertaining the audience has to do some bruce lee thing ****** fans expect him to do.

pac needs to learn to fight like a champion and not always fight like he's the challenger. let them come in and fight, and not the other way around.

[Dale Cardon]

Something about Bradley doesn't have star quality about him. Pacquiao had that aura of a nice guy in a dangerous sport thing going on. Plus the fact that he was Asian. Kind of like what Jeremy Lin is now in the NBA. I feel like Bradley doesn't have a personality.

He is still Asian... or did I miss something?

[PRking718]

Nah thanks. I rather stay in the SOG bandwagon since I truly believe he will be #1 P4P pretty soon. I have learned two things in recent years never bet against Pac or May they will prove u wrong. Poor Tim will find out soon enough.

That's what people all thought about every heavy favorite fighter back in the days -- but when you take away the modern politics and put best vs best, NEVER is not an option -- Pac and May have been carefully match-made and have won questionable decisions (JLC & JMM) -- both have pathetic excuses for most of their recent competition -- and underdogs who have proven to upset these monsters have proven the "bet on him all the time" type of guys wrong. Consider Ali's first loss for example. Or Buster Douglas' win over Tyson -- completely unexpected. Each fight is different, as long as best fights you can't always put your money on the same person. Not telling you you have to worry about Cotto or Tim winning, just that May and Pac are beatable and have been beaten before.

[PRking718]

He is still Asian... or did I miss something?

LMAO -- Pac's not Asian anymore.