Philippines boxing legend Manny Pacquiao plans to end his ring career with a fight on April 9 before moving on to focus on his political career, promoter Bob Arum has told ESPN.com.
Arum said he had discussed plans for a final fight with Pacquiao last week in New York — where Pacquiao received the Asia Game Changer award presented by the Asia Society at the United Nations.
“I’m telling you what he told me last week at dinner in New York,” Arum told the website. “We talked very seriously and he said, ‘Bob, hopefully, by the middle of May I will have been elected senator in the Philippines and at that point I cannot engage in boxing because I need to focus on the senate and I have to be in attendance.’
“Manny told me this fight on April 9 will be his last fight.”
That echoed comments Pacquiao himself made in the Philippines this month, when he announced he would run for a senate seat.
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An opponent has not been named, although Arum mentioned England's Amir Khan, a former unified junior welterweight title-holder, as well as unbeaten junior welterweight champion Terence Crawford — who defeated Montreal's Dierry Jean on Saturday with a 10th TKO. However, in an exclusive interview with The National, Khan revealed he had withdrawn from talks with Pacquiao's camp.
Arum named Juan Manuel Marquez and Timothy Bradley as other potential foes.
Mexico’s Marquez (56-7-1, 40 KOs), has said he is not interested in extending his great rivalry with Pacquiao to a fifth fight while Bradley would have to get past Brandon Rios in November to be considered for a third fight against Pac-Man.
Bradley was awarded a controversial split decision in their 2012 fight that most thought Pacquiao had won, and Pacquiao won a 2014 rematch.
The venue for the bout also remains uncertain, although Arum said he expected it to be in Las Vegas.
Pacquiao, who has won eight world titles in as many weight divisions, owns a ring record of 57-6-2 with 38 knockouts.
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Power: 276hp
Torque: 392Nm
Transmission: 6-Speed Manual/ 8-Speed Dual Clutch FWD
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UN Panel of Experts found regime secretly sold a fifth of the country's gold reserves.
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Popular Vote Tally
The count is ongoing, but Trump currently leads with nearly 51 per cent of the popular vote to Harris’s 47.6 per cent. Trump has over 72.2 million votes, while Harris trails with approximately 67.4 million.
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The verdict from the nutritionists is damning. But does a cheesecake frappuccino taste good enough to merit the indulgence?
My advice is to only go there if you have unusually sweet tooth. I like my puddings, but this was a bit much even for me. The first hit is a winner, but it's downhill, slowly, from there. Each sip is a little less satisfying than the last, and maybe it was just all that sugar, but it isn't long before the rush is replaced by a creeping remorse. And half of the thing is still left.
The caramel version is far superior to the blueberry, too. If someone put a full caramel cheesecake through a liquidiser and scooped out the contents, it would probably taste something like this. Blueberry, on the other hand, has more of an artificial taste. It's like someone has tried to invent this drink in a lab, and while early results were promising, they're still in the testing phase. It isn't terrible, but something isn't quite right either.
So if you want an experience, go for a small, and opt for the caramel. But if you want a cheesecake, it's probably more satisfying, and not quite as unhealthy, to just order the real thing.
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5pm: Maiden (PA) Dh80,000 (Turf) 1,600m
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7pm: Maiden (PA) Dh80,000 (T) 1,200m
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Torque: 520Nm
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Company name: SimpliFi
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Industry: Finance, technology
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8.15pm: Maiden (TB) Dh165,000 1,200m | Winner: Kawasir, Dane O’Neill, Musabah Al Muhairi
8.50pm: Rated Conditions (TB) Dh240,000 1,600m | Winner: Cosmo Charlie, Pat Dobbs, Doug Watson
9.20pm: Handicap (TB) Dh165,000 1,400m | Winner: Bochart, Richard Mullen, Satish Seemar
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Tottenham 2 (Moura 8', Vertonghen 90 1')
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Match statistics
Dubai Sports City Eagles 8 Dubai Exiles 85
Eagles
Try: Bailey
Pen: Carey
Exiles
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Cons: Gerber 7
Pens: Gerber 3
Man of the match: Tomas Sackmann (Exiles)
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Return flights from Dubai to Santiago, via Sao Paolo cost from Dh5,295 with Emirates.
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The summer months, from December to February are best though there is beauty in each season
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9: Annual growth in philanthropy
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