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Pacquiao says he can fight for 3 more years

Eight-weight world champion Manny Pacquiao believes he has two or three years of fighting left before he quits the sport and still retains the hope of securing a bout with Floyd Mayweather Jr.

Two straight defeats, the second a brutal sixth round knockout by old foe Juan Manuel Marquez in December, prompted pundits and fans to suggest retirement for the 34-year-old Filipino.

But he will step back in the ring after an extended break on November 24 to take on American Brandon Rios in Macau, keen to re-establish himself as the number one pound-for-pound fighter in the sport.

“Great opportunity for me to give a good show for the people, to get back my name into the top of boxing,” the Filipino congressman said in Singapore yesterday on the latest leg of a promotional tour for the bout.

Pacquiao said he has no plans to call it quits.

“I tell you frankly, honestly in myself I can still fight and I feel strong,” said Pacquiao, who has a 54-5-2 record with 38 knockouts.




 

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