He ran for higher office in May this year on the promise that he would focus fully on his duties should he be elected in one of the 12 senatorial seats up for grabs. He got elected and placed seventh among the needed 12 new Senators.
Apparently, Pacquiao does not want his training and preparation for the Vargas fight a stumbling block to his obligations in the Senate.
In fact, for the past few days last month, his presence was felt during the ongoing Senate inquiry on extra-judicial killings by the Senate Committee on Justice and Human Rights.
After winning his third match against American Timothy Bradley last April, Pacquiao announced his second retirement to be able to focus on his campaign for Senator. He won during the May 2016 elections in the Philippines, garnering almost 16 million votes.
It was on August 10 when Pacquiao finally confirmed that he is indeed coming out of boxing retirement for the second time to fight Jessie Vargas.
He was quoted as saying in an interview then that the fight is on and that he just can’t let boxing out of his system because it is his passion. He added that he misses what he had been doing inside the gym and atop the ring.