Manny Pacquiao will indeed seek election as a member of Congress in
Manny Pacquiao will indeed seek election as a member of Congress in the Philippines, his promoter said Monday, but tomorrow’s deadline to learn if he’ll run opposed or not is the key factor affecting the boxer’s possible super-fight against Floyd Mayweather Jr. next year.
“If he has to run against an opponent, then he’ll have to start campaigning for the May 10 election on March 25,” Pacquiao promoter Bob Arum told The Times. “If that’s the case, then Mayweather would have to be willing to fight March 13.”
Mayweather and many others, including Arum, however, would prefer if the bout could occur May 1. If Pacquiao runs unopposed, that can happen — as long as financial negotiations can produce a deal.