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By Robert Morales - Manny Pacquiao has accomplished a lot during a career that began in 1995. In turn, he's done a lot for boxing because he became a pay-per-view star who drew worldwide attention.
With the announcement this week of his Nov. 23 fight against former lightweight champion Brandon Rios in Macau, China (on HBO pay-per-view), we realize that one more knockout loss anywhere like the one Pacquiao suffered in the sixth round at the hands - or devastating right hand - of Juan Manuel Marquez last December, and it could soon be adios to the future Hall of Fame selection.
We put the question to Bob Arum, Pacquiao's longtime promoter: If Pacquaio gets his clock cleaned again, would he be of the mind Pacquiao should hang up his gloves?
"I'm not of any mind," Arum said to BoxingScene.com. "In other words, my feeling is that's up to the fighter and his team when it's time to hang 'em up, or when it's time to go on. And that's a decision Manny will make, when the time comes."
Arum said he has four more fights on his contract with Pacquiao. He said if Pacquiao had his way, one of those would already have taken place. And that would have been too soon after such a knockout loss, where Marquez sent Pacquiao face-first and unconscious to the canvas.
"Yeah, I think it would have been wrong to rush him back into action in April," Arum said, "which he was looking to do because then he'd have to devote his time to politics, which thank God are over Monday. But I just resisted that. I just thought that was an incredibly bad thing to do." [Click Here To Read More]
With the announcement this week of his Nov. 23 fight against former lightweight champion Brandon Rios in Macau, China (on HBO pay-per-view), we realize that one more knockout loss anywhere like the one Pacquiao suffered in the sixth round at the hands - or devastating right hand - of Juan Manuel Marquez last December, and it could soon be adios to the future Hall of Fame selection.
We put the question to Bob Arum, Pacquiao's longtime promoter: If Pacquaio gets his clock cleaned again, would he be of the mind Pacquiao should hang up his gloves?
"I'm not of any mind," Arum said to BoxingScene.com. "In other words, my feeling is that's up to the fighter and his team when it's time to hang 'em up, or when it's time to go on. And that's a decision Manny will make, when the time comes."
Arum said he has four more fights on his contract with Pacquiao. He said if Pacquiao had his way, one of those would already have taken place. And that would have been too soon after such a knockout loss, where Marquez sent Pacquiao face-first and unconscious to the canvas.
"Yeah, I think it would have been wrong to rush him back into action in April," Arum said, "which he was looking to do because then he'd have to devote his time to politics, which thank God are over Monday. But I just resisted that. I just thought that was an incredibly bad thing to do." [Click Here To Read More]
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