Manny Pacquiao should go out with one money-spinning fight, says Sergio Mora
Former world champion Sergio Mora believes that Manny Pacquiao has earned enough respect to take one more fight to line his pockets before retiring.
Pacquiao lost to Yordenis Ugas at the weekend, but Mora saluted the 42-year-old’s efforts despite the defeat.
“Legends die hard,” he began on JABS as part of the DAZN Boxing Show. “We're with them from the beginning, all the way to the end. And this is how they go out - and Pacquiao didn't go out like a normal legend. He didn't go out retiring, or getting beat up, or getting knocked out.
“He gave it all he has. And whenever you have a legend, an eight-division world champion, a superstar that popped out, who was able to fight from the first bell all the way to the last bell, stay on his feet, and give it everything - you have nothing to complain about.
“It was a great career. If this is his last fight, he went out the way he wanted. And he went out on his two feet with his two fists flying, man. Bravo. “
Mora then suggested Pacquaio take after his erstwhile opponent Floyd Mayweather and secure one huge, semi-competitive fight before bowing out.
“Go out on top and go out with one one more fight, but not against a professional fighter,” he started.
“Collect one big paycheck on that name that you worked so hard on creating, and do exactly what Floyd Mayweather did: go find a Conor McGregor, fight a kickboxer in another country, fight one of these YouTubers. Just get a big payday and go off into the sunset because if anybody deserves it, it is Manny Pacquiao.
“But what he shouldn't do is come back and get a rematch with Ugas or fight Errol Spence Jr or Keith Thurman or [Shawn] Porter, anyone young.”