Losing to Floyd Mayweather<\/p>\n
And though he lost the 2015 \u201cFight of the Century\u201d to Floyd Mayweather Jr., the bout shattered pay-per-view records and brought Pacquiao an estimated $130 million.<\/p>\n
What\u2019s next for Pacquiao?<\/p>\n
Both Pacquiao and Barrios stated after the fight that they are open to a \u201crematch\u201d.<\/p>\n
“I can still do it,” Pacquiao told ESPN. But he admits the need to improve his stamina and footwork.<\/p>\n
Asked about Pacquiao’s age and performance, Barrios told the channel a post-flight interview: “That old man, he’s still got a lot in him….He’s hard to find, he’s got a lot of crack in his punches.”<\/p>\n
Given the close and entertaining nature of the first bout, a rematch may very well happen, as per CBS Sports.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Pacquiao has said that with proper preparation, he could fight again.<\/p>\n
This fuels speculation of at least one more ring return.\u00a0<\/p>\n
No official announcement has been made yet, but the Filipino fights is reportedly back again in the gym.<\/p>\n
Timeline of Key Life Events<\/p>\n
1978 \u2013 Born in Bukidnon, raised in General Santos City<\/p>\n
1995 \u2013 Turns professional in boxing at age 16<\/p>\n
1998 \u2013 Wins WBC Flyweight title<\/p>\n
2001 \u2013 Breaks into U.S. boxing scene; wins Super Bantamweight title<\/p>\n
2008 \u2013 Becomes Lightweight Champion, beats Oscar De La Hoya at welterweight<\/p>\n
2009-2010 \u2013 Becomes seven- and then eight-division world champion<\/p>\n
2010 \u2013 Elected Congressman of Sarangani<\/p>\n
2015 \u2013 Fights Floyd Mayweather Jr.<\/p>\n
2016 \u2013 Elected Senator of the Philippines<\/p>\n
2021 \u2013 Officially retires from boxing; announces candidacy for President<\/p>\n
2022 \u2013 Loses presidential bid, shifts focus to charity and religious work.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Losing to Floyd Mayweather And though he lost the 2015 \u201cFight of the Century\u201d to Floyd Mayweather Jr.,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37352,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[27465,703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-37351","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-box-office-fantastic-four","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37351","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=37351"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/37351\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/37352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=37351"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=37351"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=37351"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}