Filipino boxing sensation Manny Pacquaio has declared that his next fight with Timothy Bradley will be his last.
According to ringtv.com, Pacquaio talked about life after boxing. "I will feel sad hanging up my gloves. But you can't go on forever in the ring," said Pacquiao.
"'I started boxing all those years ago to help my family, my mother," he added. "I want to end my boxing career now because my desire in my heart is to help my people, my country."
However, promoter Bob Arum said that he is unsure about the Filipino fighter's decision.
"He says he's going to retire, and maybe he will," Arum said. "The truth is that you never know with any boxer, but I haven't known Manny to say things he doesn't mean. But we all realize this could be the last time he fights."
The announcement was a disappointment for fans as they were expecting a final rematch with Floyd Mayweather-a box office in pay-per-view sales. As per bleacherreport.com, the undefeated Floyd Mayweather shared that there will be no rematch with Filipino sensation Manny Pacquiao.
"I'm in different cities in different countries and I hear people talking about Mayweather-Pacquiao 2," the boxer said. "I guess people forgot about those different ESPN commercials. 'He really wants to fight? He's scared of me. He doesn't really want to fight.' They forgot about those ESPN commercials."
He then said "Once again, I dissected this fighter, the so-called 'best fighter of our generation'. I dissected him; probably was 10 to 2, really 11 to 1, but it's safe to say 10 to 2," Mayweather remarked.
"'Mayweather is so boring, he's this, he's that!' I'm boring enough to do the biggest and the best numbers in pay-per-view history. It's all b------t. What they're doing is this, once again, piggybacking off my name to sell pay-per-view numbers when he do go out there and fight again," he said.
When asked if he'd fight Pacquiao again, he said "At this particular time, no, because he's a sore loser and he's a coward... If you lost, accept the loss and say, 'Mayweather, you were the better fighter.'"