Pacquiao to retire after Bradley fight

Manny Pacquiao

Filipino boxing champion Manny Pacquiao will end his career after his next bout with Tim Bradley to focus on a career in public service.
“My April 9 fight against Timothy Bradley will be my last. I’m retiring from boxing to focus on my new job,” he announced.
Reports say that Pacquiao is running for a seat in the Philippines Senate in the May 2016 elections. Various surveys in the country have pegged him as a winning candidate.
“My survey rankings have been consistent and I expect it to improve once the campaign starts,” he said.
Pacquiao, winner of an unprecedented eight titles, will try to win Bradley’s World Boxing Organization welterweight crown in a scheduled 12-rounder at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on April 9.
Last November, 32-year-
old Bradley knocked out Brandon Rios in the 9th round, something Pacquiao did not achieve in his fight with Rios at the Venetian Cotai Arena in Macau.
The boxing legend also dismissed the reports
that he would only step away from boxing if there was a rematch with American boxer Mayweather, who retired after beating him.
In his career of over 20 years, Pacquiao has won 57 fights, lost six, and finished in two draws with 38 knockouts.
The fight against Bradley will be Pacquiao’s first in almost a year, after facing Mayweather in a megabuck match said to have broken all existing records.