The Filipino boxer insists April’s rubber match with Timothy Bradley is his last fight before he retires into politics,but the sense of unfinished business after his injury-marred loss to Floyd Mayweather may prove too tough to resistThe Manny Pacquiao who entered the congested dressing room on Thursday morning at Madison Square Garden, smartly clad in a glen plaid suit and Louis Vuitton sunglasses, and with a pair of iPhones in hand,might have seemed an imposter a decade ago. The much improved English, polished study and improbable punctuality would have been unrecognizable from the unkempt bantamweight who turned up at Hollywood’s Wild Card Boxing Club in search of a trainer back in 2001, or a free-swinging,free-spirited southpaw no one could imagine would soon become the face of the sport. Related: On the tiles with Tyson Fury: my heavyweight night out in fresh York Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com