The fighting Senator of the Philippines Manny Pacquiao announced that he is fighting this coming June 24 at Malaysia. The possible opponent is Lucas Matthysse the current WBA light welterweight champion.
For those of you who is not familiar with Lucas Matthysse below is his Boxing Record
Total fights - 44
Wins - 39
Wins by KO - 36
Losses - 4
No contests - 1
What we know so far is Freddie Roach has not committed himself yet to train Manny for this fight. Bob Arum is the the promoter for this fight, it will be De la Joya's Golden Boy Promotions and Manny's MP Promotion.
Earlier it known that Manny was asked to be an under card for Jeff Horns fight but Manny rejected the offer. There were also rumors that Manny can't fight in the US like in Las Vegas because he has issues with the IRS "again".
I wonder what Manny is trying to accomplish. You have made a good run in the world of boxing, you are loved in your country and even a representative of your people if played well, he could lead the country one day and want to still go out and embarrass himself in front of the whole world watching. I love Manny and would want him to win but losing this game would do more harm to his reputation than the hit it has take from his match with Mayweather. The only option is that he just must win.
The only explanation that I can find is that he loves fighting, while they are many people that enter boxing with dreams of becoming rich and are only doing it for the money, there are probably people that love to fight, that love the challenge and when you think about Manny and all the things that he has accomplished he has nothing left to prove maybe he just wants to do it because he can.
Considering your statement, If he just love to fight then he might also wanted to please his fans, those people who still loves seeing him inside the ring, hoping that they can still see their champ fighting with pride again, we knew that he already achieved what everyone dreams of, so whatever the reason is, we should enjoy the outcome of this fight.