• Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao plans to retire in 2009 and run for office in the Philippines in 2010

Manny Pacquiao is scheduled to fight Ricky Hatton on May 2 and if you’re a fan of the Pac Man, you better catch the fight. The word out of the Philippines is that Pacquiao is looking to fight twice in 2009 and then he’s going into retirement and becoming a politician.

This won’t be Manny’s first step into the political arena. He ran for office in 2007, but was defeated by the incumbent which is hard to believe considering his popularity in the Philippines. If you think Pacquiao isn’t serious about becoming a politician you’re dead wrong. Read the full story