Is this the beginning of the end for boxing icon Manny “Pac Man” Pacquiao? Saturday night’s Pacquiao vs Ugas?
In 2020, the WBA Super Welter World Titleholder’s trainer Freddie Roach told everyone that Pacquiao (62-7-2, 39 KO) would “fight once or twice more before he becomes the president of his country. And then he will retire.” That was after Pacquiao defeated the undefeated Thurman for the super welter belt that’s on the line on Saturday.
The presidential election in his homeland of the Philippines is in 2022, which is quickly approaching. Maybe that’s why he was willing to pick up the upcoming bout against Yordenis Ugas.