Filipino boxer Manny
Pacquiao may be considering three more fights before actually hanging
his gloves for good. But he will have to kneel before his mother to get
her blessings as he will have to renege on his earlier promise for one
last fight.
Despite his announcement of possible retirement from
professional boxing in deference to his mother's wishes for him to
retire now for good, many of his local boxing fans believe that the
pound-for-pound king will remain active for at least one more year.
The popular Filipino boxer is expected to make a deal with his mother
for one last fight before retiring. It may be recalled that Pacquiao
promised his mother after his bout with Miguel Cotto that he will do one
last fight before hanging up his gloves. That one last bout was his
recent encounter with Joshua Clottey of Ghana at the Dallas Cowboys
Stadium in Arlington, Texas.
One of the compelling reasons for Pacquiao to remain active for another
year is probably the thought of beating Floyd Mayweather, Jr who remains
undefeated in his entire professional boxing career. Mayweather and his
camp have thrown too much 'trash' on the Filipino boxer. Pacquiao's
local boxing fans say that the Filipino boxer should settle the
long-drawn word war between him and Mayweather inside the ring.
The proposed Pacquiao-Mayweather fight was originally scheduled for
Marcgh 13 but did not happen due to Mayweather's demand for an
Olympic-style blood testing which Pacquiao declined saying that he had
passed all drug tests conducted by the Nevada State Athletic Commission.
Mayweather accused Pacquiao of taking steroids or performance enhancing
drugs during his last fights to gain added advantage over his opponents.
Pacquiao denied such accusations and sued Mayweather and some members
of his team in court for defamation.
The other compelling reason is the huge prize money that
Pacquiao-Mayweather fight will generate for both boxers. Boxing
analysts say that that each of them will earn at least $50 million
excluding revenues from PPV and gate receipts.
The Filipino boxer may have thought that one year will be a safe period
for him to make one last commitment to his mother on her call for early
retirement.
In a year Pacquiao can make three more fights as trainer Freddie Roach
projects.
Roach said the Pacquiao-Mayweather match can still happen if they
both bury the hatchet and let their punches do the talking.
“I’m sure there’s going to be a tradeoff between Manny dropping the
lawsuit and him (Mayweather) dropping the drug test,” boxing’s hottest
trainer told fighthype.com.
But what if Mayweather is defeated by Mosley when they collide on May 1
at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas? Surely Pacquiao will have to choose
Mosley for his next mega fight as he (Mosley) will become the hottest
boxing sensation by then. A Pacquiao-Mosley fight will also bring in
huge revenues for both of them. If this happens, it would be Pacquiao's
first match within the one year self-imposed fight calendar.
But then again, win or lose with Mosley, Pacquiao will have to face
Mayweather to settle the issues and bad blood between the two most
popular boxers. This will be Pacquiao's second in his calendar and if he
wins he may just opt to retire for good unless an automatic rematch is
provided for in their fight contract. If that happens, a third and last
fight for the Filipino boxer is inevitable.David Mikael Taclino
Inyu Web Development and Design
Creative Writer
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