Pacquiao returns to Manila and the real
work of politics
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[November 08, 2016]
MANILA
(Reuters) - With another world title won, Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao
touched down in Manila on Tuesday keen to get back to the real work of
politics.
The 37-year-old senator claimed the WBO welterweight title with a
unanimous points victory over American Jessie Vargas in Las Vegas on
Saturday, his first bout since April. |
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Filipino boxer and Senator Manny Pacquiao raises his boxing winning belt
during a news conference upon arrival, after winning WBO welterweight
bout with Jessie Vargas, at Ninoy Aquino International airport in
Paranaque, Metro Manila in the Philippines, November 8, 2016.
REUTERS/Erik De Castro |
"I went back after the fight because there is still work at
the office and I'm excited to get back to work," Pacquiao,
wearing a flower garland, told reporters at the airport
alongside Philippine National Police chief Ronald Dela Rosa.
"So boxing is done, set aside for now, and just focus on work."
The southpaw, winner of world titles in eight different weight
divisions and the first sitting senator to win a world boxing
championship, has not ruled out fighting again.
The former congressman, who has a 59-6-2 win-loss-draw record,
said after Saturday's bout that he would like a rematch with
retired American Floyd Mayweather Junior who beat him last year.
(Reporting by Reuters TV. Editing by Patrick Johnston)
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