Manny Pacquiao Will Win 6 More Fights and Retire

WBC and WBO welterweight champion Manny “Pac-Man” Pacquiao is scheduled to fight “Sugar” Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas on May 7.  

Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs), the first boxer in history to capture ten world titles in eight different weight divisions, has not been defeated since he lost a unanimous decision to Erik Morales (51-6, 35 KOs) in March 2005.

At 32, Pacquiao has decisively emerged victorious in 13 consecutive bouts and nothing in any of his recent matches has indicated that his dominance is nearing an end. 

Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum recently told BoxingScene.com that he expects the Filipino icon to scrap at least five more times after he inevitably brutalizes Mosley (46-6-1-1, 39 KOs) this spring.

"Manny won't retire before 2013. He told me that on the day of his birthday in the Philippines," Arum said of Pacquiao, whose birthday was on Dec. 17. "Between 2011, 2012 and 2013, he plans to have six fights" at the rate of twice per year.

Arum, a corruptible and loathsome man who admitted during a 2000 federal trial that he bribed the International Boxing Federation president to bolster the ranking of one of his fighter’s, again sarcastically expressed his hope that he can arrange an extraordinarily lucrative bout between Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather.

"Mayweather? You said Mayweather," Arum said. "Please. Does anyone know where he is or where to find Floyd Mayweather Jr.?"

Mayweather (41-0, 25 KOs), the winner of nine world titles in five separate weight classes, is a yellow clown-pocket and there is virtually no chance that he will agree to battle a prizefighter of Pacquiao’s caliber.

When “Pac-Man” pulverized Antonio Margarito (38-7, 27 KOs) in November, the cheating Mexican outweighed him by 17 pounds on the night of their contest.

Despite violently thrashing Margarito, Pacquiao absorbed a powerful blow to the body in the sixth that left the “Fighting Pride of the Philippines” briefly hospitalized.

Pacquiao works with legendary four-time Trainer of the Year, Freddie Roach.

Roach (40-13, 15 KOs), a native of Dedham (Mass), suffers from Parkinson’s disease and he has long expressed the belief that his ailment was caused by his time in the ring.

Therefore, Roach has long been very protective of his fighter’s and he has frequently implored some of his clients’ to retire with their health intact.

Pacquiao adviser, Michael Koncz, reported that “Pac-Man” will continue to fight until his body can no longer withstand the punishment.

"Manny has done nothing but taken on larger opponents and it has taken the toll at times," said Koncz.

"Injuries, safety, all kinds of things. In regard to how many more fights Manny will fight, only Manny knows that. At the present time, he enjoys boxing, he enjoys training, and he's having fun and it's not work for him. When he wakes up one morning and it's like, 'Oh my God, I've got to jog,' and he finds that it's a really difficult task to train, then, you know, it's time for him to find something else to do.”

Pacquiao, who was elected to the House of Representatives in the 15^th Congress of the Philippines last May, is multi-talented and he will always “find something else to do.”

“Pac-Man” is the preeminent pugilist of his era and it would be a nice novelty for him to retire at the peak of his career.

“I'm not asking him to retire and I'm not asking him to fight,” said Koncz. “When it's time to retire he'll know when to retire."

Hopefully, unlike so many of his colleagues, Pacquiao actually will “know when to retire.”