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Pacquiao quits boxing with eye on presidency
Updated On: 30 September, 2021 07:47 AM IST | Manila | AFP
“It is difficult for me to accept that my time for me as a boxer is over,” Pacquiao, 42, said in a video on Twitter. “Today I am announcing my retirement,” added Pacquiao.
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Philippine boxing legend and 2022 presidential hopeful Manny Pacquiao said on Wednesday that he is hanging up his gloves after a glittering decades-long career in the ring.
The multi-division world champion and senator, who has his sights set on a high-stakes rumble to replace President Rodrigo Duterte, said quitting the sport that lifted him out of poverty was the hardest decision of his life.
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