The complex world of Manny Pacquiao may just win out to politics, according to the BBC News. Pacquio, who is fighting Antonio Margarito on November 13th, has already been tagged by promoter Bob Arums as “not up to his usual speed.”
Now Pacquiao’s trainer, Freddie Roach, is expressing his fear the Pacquiao may just quit boxing all together in favor for his career in politics. He is also expressing his concern about Pacquiao’s training for this fight.
According to the BBC, “We are fighting against a big strong guy and we haven’t had the best training camp,” says Roach.
Pacquiao ran and won a seat in Congress in the Philippines in May and he seems to be enjoying his new position, maybe more so than boxing. It just could be that his heart is no longer in the boxing ring where he rose to fame.Pacquiao is showing signs that he may just have “fallen out of love with the sport (boxing), according to the BBC. Roach told the BBC that “we are going to lose Pacquiao to politics for sure” after his fight with Margarito in November.
Roach said that at one point during training, Pacquiao said to him, “I miss my job,” and Roach was quick to answer, “this is your job.” This was not the job that Pacquiao was referring to, he was talking about his job in congress.
The fight that the boxing world would be really hyped up to see would be the one that was planned and then canceled between Pacquiao and Mayweather in January.
Mayweather’s demands that Pacquiao submit to random blood and urine tests was met with a refusal from Pacquiao, which ultimately caused the fight to fall through.
Pacquiao stated that after winning his seat in Congress that he would only have one more fight. Is this it and if it is, is Pacquiao invested in winning as much as he would be if his career in the boxing ring were to be continuing?
If Pacquiao does opt for his position in Congress to be his only career, this means the world may never get to see a Pacquiao vs. Meriweather fight.
Connecticut has become a boxing destination along the lines of Vegas and New Jersey, This is due to the Nutmeg State‘s two large casinos, Foxwoods and Mohegan Suns. A Connecticut Boxing Hall of Fame has been created in recent years at the Mohegan Sun Casino.
Big name matches have been fought in Connecticut and will continue to be held in rings at both these large casinos nestled in the north east corner of Connecticut.
Source: examiner.com
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