Lacson to Pacquiao: ‘Leave stage while audience is applauding’

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Lacson to Pacquiao: ‘Leave stage while audience is applauding’

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Senator Panfilo Lacson says he wishes his fellow senator would leave the boxing profession when he's still well-loved and popular

MANILA, Philippines – The seatmate of Senator Manny Pacquiao at the Senate has given him some friendly advice on the eve of the boxing champ’s bout with WBO welterweight titleholder Jessie Vargas: “Leave the stage while your audience is applauding.”

Lacson gave the tip to Pacquiao while responding to questions in an interview on dwIZ on Saturday, November 5.

Pero advice ko nga lang (My only advice is), it is always best to leave the stage while your audience is applauding. Ang mahirap aalis ka sa entablado medyo kaunti ang nanonood sa iyo at walang pumapalakpak. Malungkot ‘yan (It’s hard to leave the stage with few people watching and no one is applauding. That’s sad),” Lacson said.

The senator said he’s giving the advice to Pacquiao as his “colleague and friend.”

The 37-year-old Pacquiao had earlier announced that he would retire after his match with Timothy Bradley Jr in April, but later changed his mind.

Lacson said while it’s Pacquiao’s “call” to fight for as long as he could, he reminded him of the downside of retiring when one is already “over the [hill].”

He also said that boxers, among them Muhammad Ali, he said, suffered illnesses  caused or exacerbated by their profession.

Ayaw naming sapitin ni Senator Manny ‘yan kasi sa tingin ko, maganda ang puso niya. Ngayon nakakatrabaho namin siya, up close nakita ko character at ugali niya,” he said.

(We don’t want that to happen to Senator Manny who, I can see, has a good heart. Now that we’ve worked with him, I saw his character up close.)

In February 2016, Pacquiao was adamant that he would retire after his fight with Bradley, though his promoter, Bob Arum was not convinced that this would happen.

By March, he was less categorical about his supposed impending retirement. After he won over Bradley in April, he said he was “50-50” on whether he would remain retired.

In August, Pacquiao confirmed that that he would return to the ring in November to face Vargas.

His coach, Freddie Roach, earlier said Pacquiao had made up his mind to fight again before he returned to Manila after his April fight with Bradley. – Rappler.com

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