Social media influencer IShowSpeed is on tour within the Philippines and lately booked an impromptu sparring match with boxing legend Manny Pacquiao. Issues began off playfully sufficient, earlier than “Velocity” took a number of further liberties together with his physique pictures.
“Pac Man” responded in sort and IShowSpeed was planked briefly order.
Pacquiao, now 45, is an eight-division world champion with twelve world titles to his credit score. Regardless of his age and deteriorating talent set, the previous Senator remains to be collaborating in boxing exhibition bouts, brawling with former Ok-1 champion Rukiya Anpo on the Tremendous RIZIN 3 occasion final July in Japan.
“He retired for a minute to run for President of the Philippines, the place he took a respectful third place,” MP Promotions President Sean Gibbons informed ESPN earlier this yr. “And after that he felt that his retirement was resulting from working for president, and now that [he wasn’t elected], he desires to struggle once more and seems like he can do it on the highest stage.
“Manny is an all-time nice and he seems like he nonetheless has lots of struggle left in him and he nonetheless desires to compete on the highest stage. And this struggle [vs. Conor Benn] was introduced to him by Eddie Hearn, and he agreed. Ball is in Eddie Hearn’s courtroom. Pacquiao is able to go.”
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