Boxing legend Manny Pacquiao is no longer involved in politics after he was eliminated as a member of the former ruling party, PDP Laban.
Pacquiao was put forward as the party’s presidential candidate for the May elections. However, his crushing defeat resulted in Pacquiao losing his Senator tag.
“Pacman” could have been the first boxer-president of a country simultaneously. As it turned out, he’s not even a senator anymore.
Manny Pacquiao is out of politics
Senator Ronald’ Bato’ Dela Rosa confirmed to SMNI News that Pacquiao’s services exceeded requirements.
“There were (several) resolutions that were read, one of which was the removal of Senator Manny from the Party. That’s what I heard read,” translated into English as “There was [various] resolutions that were read, one of which was the removal of Senator Manny from the Party. That’s what I heard read,” Dela Rosa said.
It was later confirmed that Pacquiao’s defeat in the election was the sole reason for the impeachment. Pacquiao only came in third place after previously being predicted to win.
The eight-weight world champion is now firmly tipped to return to boxing, at least in an exhibition capacity.
Manny Pacquiao Promotions CEO and adviser Sean Gibbons had outlined what Pacquiao would do with his boxing career before the election race.
“In the next few weeks, the senator will decide how his professional boxing career will end,” Gibbons told ESPN at the time.
“After the fight and recently, he has talked about retiring. maybe one more [too]. She is just talking out loud about different situations.
“Until you see it officially come out on his Twitter or Instagram, he’s not retired. Once you see it on a platform like that, it’s official.
“Anything else is just talking about what your thoughts are at the moment. It comes from him, but they are rumours”.
future of boxing
Gibbons was referring to an interview in Tagalog where Pacquiao said: “[My career] It’s done because I’ve been in boxing for a long time, and my family says it’s enough.
“I just continued [fighting] because I am passionate about sports.”
Things have changed since then, as Pacquiao expected to be sitting in the president’s chair. A hastily arranged clash with combat YouTuber DK Yoo could now lead to more fights.
An exhibition with Juan Manuel Márquez is still a possibility. However, Pacquiao’s preferred option is a full professional fight with Floyd Mayweather.
More are to come in the coming weeks as Pacquiao ramps up training for his next fight on Dec. 10.
The views expressed in this article are the views of Phil Jay.
WBN editor Phil has over ten years of boxing news experience. He follows WBN on Facebook @officialworldboxingnews and Twitter @worldboxingnews.
