Filipino boxer-turned-politician Manny Pacquiao declares he will run for president in 2022, saying he 'will always be a fighter inside and outside the ring”
Philippine boxing icon Manny Pacquiao during a press conference shortly after arriving at the international airport in Manila, on January 24, 2019
“I am a fighter, and I will always be a fighter inside and outside the ring,” Pacquiao, 42, said in his speech. Duterte, who is forbidden by the constitution from seeking a second six-year term, has accepted the nomination, but Go has declined to run for president. The 42-year-old is deeply admired in the archipelago nation for his generosity and hauling himself out of poverty to become one of the world's greatest and wealthiest boxers.
"Have you ever experienced having nothing to eat, to borrow money from your neighbours or to wait for leftovers at a food stall? The Manny Pacquiao that is in front of you was moulded by poverty."Pacquiao's star power in a country famed for its celebrity-obsessed politics will put him in a strong position in the presidential race.
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