Pacquiao to Retire After October Bout – News
May 13th, 2009
By Manuel Perez: According to Gmanews, Manny Pacquiao is planning on fighting only one more time in October against the winner of Juan Manuel Marquez or Floyd Mayweather or possibly Miguel Cotto and then retire and goes into politics. I suppose a lot of Pacquiao’s boxing fans will be in mourning after hearing this dreadful news, but look at this way: Pacquiao has an almost guaranteed beating coming to him when he fights Marquez, Mayweather or Cotto, so Pacquiao might as well retire anyway after this.
In that case, I see Pacquiao bypassing Marquez and going after the easier option of facing Cotto. Pacquiao knows how dangerous Marquez is because of his two fights with him in the past and won’t likely want to face having to face the talented Mexican for a third time.
Pacquiao fought to a draw in the first fight with Marquez in 2004, and then beat him by a 12-round split decision last year. However, many of the unbiased American boxing writers like me thought that Marquez should have been given the victory in both fights against Pacquiao.
I wonder who put the retirement idea in Pacquiao’s head. God, I hope it wasn’t his trainer Freddie Roach. He’s the one that gave Pacquiao the crazy advice to retire after only two more fights. Who knows? Maybe Roach was thinking that Pacquiao would be beaten in the near future and that’s why he came up with the two fight plan?
If Pacquiao is really a pound-for-pound star like so many boxing fans of his seem to think he is why on earth would Pacquiao be thinking of quitting after only one more fight? It sounds like a lunatic idea baked after a night of hard drinking.
Could it be that Pacquiao is now afraid of losing and that’s why he’s thinking about retiring? I have no problem with that. With Marquez, Mayweather and Cotto possibly on the agenda in the near future, it’s not hard to imagine why Pacquiao would be thinking about retiring. Those look like a bunch of losses to me for Pacquiao.
I have no idea why Pacquiao is even considering going into politics. What the heck is he going to do there? Frankly, I hope that never happens for his sake because he doesn’t have the background or education for the job and he would find himself in a horrible position if he wins.
He must not know what he’s getting himself in for if he wins. Oh well, hopefully he loses and is spared from having to deal with the headaches politics. I don’t expect any retirement of Pacquiao to last more than a few months at best.
Pacquiao will retire, run for political office, and of course lose, and then come out of retirement and resume his career, hopefully against Marquez or some other talented fighter like him.
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“Pacquiao will retire, run for political office, and of course lose, and then come out of retirement and resume his career”
That would be the most happiest moments of the boxing fans. xD
Manny is really a good person and i don’t underestimate his knowledge. But i think he should never go for politics. It’s where good guys turn bad, make a lot of enemies and stuff. Specially now that many DEMONIC POLITICIANS is around him and wants him to run for office because they are using his popularity. I hope he changes his mind when it is still early.
of all the unbias writters in america only Manuel Perez doesn’t know how popular Pacman is. Before his fight with Hatton US of A ex-president Bill Clinton paid a visit at his suite. And that makes you think Pacman is only known in the Philippines and other Asian countries. All of your articles Mr. Perez are expressions of your hate to the Pacman. That makes me wonder if you are te tumbo. Are you?
Mayweather will retire again to avoid Pacquiao.
That’s your opinion anyway.. But what i know is just pacquiao has the guts, the heart and i’m sure he will win by k.o. of either of those two that you mention.
Mayweather? He is just like his father.. Marquez? He can fight though.. but i don’t think he has the skill to finish pacquiao at his weight right now. Maybe Marquez will win if they will fight at 130lbs. Not at 140. Let’s see how JMM fare with Mayweather
i know people say jmm may have won but the dude fell 4 times in 2 fights to pacman’s 0…. but pacman will lose to mayweather jr and thats why the fight will never happen… arum is a bum promoter who wants to choose pacman’s fight now… i can tell you now when pacman fights cotto and it will happen i will not be watching bc of very little interests… if he fights mayweather my eyes will be on the fight… they will get cotto and soup him up like they did hatton… ive watched hatton 4 times now and i have never seen him look good in the ring… just like they will do with cotto, they souped hatton up to sell the fight and they all new he was a bum… go to youtube search freddie roach he even said cotto is a joke but mayweather or mosley will give pac a hard very hard time
I one sided article, stuff like this will keep people reading your columns you do
If the people vote for him then that is who they want to lead or represent them, its as simple as that, right or wrong its not our choice, good luck to him I say, the people of his country love and respect him, why would they want anyone else?
As for boxing, I hope he keeps winning, and I believe he will beat whoever he comes up against
“However, many of the unbiased American boxing writers like me thought that Marquez should have been given the victory in both fights against Pacquiao.”
Haha! What a joke…
But I also think its a stupid idea for him to retire so young, he’ll only be about 31 and will have plenty of time to ferment his legacy with many more big fights.
I think Pac will try and avoid Mayweather. He’s an amazing boxer n probably one of the best of his era but as much as i hate to say this, Mayweather is just too damn good for Pac.
One thing i noticed that has stood out to me and maybe someone could answer it for me. If cotto is the easiest fight of the three for pacman then how is he so dangerous for mayweather (cotto) people point out his weak chin and has showed to suffer from running out of gas i.e. oscar and taylor. I never understood that point, i know the haters will name drop and use it as their bases for their bs, personally i will be ring side for the cotto vs cottley fight, i am not sure cotto will win, i am hoping for a great fight, but i have noticed the path cotto has taken to his championship belts in jr ww and ww, all of his titles he won them vancant, as of today he has never beaten a champion for his belt, the current belt he has was paul williams belt, so i am not sold on cotto being this great champion as of yet, i am not saying he wont or cant become that person but as of today i do not see it. some of these predictions are jokes pacman by knockout against mayweather, cotto and marquez, but saying pacman will lose to these same three is just as bad, let them fight and make no excuses for the loser
IF PACMAN FACE MARQUEZ AGAIN , PACMAN DESTROY MARQUEZ IN 5 ROUNDS, IF PACMAN FACE MAYWEATHER , PACMAN K.O MYWEATHER 9 ROUNDS, IF COTTO , PACMAN K.O COTTO IN 8 ROUNDS, THIS IS MY PREDICTION
What an ORACLE: “Pacquiao has an almost guaranteed beating coming to him when he fights Marquez, Mayweather or Cotto, so Pacquiao might as well retire anyway after this.”
Pray, where and when, will the next major earthquake be?
bruno read what gabe wrote. if one of the judges didn’t screw up what should have been 10-6 1st round for pacquiao, it wouldn’t have been a draw. besides jmm was the only one staring at the bright lights on his back 3 times on that fight.
“However, many of the unbiased American boxing writers like me ….” Ha, ha, ha, ha. Unbiased? Oh, please ….
i lol’d ….
“Pacquiao has an almost guaranteed beating coming to him when he fights Marquez, Mayweather or Cotto.”
Dream on dude…
i think mr. perez should stop making predictions. so far not one, not one of his many predictions did materialize. if pacman will really retire this year then, i i’m sorry for mr. perez. no more chance to avenge the losses suffered by his idol. pacman with be acclaimed as one of the greatest boxer ever.
It has to be a Pac VS Mayweather retirment fight it would be amazing to watch!
i’m a filipino canadian and a fan of pq. i think pq should avoid politics. if i can vote i’ll never vote for him. he don’t have the necessary qualification to be an effective congressman. he is a very good boxer but as a member of the legislative body i do not how can he articulate his point of view. if he wants to help the people he can do it without being a politician.
Nice try kid. Pacman fights who he wants and he can beat the fraud too if he’s willing to fight. No need to fight JMM ’cause he already beat him twice, what’s the point of fighting the third time.