I have been boxing since I was 12. Now I'm 31, I'm seriously thinking about it. I will discuss it with my family.
Pacquiao's personal Web site has carried media reports detailing how his mother Dionesia has implored him not to fight anymore, prompted by the ear injury he picked up in his battle against Miguel Cotto last year.
"She kneels down and cries every time . That's a heavy burden when it's my mother doing that," he told reporters after meeting Filipino President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo in Malacanang on Monday morning.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/03/22/boxing.pacquiao.retirement.hint/
How is it gonna be on? Assuming that Floyd beat Mosley, do you honestly think he's gonna drop his drug testing request just because Manny is contemplating about retiring?
I wouldn't put it over Floyd wanting the biggest payday of his life....so he could drop it or atleast accept the 24 day cut off.
This is bait, to get the mega fight on.Bargaining power mwhahahaha
How is it gonna be on? Assuming that Floyd beat Mosley, do you honestly think he's gonna drop his drug testing request just because Manny is contemplating about retiring?
TBH he is rich, old and maybe he has been hurt by Cotto and Clottey.
If he really wants to retire and persue his career in politics, then so be it, however I feel that he is a much better boxer than anything.
Floyd should make it 50/50 if he wnats the fight because Pac will easily retire like Floyd has done.
Nevermind Jinkee or the mom. Someone should tell the president! He was just in a meeting with her. She'd give him a huge bonus to annihiliate Floyd.
sounds like a scene from a movie:
Manny walks in presidential office.
President Arroyo: Manny, I am proud of your decision to be a public servant for our country.
Manny: Thank you, it is my honour. My whole life I have ....
President's receptionists enters suddenly: Madame President, the Mayweather family has made another public insult on our country. We are losing businesses and allies due to these allegations and they keep...
President Arroyo looks at Manny dead in the eye: How much longer will you let this continue? You will never run for office until you finish this thug. (she then slaps him in the face and stomps out of the office)
She slams the door leaving Manny alone with his thoughts.
Manny spits out the blood and snarls. He drops to his knees and yells like Wolverine from X-men, "AARRAAAAAAGHHH RRAAAAAGGGHHHH!!! TANG INA MO FLOOYYDD"
10 minutes later, Manny calls Freddie Roach and whispers, "Let's do this."
Mortal Combat theme song begins, training montage fades in.
Waataaaaaa!
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I think Jinkee should talk to his mom about how Floyd has stained and pissed on Pacquiao's career and legacy. She should also know of how Floyd insulted the whole country.
Nevermind Jinkee or the mom. Someone should tell the president! He was just in a meeting with her. She'd give him a huge bonus to annihiliate Floyd.
That old hag needs to keep her mouth shut (just kidding!)
But yeah, no chance that he actually retires.
I think Jinkee should talk to his mom about how Floyd has stained and pissed on Pacquiao's career and legacy. She should also know of how Floyd insulted the whole country.
Only problem is... he can do boxing for another good 3 years and still be in his prime... right now he is wasting this time with political crap.. he can do all this stuff in his late 30's or 40's or 50's.
Seriously what's the rush?
I think he is capitalizing on his popularity right now instead of 5 years down the line because his political skills aren't all that good.
He must use his time wisely and he isn't doing that, once those 3 years are over that's it.
Pacquiao is getting the Obama treatment in boxing. That is why he is considering politics.
Pac sacrificed and gave a lot to boxing just to have BS returned to him.
Flomos are like racist white people that will never expand their horizons.
He and his mother has been sayin this shit since the 3rd Morales fight. Why would anyone take this serious now.
back then he was just a pinoy multi-millionaire now he is a pinoy
multi-billionaire, plus the fact that from the beginning Team PAC has set a retirement age of 30 for Manny, its already overdue ...
Ducking Mayweather like random Olympic style drug testing.
How ya gonna say I want Floyd but he has to challenge me.
Then come out and say I might retire.
He may be serious.
It also might be a power play to make Floyd stop requesting the drug tests to get the fight done.
If so, hes getting pretty good at politics.
Look, I love my moms too but come off that BS. His mom has wanted him to stop fighting forever so what makes him listen now? Dont put it on your mom if you retire
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Say it ain't so. Oh well, he's doing the right thing. Family comes first, the fans won't be with you forever.
i would love to see him fight again... but your right family comes first.. its kinda like what floyd says though..
the fans will be fans and move on..when all and said and done your family is more important than your legacy
This is what makes it sd for all you Pac fans
once he is beaten you all will either kill yourselves as a cult or go into depression and drink your sorrows away
If Floyd loses Floyd fans will just jump to another wagon
It works both ways man and you cant see it sammi
open your eyes man
you cant sit there and talk all this shit about floyd fans when you know damn well that manny fans will be sobing and crying when he loses
Bullshit. Pacquiao has threee f*cking losses bro. Have you been asleep for the past 15 years? So how many fans jumped off the wagon when he lost? I can't think of any.
lolz that's what they dont realized, we seen PAC loss 3 times and already KTFO twice ... another loss is NO Biggie
anyways the last time he lost versus Erik a lot of Pac fans wanted to go punch erik themselves but gave him ALL the Props for beating our Man....