SEN. Manny Pacquiao hinted that his fight with International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Council (WBC) welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. could be his last.
“It could be,” the 42-year-old Pacquiao told BusinessMirror during a political engagement at the Elorde Sports Complex in Sucat, Parañaque City, on Sunday evening.
“It’s a legacy fight,” Pacquiao said of his August 21 fight with the unbeaten Spence in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Pacquiao envisions the fight to cement his illustrious 30-year professional boxing career that started in 1995 when he fought many the world’s bests—including Juan Manuel Marquez, Erik Morales, Oscar dela Hoya, Miguel Cotto, Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Keith Thurman.
“It’s going to be a good fight.
I think it will close all the debates on who’s the GOAT [Greatest of All Time],” said Pacquiao, adding that he won’t be fighting in an exhibition fight or even a “YouTuber” after retirement—Mayweather engaged in an eight-rounder Logan Paul last Sunday.
“That’s what he wanted to fight—not a boxer,” Pacquiao said. “I’d just like to fight only the best.”
No winner was declared in that fight as Paul lasted for eight rounds at the Hard Rock Stadium in Florida.
Spence (27-0 record with 21 knockouts) was very visible in sports, telling everyone that the eight-division world champion Pacquiao is “really in deep trouble facing a stronger and better version of him in August.”
Pacquiao’s response “He [Spence] must train very hard by now.”
