(UTV|COLOMBO) – Former world champion Manny Pacquiao says his fight with Lucas Matthysse will not be his last, and he wants to prove his career “is not yet over”.
Pacquiao, 39, faces the 35-year-old WBA world welterweight title holder in Kuala Lumpur on Sunday, 15 July.
And the Filipino fighter is already thinking about his boxing legacy.
“I want them to remember me after my career not only as a champion, but as being an inspiration to everyone, being a good person,” he told BBC Sport.
“This is not my last fight. It’s one to prove that I am still there in boxing and that my career is not over yet.”
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