Manny Pacquiao repeats interest in Floyd Mayweather rematch as his shoulder continues to mend
Manny Pacquiao said on Monday his surgically repaired shoulder is 80-90 per cent healed and he expects to resume training in November or December, with a return to the ring in March.
Pacquiao acknowledged that Amir Khan was a possible opponent, but added no determination had been made.
If you ask me, of course, I want a rematch
Pacquiao had an operation on his right shoulder four days after he lost by unanimous decision to Floyd Mayweather Jnr in boxing’s richest fight ever in May. Mayweather says he’s retiring, though Pacquiao recognises that in boxing, those vows don’t always hold up.
“If you ask me, of course, I want a rematch,” Pacquiao said. “I heard that he retired already. If he really retired, then there’s no rematch. But if not...”
“He kept moving around and didn’t want to fight toe to toe with me, exchanging punches,” Pacquiao said on Monday.
Asked if he could change that in a rematch, Pacquiao said, “I think so, especially [after] I fixed my shoulder.”
Pacquiao, a congressman in the Philippines, was in Manhattan to be honoured with the Asia Society’s Asia Game Changer of the Year Award. He is running for the Philippines’ 24-seat Senate, a national position that has been used as a springboard for vice president or president.
